An analysis of spurious solutions that often plague finite-difference time-domain solvers supplemented with certain transparent boundary conditions (TBC) is presented. It is shown that the electric- and magnetic-field TBC kernels may support undesired spurious modes. A combined-field TBC kernel is proposed that does not allow for the buildup of resonant modes. Its functionality is demonstrated by two numerical examples.
Published in:
Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
(Volume:3
,
Issue:
1
)
Date of Publication: Dec. 2004