Computer-readable recording medium storing simulation program, simulation method, and simulation device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12416655-B2
Application number	US-202318151596-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2023
Priority date	Apr 12, 2022
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a simulation program for causing a computer to execute a process including: generating thinned grids for electromagnetic current computation, according to electric field strength distribution in an equivalent electromagnetic current area; and calculating equivalent electromagnetic currents and far fields, by using the thinned grids.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a simulation program for causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
generating thinned grids for electromagnetic current computation, according to electric field strength distribution in an equivalent electromagnetic current area; and
calculating equivalent electromagnetic currents and far fields, by using the thinned grids,
the generating the thinned grids includes:
calculating electric field strength for each of cells generated by dividing each plane of the equivalent electromagnetic current area, which is a rectangular parallelepiped or cubic area; and
generating the thinned grids by merging a predetermined number of the cells, based on the electric field strength.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein
the generating the thinned grids by merging the predetermined number of the cells includes
generating the thinned grids by merging all the cells in a thinning target range when the electric field strength of all the cells in the thinning target range that includes the predetermined number of the cells is equal to or less than a predetermined upper limit value.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein
the generating the thinned grids by merging the predetermined number of the cells includes
generating the thinned grids by merging all the cells in the thinning target range when the electric field strength of all the cells in the thinning target range that includes the predetermined number of cells is equal to or less than a first upper limit value and a variation coefficient of the electric field strength for all the cells in the thinning target range is equal to or less than a second upper limit value.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein
the generating the thinned grids by merging the predetermined number of the cells includes
generating the thinned grids such that a vertical or horizontal size of the thinning target range is equal to or less than a predetermined upper limit value.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein
the calculating the equivalent electromagnetic currents includes
calculating electromagnetic currents for each of the cells that are not merged for the thinned grids and for each of the thinned grids.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 5 , wherein
the calculating the electromagnetic currents for each of the thinned grids includes:
calculating magnetic currents by integrating first calculation results for electric fields that correspond to the cells in the thinned grids, when there is a plurality of the first calculation results; and
calculating electric currents by integrating second calculation results for magnetic fields that correspond to the cells in the thinned grids, when there is a plurality of the second calculation results.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable recording medium according to claim 1 , wherein the calculating the far fields includes
calculating the far fields for each of the cells that are not merged for the thinned grids and for each of the thinned grids.

8. A simulation method comprising:
generating thinned grids for electromagnetic current computation, according to electric field strength distribution in an equivalent electromagnetic current area; and
calculating equivalent electromagnetic currents and far fields, by using the thinned grids,
the generating the thinned grids includes:
calculating electric field strength for each of cells generated by dividing each plane of the equivalent electromagnetic current area, which is a rectangular parallelepiped or cubic area; and
generating the thinned grids by merging a predetermined number of the cells, based on the electric field strength.

9. The simulation method according to claim 8 , wherein
the generating the thinned grids by merging the predetermined number of the cells includes
generating the thinned grids by merging all the cells in a thinning target range when the electric field strength of all the cells in the thinning target range that includes the predetermined number of the cells is equal to or less than a predetermined upper limit value.

10. The simulation method according to claim 8 , wherein
the generating the thinned grids by merging the predetermined number of the cells includes
generating the thinned grids by merging all the cells in the thinning target range when the electric field strength of all the cells in the thinning target range that includes the predetermined number of cells is equal to or less than a first upper limit value and a variation coefficient of the electric field strength for all the cells in the thinning target range is equal to or less than a second upper limit value.

11. The simulation method according to claim 8 , wherein
the generating the thinned grids by merging the predetermined number of the cells includes
generating the thinned grids such that a vertical or horizontal size of the thinning target range is equal to or less than a predetermined upper limit value.

12. The simulation method according to claim 8 , wherein
the calculating the equivalent electromagnetic currents includes
calculating electromagnetic currents for each of the cells that are not merged for the thinned grids and for each of the thinned grids.

13. The simulation method according to claim 12 , wherein the calculating the electromagnetic currents for each of the thinned grids includes:
calculating magnetic currents by integrating first calculation results for electric fields that correspond to the cells in the thinned grids, when there is a plurality of the first calculation results; and
calculating electric currents by integrating second calculation results for magnetic fields that correspond to the cells in the thinned grids, when there is a plurality of the second calculation results.

14. The simulation method according to claim 8 , wherein the calculating the far fields includes
calculating the far fields for each of the cells that are not merged for the thinned grids and for each of the thinned grids.

15. A simulation device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory and configured to:
generate thinned grids for electromagnetic current computation, according to electric field strength distribution in an equivalent electromagnetic current area; and
calculate equivalent electromagnetic currents and far fields, by using the thinned grids,
a processing to generate the thinned grids includes:
calculating electric field strength for each of cells generated by dividing each plane of the equivalent electromagnetic current area, which is a rectangular parallelepiped or cubic area; and
generating the thinned grids by merging a predetermined number of the cells, based on the electric field strength.

16. The simulation device according to claim 15 , wherein
a processing to generate the thinned grids by merging the predetermined number of the cells includes
generating the thinned grids by merging all the cells in a thinning target range when the electric field strength of all the cells in the thinning target range that includes the predetermined number of the cells is equal to or less than a predetermined upper limit value.

17. The simulation device according to claim 15 , wherein the generating the thinned grids by merging the predetermined number of the cells includes a

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Ohta Eiji

Classifications

• G06F30/20 Primary

  Design optimisation, verification or simulation (optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30) · CPC title

• G01R29/08 Primary

  Measuring electromagnetic field characteristics · CPC title