Time-Domain Magnetic Dipole Model of PCB Near-Field Emission

A magnetic dipole array based time-domain (TD) modeling of electromagnetic near-field (NF) radiated by printed circuit boards (PCB) is introduced. The behavioral equivalent model of radiated emission using elementary magnetic dipoles compliments the previously described TD model using electric dipoles. The equivalent dipole model parameters are determined by the matrix inversion method from the time-dependent magnetic NF data. The proposed modeling approach was implemented in MATLAB. As a proof of concept, the TD magnetic NF radiated by a passive microstrip test PCB exited by a nanosecond-duration signal was considered. The modeled-magnetic NF maps were compared with the reference data in the observation planes situated at some centimeters above the tested PCB, showing good agreement. The comparison between magnetic and electric dipole models was performed, showing the advantage of the latter.

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