Finite-difference time-domain methods

FL Teixeira, C Sarris, Y Zhang, DY Na… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is a widespread numerical tool for full-
wave analysis of electromagnetic fields in complex media and for detailed geometries …

Polynomial chaos-based approach to yield-driven EM optimization

J Zhang, C Zhang, F Feng, W Zhang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Yield-driven optimization is important in microwave design due to the uncertainties
introduced in the manufacturing process. For the first time, we extend in this paper the use of …

An ME-PC enhanced HDMR method for efficient statistical analysis of multiconductor transmission line networks

AC Yücel, H Bağcı, E Michielssen - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An efficient method for statistically characterizing multiconductor transmission line (MTL)
networks subject to a large number of manufacturing uncertainties is presented. The …

An efficient technique based on polynomial chaos to model the uncertainty in the resonance frequency of textile antennas due to bending

F Boeykens, H Rogier, L Vallozzi - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The generalized polynomial chaos theory is combined with a dedicated cavity model for
curved textile antennas to statistically quantify variations in the antenna's resonance …

A stochastic framework for the variability analysis of textile antennas

M Rossi, A Dierck, H Rogier… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel framework to accurately quantify the effect of stochastic variations of design
parameters on the performance of textile antennas is developed and tested. First, a …

Probabilistic uncertainty quantification of microwave circuits using Gaussian processes

P Manfredi - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a probabilistic machine learning framework based on Gaussian process
regression (GPR) and principal component analysis (PCA) is proposed for the uncertainty …

A 3-D stochastic FDTD model of electromagnetic wave propagation in magnetized ionosphere plasma

BT Nguyen, C Furse, JJ Simpson - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A stochastic finite-difference time-domain (S-FDTD) algorithm is presented for
electromagnetic-wave propagation in anisotropic magnetized plasma. This new algorithm …

Adaptively weighted yield-driven EM optimization incorporating neurotransfer function surrogate with applications to microwave filters

J Zhang, F Feng, J Jin, W Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we propose an adaptively weighted yield-driven EM optimization technique
incorporating neurotransfer function (neuro-TF) surrogate. In the proposed technique, an …

Efficient statistical simulation of microwave devices via stochastic testing-based circuit equivalents of nonlinear components

P Manfredi, FG Canavero - IEEE Transactions on Microwave …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper delivers a considerable improvement in the framework of the statistical simulation
of highly nonlinear devices via polynomial chaos-based circuit equivalents. Specifically, a …

Parallel space-mapping based yield-driven EM optimization incorporating trust region algorithm and polynomial chaos expansion

J Zhang, F Feng, W Na, S Yan, Q Zhang - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space mapping (SM) methodology has been recognized as a powerful tool for accelerating
electromagnetic (EM)-based yield optimization. This paper proposes a novel parallel space …