Fast Electromagnetic Analysis of Emissions From Printed Circuit Board Using Broadband Green's Function Method

Abstract

In this paper, we apply the broadband Green's function with low wavenumber extraction (BBGFL) to fast modeling of the radiated emissions from printed circuit boards (PCBs). We study power bus structures for electromagnetic interference/compatibility (EMI/EMC). We use the BBGFL to compute the Green's function over broadband frequencies along the boundary walls of arbitrarily shaped power/ground planes. The broadband Green's function is calculated by using modal expansions and low wavenumber extraction. Because the modal expressions are independent of frequencies, they are computed once and used for all frequencies. The radiated fields are derived from the equivalent magnetic surface currents on boundary walls using Huygen's equivalent principle. Results are illustrated up to 10 GHz and for arbitrary shaped PCB up to 5 inches in size. The accuracy and computational efficiency of the present method are compared with the method of moments (MoM) and the commercial tool HFSS. The BBGFL results are in good agreement with MoM and HFSS. The BBGFL is several hundred times faster than MoM and HFSS for broadband simulations. The significant improvement in computational efficiency makes this technique useful for electronic design automation to EMI/EMC applications.