Preface |
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Part I CFDTD Software Tutorial |
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Conformal FDTD Software Installation |
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1 | (6) |
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1 | (3) |
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4 | (3) |
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7 | (28) |
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7 | (1) |
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7 | (1) |
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Excitation Source Pulse and Initial Cell Sizes |
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8 | (3) |
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Computational Domain and Dielectric Layer Input |
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11 | (1) |
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Patch Antenna and Feed Line Input |
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12 | (3) |
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Far-Field Pattern Setting |
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15 | (1) |
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Source Excitation of the Feed Line |
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16 | (1) |
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Aperture Field Distribution |
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17 | (1) |
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17 | (2) |
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19 | (2) |
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21 | (1) |
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22 | (2) |
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Data Processing and Result Display |
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24 | (8) |
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Conductivity and Permittivity Distributions |
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32 | (3) |
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34 | (1) |
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35 | (16) |
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Excitation Source and Cell Size Setting |
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36 | (1) |
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Setting the Computational Domain |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (2) |
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Outputting the Parameters |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (1) |
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Setting the Boundary Condition |
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42 | (1) |
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42 | (2) |
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44 | (1) |
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Conformal Mesh Distribution |
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45 | (1) |
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Permittivity and Conductivity Distributions |
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46 | (1) |
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47 | (4) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (24) |
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51 | (1) |
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Source Property and Initial Cell Size Setting |
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51 | (2) |
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Circular Horn Antenna Design |
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53 | (4) |
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Circular Waveguide Excitation Source |
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57 | (1) |
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Infinite Circular Waveguide Truncation |
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58 | (1) |
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59 | (2) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (1) |
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63 | (1) |
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64 | (1) |
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65 | (3) |
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Time Varying Field Distribution on a Plane |
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68 | (1) |
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Conformal Mesh and Conductivity Display |
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69 | (6) |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (6) |
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75 | (1) |
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76 | (2) |
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Everything Seems Okay, but the Code Exits Immediately (or No Output) |
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76 | (1) |
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76 | (1) |
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Problem: Result Not Accurate |
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77 | (1) |
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77 | (1) |
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Problem: No Output From the FDTD Simulation |
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78 | (1) |
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Problem: CFDTD Software Cannot Find the Necessary Input Files |
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78 | (1) |
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Problem: CFDTD Software Cannot Find the Project File |
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78 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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78 | (1) |
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Arbitrarily Oriented Object |
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78 | (1) |
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Problem: Cannot Draw a Coax Feed Line |
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79 | (1) |
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79 | (1) |
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Problem: Result Shape Looks Fine but It Is Upside Down |
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79 | (1) |
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Problem: Solution Not Convergent |
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79 | (1) |
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Problem: Solution Not Symmetric for a Symmetric Structure |
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79 | (1) |
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Guidelines: Conformal Technique |
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79 | (1) |
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Problems with External Objects |
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80 | (1) |
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Problem: Cannot Load an External Object |
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80 | (1) |
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Problem: Cannot Load an AutoCad File |
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80 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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Problem: Cannot Update the Package |
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80 | (1) |
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Problem: Cannot Run the Existing Projects Using the Updated Version |
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80 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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Part II Conformal FDTD Software Manual |
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81 | (116) |
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CFDTD Software Introduction |
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81 | (8) |
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81 | (1) |
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82 | (3) |
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File Formats Used in This Software Package |
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85 | (4) |
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89 | (38) |
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89 | (2) |
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91 | (1) |
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Frequently Used 2-D Objects |
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92 | (7) |
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92 | (1) |
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93 | (1) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (1) |
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97 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (8) |
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99 | (2) |
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101 | (1) |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (2) |
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Triangular Bowtie Antenna |
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105 | (1) |
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106 | (1) |
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Polygon Inputted from a Data File |
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107 | (2) |
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109 | (8) |
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109 | (1) |
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110 | (1) |
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Rectangular Waveguide Transition |
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111 | (1) |
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Circular Waveguide Transition |
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112 | (2) |
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Parabolic Reflector Antenna |
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114 | (1) |
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Parabolic Cylinder Reflector Antenna |
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115 | (1) |
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116 | (1) |
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117 | (3) |
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Polygon_Acad and Stripline_Acad |
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120 | (3) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (2) |
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126 | (1) |
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127 | (6) |
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127 | (3) |
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130 | (1) |
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Copying and Pasting an Object |
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131 | (1) |
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Deleting and Restoring an Object |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (14) |
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Excitation Source Properties |
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133 | (3) |
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136 | (1) |
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Electric and Magnetic Field Sources |
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137 | (1) |
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137 | (2) |
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Source with an Internal Resistance |
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139 | (1) |
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140 | (2) |
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Rectangular Waveguide Source |
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142 | (2) |
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Circular Waveguide Excitation |
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144 | (1) |
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Excitation Source for a Periodic Structure |
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145 | (2) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (8) |
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147 | (3) |
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150 | (2) |
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152 | (1) |
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153 | (2) |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (6) |
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155 | (1) |
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Time-Domain Field Distribution on a Plane |
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155 | (1) |
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Frequency-Domain Field Distribution on a Plane |
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156 | (1) |
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Time-Domain Current Distribution on a Plane |
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157 | (1) |
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Frequency-Domain Current Distribution on a Plane |
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157 | (1) |
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158 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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159 | (1) |
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Antenna Directivity and Gain |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (8) |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (4) |
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164 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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Adding a Virtual Mesh Region |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (2) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (4) |
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169 | (2) |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (6) |
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Button and Menu Introduction |
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173 | (2) |
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175 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (18) |
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179 | (1) |
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Starting Result Display Module |
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179 | (2) |
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Introduction to Buttons and Menus |
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181 | (3) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (6) |
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185 | (2) |
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187 | (2) |
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189 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (6) |
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191 | (1) |
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Animating a Field or Current Distribution in the Time Domain |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (1) |
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Normalizing Display Color |
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194 | (1) |
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194 | (1) |
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195 | (1) |
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Zooming the Picture In and Out |
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196 | (1) |
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Part III Engineering Applications of Conformal FDTD Software |
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197 | (62) |
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197 | (4) |
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197 | (2) |
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Scattering Parameter Calculation |
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197 | (1) |
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Scattering Parameter Calculations Using Prony's Method |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (2) |
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200 | (1) |
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Engineering Applications of CFDTD Software Package |
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201 | (58) |
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Periodic Boundary Condition |
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201 | (5) |
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206 | (5) |
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Gain of a Circular Patch Antenna |
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211 | (2) |
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T-Stub Planar Microwave Filter |
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213 | (3) |
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Slot Antenna Backed by a Cavity |
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216 | (5) |
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221 | (4) |
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225 | (9) |
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234 | (4) |
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238 | (4) |
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242 | (4) |
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246 | (2) |
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Waveguide Slot Antenna Array |
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248 | (2) |
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Parabolic Reflector Antenna |
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250 | (2) |
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Square Patch Antenna with Corner Cuts |
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252 | (3) |
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255 | (4) |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (28) |
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259 | (20) |
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259 | (3) |
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262 | (1) |
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263 | (2) |
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265 | (2) |
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Curved Dielectric Surface Approximation |
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267 | (1) |
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Near-to-Far-Field Transformation Techniques |
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268 | (3) |
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268 | (2) |
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270 | (1) |
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Absorbing Boundary Condition |
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271 | (5) |
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Mur's Absorbing Boundary Condition |
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271 | (1) |
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272 | (2) |
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Stability Characteristics of the Absorbing Boundary Condition |
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274 | (2) |
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Source Code Demonstration |
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276 | (3) |
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277 | (2) |
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Conformal Mesh Techniques |
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279 | (8) |
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Conformal Mesh Technique for a Planar Structure |
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279 | (3) |
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Mesh Generation for Arbitrary 3-D Objects |
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282 | (5) |
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286 | (1) |
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Part V Conformal FDTD Software Development |
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287 | (24) |
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Development of Graphical User Interface |
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287 | (24) |
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Introduction of Visual Basic |
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287 | (7) |
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Connection of Interface to FDTD Executable Files |
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294 | (2) |
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Description of the Software Package |
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296 | (2) |
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Graphical User Interface Techniques |
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298 | (6) |
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Mesh Generation and Conformal Mesh |
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304 | (4) |
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308 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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Connection to GID, PATRAN, and FEMAP |
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309 | (2) |
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310 | (1) |
List of Acronyms |
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311 | (2) |
About the Authors |
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313 | (2) |
Index |
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