EM-Based Simulation Tools for Signal and Systems Analysis

Design and optimization of high-speed electronic circuits require EM-based simulation tools. This paper presents some important features in commercially available EM-based simulation tools with emphasis on interfacing time-domain EM engines with circuit solvers, modelling of advanced materials via local node or cell modification, and application of graphics processing unit stream computing paradigm to time-domain computational electromagnetics.

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