Abstract
Full-wave solutions of Maxwell’s equations break down at low frequencies. Existing methods for solving this problem either are inaccurate or incur additional computational cost. In this work, a fast full-wave finite-element based solution is developed to eliminate the low frequency breakdown problem in a reduced system of order one. It is applicable to general 3-D problems involving ideal conductors as well as non-ideal conductors immersed in inhomogeneous, lossless, lossy, and dispersive materials. The proposed method retains the rigor of the theoretically rigorous full-wave solution recently developed for solving the low-frequency breakdown problem, while eliminating the need for an eigenvalue solution. Instead of introducing additional computational overhead to fix the low-frequency breakdown problem, the proposed method significantly speeds up the lowfrequency computation with its O(1) solution.
Keywords
Low-frequency breakdown, finite element methods, electromagnetic analysis, full-wave analysis, fast solution, null space
Date of this Version
8-2-2011