Adaptive frequency sampling algorithm for fast and accurate S-parameter modeling of general planar structures

A new adaptive technique is proposed to represent the spectral response of general planar structures over some frequency range of interest with a minimal number of frequency samples. Rational fitting functions are used to model and interpolate the S-parameters obtained through electromagnetic simulation. The adaptive algorithm doesn't require any a priori knowledge of the dynamics of the S-parameters in order to select an appropriate sampling distribution. This greatly improves the transparent use of any electromagnetic simulator.< >