Includes bibliographical references and index
1. Introduction -- A brief history of the FDTD method -- Limitations of the FDTD method -- Alternate solution methods -- FDTD software -- Outline to the remainder of the text -- References --
2. 1D FDTD modeling of the transmission line equations -- The transmission line equations -- Finite difference approximations -- Explicit time update solution -- Numerical dispersion -- Stability -- Sources and loads -- Problems -- References --
3. Yee algorithm for Maxwell's equations -- Maxwell's equations -- The Yee-algorithm -- Gauss's laws -- Finite integration technique -- Stability -- Numerical dispersion and group delay -- Material and boundaries -- Lossy media -- Dispersive media -- Non-uniform gridding -- Problems -- References --
4. Source excitations -- Introduction -- Source signatures -- The Gaussian pulse -- The Blackman-Harris window -- The differentiated pulse -- The modulated pulse -- Sinusoidal steady-state -- Current source excitations -- Volume current density -- Surface current density -- Lumped circuit source excitations -- Discrete voltage source -- Discrete Thévenin source -- Lumped loads -- Plane wave excitation -- The total-field scattered field formulation -- General description of a uniform plane wave -- Computing the discrete incident field vector -- Numerical dispersion -- Inhomogeneous media -- Problems -- References --
5. Absorbing boundary conditions -- Introduction -- The first-order Sommerfeld ABC -- The Higdon ABC -- The Betz-Mittra ABC -- Problems -- References --
6. The perfectly matched layer (PML) absorbing medium -- Introduction -- The anisotropic PML -- Stretched coordinate form of the PML -- PML reflection error -- The ideal PML -- PML parameter scaling -- Reflection error -- The complex frequency shifted (CFS) PML -- Implementing the CFS-PML in the FDTD method -- An ADE form of the CFS-PML -- Yee-algorithm for the CFS-PML -- Example of the CFS-PML -- Problems -- References --
7. Subcell modeling -- Introduction -- Thin wires -- The basic thin-wire subcell model -- Curvature correction -- Modeling the end-cap -- Delta-gap source -- A transmission line feed -- Conformal FDTD methods for conducting boundaries -- Dey-Mittra (DM) conformal FDTD method for conducting Boundaries -- Yu-Mittra (YM) conformal FDTD method for conducting Boundaries -- BCK conformal FDTD method for conducting boundaries -- Narrow slots -- Conformal FDTD methods for material boundaries -- Thin material sheets -- Problems -- References --
8. Post processing -- Introduction -- Network analysis -- Discrete network port parameterization -- Admittance-parameters -- Scattering parameters -- Near-field to far-field (NF-FF) transformations -- Huygen surface -- Frequency domain NF-FF transform -- Antenna gain -- Scattering cross section -- Problems -- References --
A. MATLAB implementation of the 1D FDTD model of a uniform transmission line -- A.1. Translating the discrete FDTD equations to a high-level programming language -- B. Efficient implementation of the 3D FDTD algorithm -- B.1. Top-level design -- B.2. Array indexing the 3D-FDTD -- B.3. Lossy and inhomogeneous media -- B.4. Implementing the CFS-CPML -- B.5. Edge length normalization -- B.6. General FDTD update equations -- Author's biography -- Index