Integral equation analysis of multiport H‐plane microwave circuits by using 2D rectangular cavity Green's functions accelerated by the Ewald Method

An integral equation technique for the analysis of multiport H‐plane microwave circuits composed of an unlimited number of arbitrarily shaped metallic and/or dielectric elements is proposed. The structure under study is divided into different regions after the application of the surface equivalence...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Quesada Pereira, Fernando Daniel, Huéscar de la Cruz, Antonio Manuel, Gómez Molina, Celia, Melcón Álvarez, Alejandro, Boria Esbert, Vicente Enrique
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena(UPCT)
Repositorio:Repositorio Digital UPCT
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.upct.es:10317/12971
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10317/12971
https://ietresearch.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1049/mia2.12308
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Microwave circuits
Technologies
Green's functions
Ewald method
Teoría de la Señal y las Comunicaciones
3325.04 Enlaces de Microondas
Descripción
Sumario:An integral equation technique for the analysis of multiport H‐plane microwave circuits composed of an unlimited number of arbitrarily shaped metallic and/or dielectric elements is proposed. The structure under study is divided into different regions after the application of the surface equivalence principle. Following this approach, the access waveguide ports are modelled by means of parallel plate Green's functions, whereas the central region is characterised by 2D rectangular cavity Green's functions. The use of this kind of Green's functions represents a novelty for solving H‐plane integral equation problems. For the first time, the Ewald method has been employed in order to accelerate the computation of the 2D rectangular cavity Green's functions and their derivatives, needed in the integral equation. In addition, convergence studies show the numerical convenience of using the Ewald method to achieve a fast and accurate evaluation of these Green's functions. Results show that the analysis can be very efficient if the structure is segmented in a proper way based on fitting the cavity resonator within the geometry of the structure under analysis. In fact, all the walls of the structure that are coincident with the auxiliary resonator need not to be discretised during the numerical solution. Finally, several simulation examples of practical inductive microwave circuits are presented and discussed, showing a good agreement and higher computational efficiency when compared to results provided by commercial full‐wave software tools and measurements.