3.00 Credits
Investigates finite-difference methods (FD) as applied to electromagentics; FD approximations, error, stability and numerical dispersion; solution of Poisson's, Helmholtz and wave equations; banded matrices, iterative methods and eigensolutions; the finite-difference time-domain method, Yee Lattice, mesh truncation methods, perfectly matched layers, source conditions, near-to-far field transformation, subcellular modeling for fine features and wide-band characterization. Students are expected to have completed a course comparable to ECE 4360 or ECE 4460 before enrolling in this course; and are expected to have completed or be concurrently enrolled in a course comparable to ECE 8300 when enrolling in this course.