Industrial Consultancy & Sponsored Research (IC&SR) , IIT Madras

Technology Category/ Market

Category – Information & Communication Technologies (ICT)/ Computer Aided Design & CAD Analysis

Applications –Telecommunications, Software systems, hard ware applications, Microwave Engineering, photonic crystal wave guides  Industry – Telecommunications , Electrical

Market – The Global Telecommunication Market is valued at USD 1754.8 Billion in 2022 and is projected to reach a value of USD 2652.5 Billion by 2030 at a CAGR of 5.3% between 2023 and 2030.

 

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Problem Statement

  • Computational Electro Magnetics (CEM) involves design, modeling and analysis of a wide range of devices and systems using numerical solutions to equations the said systems include Microwave Engineering, Optical and Photonics Design and validation, Radar scatter pattern analysis.
  • Existing techniques  such as are described as time-consuming and lacking control over simulations

Technology

The invention provides a system and method for computing the intensity of electromagnetic fields surrounding an equipment under test (EUT)

Image Acquisition and Pre-processing:

  • Capture an RGB digital image of the EUT with a predetermined spatial geometry.
  • Pre-process the image to obtain material parameters, geometry, and boundary conditions as functions of spatial geometry.

Parameter Extraction:

  • Extract material parameters (permittivity, permeability, and conductivity) from the red, green, and blue component intensities of each pixel.
  • Extract stimuli definition parameters (source position, source geometry, receiver position, and receiver geometry) from fixed intensity values of red, green, and blue components.
  • Extract boundary conditions from fixed intensity values to identify edges of the simulation domain/ boundary geometry

Input to Electromagnetic Solver:

  • Receive the extracted material parameters, stimuli definition parameters, and boundary conditions by a 2D-electromagnetic solver

Simulation and Computation:

  • Simulate the 2D-electromagnetic solver over the identified simulation domain.
  • Compute intensity of electric/ magnetic fields using either continuous time signal mode or discrete time signal mode.
  • Perform computation within predetermined timeand for a specified excitation frequency.
  • The system disclosed in the given  invention electromagnetic field computing system having a simulation tool that includes RUN, PAUSE, RESUME and EXPORT functions
  • The electromagnetic solver can be selected from options such as Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD), Finite Elements Analysis (FEA), Boundary Elements Methods (BEM), or Finite Integral Techniques (FIT).
  • The invention provides and efficient Graphical User Interface (GUI) that intakes a RGB(Red-Green-Blue)-image as input layout for performing 2D-Electromagnetic wave simulation

Key Features/ Value Proposition

Technical Perspective:

  • The invention discloses a method and system for efficient computation and simulation of electromagnetic fields based on an RGB digital image of an equipment under test.
  • Processing machine configured to process the digital image, extract material parameters, geometry, and boundary conditions, and simulate the electromagnetic solver.

User Perspective:

  • The invention provides and efficient Graphical User Interface (GUI) that intakes a RGB(Red-Green-Blue)-image as input layout for performing 2D-Electromagnetic wave simulation and analyze the computed data effectively
  • The method can be incorporated ideally in electromagnetic structures such as photonic crystal waveguides, directional couplers etc.

Questions about this Technology?

Contact For Licensing

sm-marketing@imail.iitm.ac.in
ipoffice2@iitm.ac.in

Research Lab

Prof. ANANTH KRISHNAN

Department of Electrical  Engineering

Intellectual Property

  • IITM IDF Ref. 1519
  • IN414663-Granted

Technology Readiness Level

TRL-3

Experimental Proof of Concept 

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