Electromagnetic simulation of MEMS-controlled reflectarrays based on SCT in grid environment

The SCT-based simulation tool consists of a MATLAB code developed to run on a single machine in order to predict the phase-shift for all possible MEMS configurations. The 1024 configurations of a phase-shifter cell are obtained by the UP/DOWN positions of the 10 RF MEMS switches inserted in the slit...

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Main Authors: Khalil, F., Aubert, H., Coccetti, F., Plana, R., Deunneulin, Y., Miegemolle, B., Monteil, T., Legay, H.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Computational modeling
Computer networks
Distributed computing
Frequency
Grid computing
MATLAB
Micromechanical devices
Predictive models
Radiofrequency microelectromechanical systems
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Summary:The SCT-based simulation tool consists of a MATLAB code developed to run on a single machine in order to predict the phase-shift for all possible MEMS configurations. The 1024 configurations of a phase-shifter cell are obtained by the UP/DOWN positions of the 10 RF MEMS switches inserted in the slit of the 3 metallic patches (Legay, 2005). This problem represent a very computational demanding task on stand alone machines. In this work we report how parallel distributed computing in grid environment offers a very suitable tool for this specific problem. The multi-port networks are computed on GRID5000 nodes and it has yielded a 90.5% of simulation time reduction while keeping the same accuracy for the several frequency values we have tested.
ISSN:1522-3965
DOI:10.1109/APS.2007.4395427