An Application of the Impedance Boundary Condition to Microwave Cavity Analysis using Vector Finite Element Method

  • Shin, Pan-Seok (Electrical Engineering Department of Hongik University) ;
  • Changyul Cheon (University of Seoul) ;
  • Sheppard J.Salon (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
  • Published : 2003.01.01

Abstract

This paper presents an application of an impedance boundary condition to 3D vector finite element analysis of a multi-port cylidrical microwave cavity using Snell's law. Computing memory benefits and computing time reduction are obtained from this method compared with the conventional finite element method(FEM). To verify the method, a high permittivity scatterer in free space is analyzed and compared with the results of conventional (FEM). In addition, this method has been analyzed several types of cavities, including water load, to demonstrate the validity and accuracy of the program.

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