Combination of generalized admittance matrices in the form of pole expansions

This paper describes a novel algorithm for the determination of the wide-band mathematical model of a waveguide component, segmented into elementary blocks of known characteristics. Starting from the Y-matrices of the blocks, given in the form of pole expansions in the frequency domain, the algorithm yields the overall Y-matrix in the same form. Therefore, it can be applied iteratively to find the pole expansion of the Y-matrix of larger and larger waveguide structures. The algorithm is particularly useful if the Y-matrix of the blocks are obtained by the boundary-integral-resonant-mode-expansion (BI-RME) method, which yields the Y-parameters just in the desired form. Two examples show that the joint use of the BI-RME method and of the algorithm described in this paper results in a very accurate and fast numerical code, well-suited for the wide-band modeling of complex waveguide structures.

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