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Computational Electrodynamics And Simulation In High Speed Circuit Using Finite Difference Time Domain (Fdtd) Method, Cheng Xu

Culminating Projects in Electrical Engineering

High speed signaling over a significant length is an important issue for high speed electronic devices such as Ethernet network routers. With increasing demands on high-quality and fast communication, circuit design for high speed signaling becomes more important than ever. As frequency increases, signal integrity may decrease to a point where the system or device fails. Accurate simulation of electromagnetic wave propagating in the circuits becomes critical in today’s design cycle for high speed devices. This thesis work developed a simulation tool for characterizing high speed circuit, using Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method. The FDTD calculates the 3-D electromagnetic …