HOFEM: Higher order finite element method simulator for antenna analysis

D. Garcia-Doñoro, A. Amor-Martin, L. E. Garcia-Castillo, M. Salazar-Palma, T. K. Sarkar

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Abstract

This document presents the application of a new electromagnetic in-house parallel EM simulator to the antenna analysis. The simulator is included in the commercial software HOBBIES. HOFEM makes use of a weak formulation based on double curl vector wave equation discretized with the higherorder isoparametric curl-conforming tetrahedral and triangular prismatic finite element rigorous implementations of Nedelec's first family of elements. These implementations together with an appropriate hp-adaptivity technique provide very accurate field approximations. A non-standard mesh truncation technique, FE-IIEE (Finite Element - Iterative Integral Equation Evaluation) for open region problems is also implemented providing an arbitrarily exact radiation boundary condition while retaining the original sparse structure of the FEM matrices. A numerical example is presented showing the reliability, performance and versatility of the solver for the antenna analysis.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2016 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications, CAMA 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781467389327
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 12 2017
Event2016 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications, CAMA 2016 - Syracuse, United States
Duration: Oct 23 2016Oct 27 2016

Publication series

Name2016 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications, CAMA 2016

Other

Other2016 IEEE Conference on Antenna Measurements and Applications, CAMA 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySyracuse
Period10/23/1610/27/16

Keywords

  • CEM
  • FE-IIEE
  • FEM
  • higher-order

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Instrumentation
  • Radiation

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