Treating late-time instability of hybrid finite-element/finite-difference time-domain method

The hybrid finite element/finite-difference time-domain (FETD/FDTD) method previously proposed to handle arbitrarily shaped dielectric objects is employed to investigate electromagnetic problems of high Q systems for which the transient response over a very long duration is necessary. To begin with, the paper demonstrates that this hybrid method may suffer from late-time instability and spurious DC modes. Then an approach which combines the temporal filtering and frequency shifting techniques is presented to overcome sequentially and, respectively, the two drawbacks. Its accuracy is validated by the favorable comparison with several different methods for the analysis of resonant frequencies and and factors of the various modes in an isolated dielectric resonator. Finally, the present method is applied to calculate the scattering parameters on the microstrip line due to the presence of the cylindrical dielectric resonator.

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