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Lecture 1 Slide 1
EE 5337
Computational Electromagnetics (CEM)
Lecture #1
Introduction to CEM
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InstructorDr. Raymond Rumpf(915) 747‐[email protected]
Outline
• What is CEM?
• CEM wisdom
• General concepts in CEM
• Classification of methods
• Overview of methods
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What is CEM?
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Computational Electromagnetics
DefinitionComputational electromagnetics (CEM) is the procedure we must follow to model and simulate the behavior of electromagnetic fields in devices or around structures.
Most often, CEM implies using numerical techniques to solve Maxwell’s equations instead of obtaining analytical solutions.
Why is this needed?Very often, exact analytical solutions, or even good approximate solutions, are not available. Using a numerical technique offers the ability to solve virtually any electromagnetic problem of interest.
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Popular Numerical Techniques
• Transfer matrix method• Scattering matrix method• Finite‐difference frequency‐domain• Finite‐difference time‐domain• Transmission line modeling method• Beam propagation method• Method of lines• Rigorous coupled‐wave analysis• Plane wave expansion method• Slice absorption method• Finite element analysis• Method of moments• Boundary element method• Spectral domain method• Discontinuous Galerkin method
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CEM Wisdom
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The Key to Computation is VisualizationIs there anything wrong? If so, what is it?
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Golden Rule #1
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Why?
Solution: NORMALIZE EVERYTHING!!!
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Golden Rule #2
1. Golden Rule #1.2. Finite floating point precision introduces round‐off errors.
Why?
Solution: MINIMIZE NUMBER OF COMPUTATIONS!!!
1. Take problems as far analytically as possible.2. Avoid unnecessary computations.
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Golden Rule #3
1. It will run faster and more reliably.2. Easier to catch mistakes.3. Easier to troubleshoot.4. Easier to pick up again at a later date.5. Easier to modify.
Why?
Solution
1. Outline your code before writing it.2. Delete obsolete code.3. Comment every step.4. Use meaningful variable names.
Write clean code.• Well organized• Well commented
• Compact• No junk code
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The CEM Process
There is a rhythm to computational electromagnetics and it repeats itself constantly.
Starts with Maxwell’s equations and derives all the necessary equations to implement the algorithm in MATLAB.
• Equations everywhere! Only a few are needed.• Implementation does not resemble the formulation.
Organizes the equations derived in the formulation and considers other numerical details.
• Consider all numerical best practices.• Should end with a detailed block diagram.
Actually implements the algorithm in computer code.
• Implementation should be simple and minimal.• The “art” of simulation begins here.• Practice, practice, practice!
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Don’t Be Lazy
A little extra time making your program more efficient or simulating a device in a more intelligent manner can save you lots of time, energy, and aggravation.
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Formulation Wisdom
• Derive equations as far and as simple as possible.
• Build big/complicated matrices from small/simple matrices.
– This usually requires converting to matrix form early in the formulation.
• Make your formulation documents very detailed.
• A good understanding of the formulation gives you the ability to modify your algorithm or to add/subtract features.
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Implementation Wisdom
• Make a detailed block diagram!
• In the block diagram, include only the equations you will incorporate into your code.
• Add all other steps to your block diagram.
– Sources
– Building devices
– Extracting information
– Post‐processing data
– Etc.
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Coding Wisdom
• Work hard to write clean, simple, and well commented code.– Indent code inside loops, if statements, etc.
– Let linear algebra do the work for you.
– Use lots of comments.
• Match your code to your formulation.– Try to use the same variables.
• Do not fix your code with incorrect equations.– Changing signs arbitrarily is a common way to make things work, but you are hiding a problem and possibly creating more.
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Simulation Wisdom #1
Simulate devices in multiple steps using models of increasing complexity.
Avoid the temptation to jump straight to the big, bad, and ugly 3D simulation in all of its glorious complexity.
Model your device with slowly increasing levels of complexity.
You will get to your final answer much faster this way!
R. C. Rumpf, “Engineering the dispersion and anisotropy in periodic electromagnetic structures,” Solid State Physics 66, 2015.
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Simulation Wisdom #2
It must be standard practice to ensure your results are converged.
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Simulation Wisdom #3
Those who simulate the most, trust the simulations the least.
Never trust your code or your results.Benchmark. Benchmark. Benchmark.
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Final Word of Wisdom
Do not EVER share your codes!Only bad things will happen.
The best thing that can happenis that you become useless.
Instead, offer to simulate devices forthem and make yourself a collaborator.
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General Concepts in Computational EM
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Physical Vs. Numerical Boundary Conditions
Physical Boundary Conditions
Physical boundary conditions refer to the conditions that must be satisfied at the boundary between two materials. These are derived from the integral form of Maxwell’s equations.
Numerical Boundary Conditions
Numerical boundary conditions refer to the what is done at the edge of a grid or mesh and how fields outside the grid are estimated.
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Full Vs. Sparse Matrices
Full Matrices Sparse Matrices
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Full matrices have all non‐zero elements.
They tend to look banded with the largest numbers running down the main diagonal.
Sparse matrices have most of their elements equal to zero. They are often more than 99% sparse.
It is most memory efficient to store only the non‐zero elements in memory.
They tend to “banded” matrices with the largest numbers running down the main diagonal.
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Integral Vs. Differential Equations (1 of 2)
Integral Equations
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Differential equations calculate a quantity at a specific point using only information from the local vicinity. They are usually written for points distributed throughout a volume and lead to formulations with sparse matrices. They require boundary conditions.
Integral equations calculate a quantity at a specific point using information from the entire domain. They are usually written around boundaries and lead to formulations with full matrices. They do not require boundary conditions.
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Frequency‐Domain Vs. Time‐Domain
This is what a frequency‐domain code calculates.
This is what a time‐domain code calculates.
Frequency‐domain solutions are at a single frequency. Time‐domain solutions look different because there are inherently a broad range of frequencies involved.
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Definition of “Convergence”
Virtually all numerical methods have some sort of “resolution” parameter that when taken to infinity solves Maxwell’s equations exactly. In practice, we cannot this arbitrarily far because a computer will run out of memory and simulations will take prohibitively long to run.
There are no equations to calculate what “resolution” is needed to obtain “accurate” results. Instead, the user must look for convergence. There are, however, some good rules of thumb to make an initial guess at resolution.
Convergence is the tendency of a calculated parameter to asymptotically approach some fixed value as the resolution of the model is increased. A converged solution does not imply an accurate solution!!!
Tips About Convergence
• Make checking for convergence a habit that you always perform.
• When checking a parameter for convergence, ensure that it is the only thing about the simulation that is changing.
• Simulations do not get more “accurate” as resolution is increased. They only get more “converged.”
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Conservation of Power
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When electromagnetic wave is applied to a device, it can be absorbed (i.e. converted to another form of energy), reflected and/or transmitted. Without a nuclear reaction, nothing else can happen.
Reflectance, RFraction of power from the applied wave that is reflected from the device.
Transmittance, TFraction of power from the applied wave that is transmitted through the device.
Absorptance, AFraction of power from the applied wave that is absorbed by the device.
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How Do You Know if Your Model Works?
In many cases, you may not know.
1. BENCHMARK, BENCHMARK, BENCHMARK2. Check for power conservation3. CONVERGENCE, CONVERGENCE, CONVERGENCE
Common Sense – Check your model for simple things like conservation of power, magnitude of the numbers, consistency with the physics, etc.
Benchmark – You can verify your code is working by modeling a device with a known response. Does your model predict that response?
Convergence – Your models will have certain parameters that you can adjust to improve “accuracy” usually at the cost of computer memory and run time. Keep increasing “accuracy” until your answer does not change much any more.
When modeling a new device, benchmark your model using as similar of a device as you can find which has a known response. Compare your experimental results to the model. Do they agree? Reconcile any differences.
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Tips for Matching Simulations to Experiments
1. Model the geometry of the device as accurately as possible.2. Incorporate accurate material properties, including dispersion.3. Ensure the source replicates the experimental source as closely as
possible.4. Ensure you detect power in your simulation in a way that is
consistent with laboratory experiments.
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Classification of Methods
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Classification by Size Scale
Low Frequency Methods High Frequency Methods
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Polarization and the vector nature of the field is important.
Structural dimensions much larger than the wavelength.
Fields can be accurately treated as scalar quantities.
• Finite‐difference time‐domain• Finite‐difference frequency‐domain• Finite element analysis• Method of moments• Rigorous coupled‐wave analysis• Method of lines• Beam propagation method• Boundary element method• Spectral domain method• Plane wave expansion method
• Ray tracing• Geometric theory of diffraction• Physical optics• Physical theory of diffraction• Shooting and bouncing rays
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Classification by Approximations
Rigorous MethodsA method is rigorous if there exists a “resolution” parameter that when taken to infinity, finds an exact solution to Maxwell’s equations.
• Finite‐difference time‐domain• Finite‐difference frequency‐domain• Finite element method• Rigorous coupled‐wave analysis• Method of lines
Full Wave MethodsA method is full wave if it accounts for the vector nature of the electromagnetic field. A full wave method is not necessarily rigorous.• Method of moments• Boundary element method• Beam propagation method
Scalar MethodsA method is scalar if the vector nature of the field is not accounted for.• Ray tracing
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Comparison of Method Types
Frequency‐Domain Time‐Domain
Semi‐AnalyticalFully Numerical
Fourier‐SpaceReal‐Space
+ wideband simulations+ scales near linearly+ active & nonlinear devices+ easily locates resonances
‐ longitudinal periodicity‐ sharp resonances‐ memory requirements‐ oblique incidence
+ resolves sharp resonances+ handles oblique incidence+ longitudinal periodicity+ can be very fast
‐ scales at best NlogN‐ can miss sharp resonances‐ active & nonlinear devices
+ better convergence+ scales better than SA+ complex device geometry
‐ memory requirements‐ long uniform sections
+ very fast & efficient+ layered devices+ less memory
‐ convergence issues‐ scales poorly‐ complex device geometry
+ high index contrast+ metals+ resolving fine details+ field visualization
‐ slow for low index contrast + moderate index contrast+ periodic problems+ very fast and efficient
‐ field visualization‐ formulation difficult‐ resolving fine details
Unstructured GridStructured Grid+ easy to implement+ rectangular structures+ easy for divergence free
‐ less efficient‐ curved surfaces
+ most efficient+ handles larger structures+ conforms to curved surfaces
‐ difficult to implement‐ spurious solutions
Integral BasedDifferential Based+ sparse matrices+ easier to formulate+ easier to implement
‐ volume mesh‐ spurious solutions
+ surface mesh+ Very efficient for many structures
‐ full matrices‐ more difficult to formulate‐ more difficult to implement
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Multiphysics Simulations
A multiphysics simulation is one that accounts for multiple simultaneous physical mechanisms at the same time.
• Electromagnetic• Thermal• Fluids• Motion• Chemical• Acoustic• Optical
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Any Method Can Do Anything
Any method can be made to do anything.
The real questions are:
• What devices and information is a particular method best suited for?
• How much of a “force fit” is it for that method?
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Overview of the Methods
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Transfer Matrix Method (1 of 2)
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• Very fast and efficient• Rigorous• Near 100% accuracy• Unconditionally stable• Robust• Simple to implement• Thickness of layers can be anything• Able to exploit longitudinal periodicity• Easily incorporates material dispersion• Easily accounts for polarization and
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• Limited number of geometries it can model.
• Only handles linear, homogeneous and infinite slabs.
• Cannot account for diffraction effects
• Inefficient for transient analysis
This method is good for…1. Modeling transmission and reflection from layered devices.2. Modeling layers of anisotropic materials.
Benefits Drawbacks
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Finite‐Difference Frequency‐Domain (1 of 2)
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• Accurate and robust• Highly versatile• Simple to implement• Easily incorporates dispersion• Excellent for field visualization• Error mechanisms are well
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frequency‐domain methods
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• Does not scale well to 3D
• Difficult to incorporate nonlinear materials
• Structured grid is inefficient
• Difficult to resolve curved surfaces
• Slow and memory innefficient
This method is good for…1. Modeling 2D devices with high volumetric complexity.2. Visualizing the fields.3. Fast and easily formulation of new numerical techniques.
Benefits Drawbacks
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Finite‐Difference Time‐Domain (1 of 2)
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Fields are evolved by iterating Maxwell’s equations in small time steps.
Maxwell’s equations are enforced at each point at each time step.
Finite‐Difference Time‐Domain (2 of 2)
• Excellent for large‐scale simulations. Easily parallelized.
• Excellent for transient analysis.• Accurate, robust, rigorous, and mature• Highly versatile• Intuitive to implement• Easily incorporates nonlinear behavior• Excellent for field visualization and learning
electromagnetics• Error mechanisms are well understood• Good method for metal devices• Excellent for volumetrically complex devices• Scales near linearly• Able to simulate broad frequency response in one
simulation• Great for resonance “hunting”
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• Tedious to incorporate dispersion
• Typically has a structured grid which is less efficient and doesn’t conform well to curved surfaces
• Difficult to resolve curved surfaces
• Slow for small devices
• Very inefficient for highly resonant devices
This method is good for…1. Modeling big, bad and ugly problems.2. Modeling devices with nonlinear material properties.3. Simulating the transient response of devices.
Benefits Drawbacks
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Transmission‐Line Modeling Method (1 of 2)
Space is interpreted as a giant 3D circuit.
Waves propagating through space are represented as current and voltage in extended circuits.
Also called transmission‐line matrix method (TLM).
Transmission‐Line Modeling Method (2 of 2)
• Essentially the same benefits at FDTD and FDFD.
• Excellent for large‐scale simulations. Easily parallelized.
• Excellent for transient analysis.
• No convergence criteria.
• Inherently stable.
• Time‐ and frequency‐domain implementations exist.
• Excellent fit with network theory in microwave engineering.
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• Essentially the same drawbacks as FDTD and FDFD.
This method is good for…1. Modeling big, bad and ugly problems.2. Hybridizing models with microwave devices.3. Representing digital waveforms.
Benefits Drawbacks
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Beam Propagation Method (1 of 2)
The beam propagation method (BPM) is a simple method to simulate “forward” propagation through a device. It calculates the field one plane at a time so it does not need to solve the entire solution space at once.
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• Simple to formulate and implement (FFT‐BPM is easiest)
• Numerically efficient for faster simulations
• Well established for nonlinear materials (unique for frequency‐domain method).
• Easily incorporates dispersion• Excellent for field visualization• Error mechanisms are well
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• Not a rigorous method
• Limited in the physics it can handle
• Typically uses paraxial approximation
• Typically neglects backward reflections
• FFT‐BPM is slower, less stable, and less versatile than FDM‐BPM
This method is good for…1. Nonlinear optical devices.2. Devices where reflections and abrupt changes in the
field are negligible (i.e. forward only devices)
Benefits Drawbacks
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Method of Lines (1 of 2)
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Modes are computed in the transverse plane for each layer and propagated analytically in the z-direction.
Boundary conditions are used to matched the fields at the interfaces between layers.
Transmission through the entire stack of layers is then known and transmitted and reflected fields can be computed.
Method of Lines (2 of 2)
• Excellent for longitudinally periodic devices
• Rigorous method
• Excellent for devices with high index contrast and metals
• Good for resonant structures
• Less numerical dispersion than fully numerical methods
• Easier field visualization than RCWA
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• Scales very poorly in the transverse direction
• Cumbersome method for field visualization
• Less efficient than RCWA for dielectric structures.
• Rarely used in 3D analysis, but this may change with more modern computers
This method is good for…1. Long devices.2. Long devices with metals.
Benefits Drawbacks
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Rigorous Coupled‐Wave Analysis (1 of 2)
Field in each layer is represented as a set of plane waves at different angles.
Plane waves describe propagation through each layer.
Layers are connected by the boundary conditions.
Rigorous Coupled‐Wave Analysis (2 of 2)
• Excellent for modeling diffraction from periodic dielectric structures.
• Extremely fast and efficient for all‐dielectric structures with low to moderate index contrast
• Accurate and robust• Unconditionally stable• Thickness of layers can be anything without
numerical cost• Excellent for longitudinally periodic
structures.• Excellent for structures large in the
longitudinal direction.• Easily incorporates polarization and angle of
incidence.
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• Scales poorly in transverse dimensions.
• Less efficient for high dielectric contrast and metals due to Gibb’s phenomenon.
• Poor method for finite structures.
• Slow convergence if fast Fourier factorization is not used.
This method is good for…1. Modeling diffraction from periodic dielectric structures2. Periodic devices with longitudinal periodicity
Benefits Drawbacks
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Plane Wave Expansion Method (1 of 2)
The plane wave expansion method (PWEM) calculates modes that exist in an infinitely periodic lattice. It represents the field in Fourier‐space as the sum of a large set of plane waves at different angles.
Plane Wave Expansion Method (2 of 2)
• Excellent for all‐dielectric unit cells
• Fast even for 3D
• Accurate and robust
• Rigorous method
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• Scales poorly.
• Weak method for high dielectric contrast and metals.
• Limited to modal analysis.
• Cannot model scattering.
• Cannot incorporate dispersion.
This method is good for…1. Analyzing unit cells2. Calculating photonic band diagrams and effective material properties.
Benefits Drawbacks
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Slice Absorption Method (1 of 2)
Virtually any method that converts Maxwell’s equations to a matrix equation can order the matrix to give it the following block tridiagonal form.
This allows the problem to be solved one slice at a time.
Slice Absorption Method (2 of 2)
• Excellent for modeling devices with high volumetric complexity
• Easily incorporates dispersion• Easily incorporate polarization
and oblique incidence• Potential for transverse devices• Excellent for finite size devices• Excellent framework to hybridize
different methods.• Transverse sources• Stacking in three dimensions.
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• New method and not well understood.
This method is good for…1. Modeling structures with high volumetric complexity2. Modeling finite size structures (i.e. not infinitely
periodic)
Benefits Drawbacks
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Finite Element Method (1 of 2)
Step 1: Describe Structure Step 2: Mesh Structure
Step 3: Build Global Matrix Step 4: Solve Matrix Equation
This is a VERY important and involved step.
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Finite Element Method (2 of 2)
• Very mature method
• Excellent representation of curved surfaces
• Unstructured grid is highly efficient
• Unconditionally stable
• Scaling improved with domain decomposition
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• Tedious to implement
• Requires a meshing step
This method is good for…1. Modeling volumetrically complex structures in the frequency‐
domain.
Benefits Drawbacks
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Lecture 1 Slide 57
Method of Moments (1 of 2)
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Method of Moments (2 of 2)
• Extremely efficient analysis of metallic devices
• Full wave• Very fast• Excellent scaling using the fast
multipole method• No boundary conditions• Simple implementation• Mature method with lots of
literature• Can by hybridized with FEM
Lecture 1 Slide 58
• Not a rigorous method
• Poor method for incorporating dispersion and dielectrics
• Long a tedious formulation
• Inefficient for volumetrically complex structures
This method is good for…1. Modeling metallic devices at radio frequencies2. Modeling large‐scale metallic structures at radio frequencies
Benefits Drawbacks
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Boundary Element Method (1 of 2)
Governing equation exists only at the boundary of a device so many fewer elements are needed.
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The boundary element method (BEM) is also called the Method of Moments, but is applied to 2D elements. The most famous element is the Rao‐Wilton‐Glisson (RWG) edge element.
S. M. Rao, D. R. Wilton, A. W. Glisson, “Electromagnetic Scattering by Surfaces of Arbitrary Shape,” IEEE Trans. Antennas and Propagation, vol. AP‐30, no. 3, pp. 409‐418, 1982.
Boundary Element Method (2 of 2)
• Highly efficient when surface to volume ratio is low
• Excellent representation of curved surfaces
• Unstructured grid is highly efficient
• Unconditionally stable
• Can be hybridized with FEM
• Domain can extend to infinity
• Simpler meshing than FEM
Lecture 1 Slide 60
• Tedious to implement
• Requires a meshing step
• Not usually a rigorous method
• Inefficient for volumetrically complex geometries
This method is good for…1. Modeling large devices with simple geometries.2. Modeling scattering from homogeneous blobs.
Benefits Drawbacks
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Lecture 1 Slide 61
Discontinuous Galerkin Method (1 of 2)
The discontinuous Galerkin method (DGM) combines features of the finite element and finite‐volume framework to solve differential equations.
Discontinuous Galerkin Method (2 of 2)
• Mesh elements can have any arbitrary shape.
• Fields may be collocated instead of staggered.
• Inherently a parallel method.
• Easily extended to higher‐order of accuracy.
• Allows explicit time‐stepping
• Low memory consumption (no large matrices)
Lecture 1 Slide 62
• Tedious to implement
• Requires a meshing step
• Not usually a rigorous method
• Inefficient for volumetrically complex geometries
This method is good for…1. Solving very complex equations.2. Modeling very electrically large structures.3. Time‐domain finite‐element method.
Benefits Drawbacks