Accurate Electromagnetic Simulation of Penetrable Objects by Higher Order Current and Charge Integral Equation

Abstract

A higher order current and charge integral equation (CCIE) approach is developed for accurate electromagnetic scattering analysis of dielectric objects for a wide frequency band, that is from extremely low frequency to microwave frequency. Compared to the conventional CCIE method, its accuracy has been considerably improved by expanding the currents and charges using high-order hierarchical vector basis functions and higher order orthogonal scalar polynomials, respectively. The proposed higher order approach retains whole-frequency-range stability as the traditional low-order counterpart, but characterized with enhanced accuracy and higher convergence rate. Moreover, the consistency of the basis functions' expansion order in currents and charges is not mandatorily required, which further increase the flexibility in electromagnetic modeling. The scattered fields of penetrable objects are analyzed to validate the effectiveness of this new higher order CCIE, as well as investigate its accuracy, stability, and flexibility.