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A Multiscale Software Tool for Field/Circuit Simulation

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Army
Contract: W911NF-08-C-0096
Agency Tracking Number: A08A-004-0087
Amount: $99,999.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: A08-T004
Solicitation Number: 2008.A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2008
Award Year: 2008
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2008-07-11
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2009-01-07
Small Business Information
1800 Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway Suite 204
Durham, NC 27707
United States
DUNS: 610338324
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Tian Xiao
 Senior Scientist, Vice President
 (919) 419-1500
 tianxiao@wavenology.com
Business Contact
 Tong Li
Title: President
Phone: (919) 360-6475
Email: Li@wavenology.com
Research Institution
 DUKE UNIV.
 Maria Scripa
 
Office of Research Support Box 104010
Durham, NC 27708
United States

 (919) 681-8689
 Nonprofit College or University
Abstract

Wave Computation Technologies, Inc. (WCT) proposes to develop a new multiscale solver for electromagnetic field/circuit co-simulation. This solver combines three efficient electromagnetic field algorithms, (a) the spectral element time-domain (SETD) method for coarse scales, (b) the enlarged cell technique (ECT) for the boundary conformal finite-difference time-domain method [i.e., the FDTD method improved to the second order in the presence of curved conductors] for intermediate scales, and (c) the finite-element time-domain (FETD) method for fine scales; this field solver is coupled with nonlinear circuit solver based on SPICE (d). The field/circuit solver is highly efficient for arbitrary mixed-scale problems. The WCT team has extensive experience with these advanced computational electromagnetics algorithms, and is in an excellent position to develop such a multiscale field/circuit simulation tool. WCT has developed an EM software tool based on the ECT and a sophisticated graphic user interface, and has demonstrated that its speed is at least several times faster than existing commercial software packages. Furthermore, WCT has implemented a preliminary field/circuit solver to simulate direct antenna modulation, an important defense communications application. The proposed multiscale field/circuit solver will further extend the application domain to include large antenna arrays and complete circuitry and other dynamically changing environments.

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