Modern EMC Analysis Techniques Volume II: Models and Applications (Synthesis Lectures on Computational Electromagnetics)

The objective of this two-volume book is the systematic and comprehensive description of the most competitive time-domain computational methods for the efficient modeling and accurate solution of modern real-world EMC problems. Intended to be self-contained, it performs a detailed presentation of all well-known algorithms, elucidating on their merits or weaknesses, and accompanies the theoretical content with a variety of applications. Outlining the present volume, numerical investigations delve into printed circuit boards, monolithic microwave integrated circuits, radio frequency microelectromechanical systems as well as to the critical issues of electromagnetic interference, immunity, shielding, and signal integrity. Biomedical problems and EMC test facility characterizations are also thoroughly covered by means of diverse time-domain models and accurate implementations. Furthermore, the analysis covers the case of large-scale applications and electrostatic discharge problems, whilespecial attention is drawn to the impact of contemporary materials in the EMC world, such as double negative metamaterials, bi-isotropic media, and several others. Table of Contents: Introduction / Printed Circuit Boards in EMC Structures / Electromagnetic Interference, Immunity, Shielding, and Signal Integrity / Bioelectromagnetic Problems: Human Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields / Time-Domain Characterization of EMC Test Facilities / Large-Scale EMC and Electrostatic Discharge Problems / Contemporary Material Modeling in EMC Applications

Nikolaos V. Kantartzis received the Diploma degree and Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1994 and 1999, respectively. In 1999, he joined the Applied and Computational Electromagnetic Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, AUTH, as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow. He has authored or coauthored several refereed journal papers in the area of computational electromagnetics and especially higher order finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method, perfectly matched layers (PMLs), nonorthogonal discretization algorithms, vector finite elements and alternating-direction implicit (ADI) formulations. His main research interests include time- and frequency-domain electromagnetic and acoustic analysis, EMC modeling, modern microwave circuits, antenna structures and metamaterials.