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The Renormalization Group Theory Combined to the MS-GEC Method to Study Active Fractal Structures with Incorporated PIN Diodes

Sonia Mili,

Dr. Sonia Mili

National Engineering School of Tunis

Tunisia

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Chiraz Larbi Aguili,

Dr. Chiraz Larbi Aguili

National Engineering School of Tunis

Tunisia

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Taoufik Aguili

Dr. Taoufik Aguili

Syscom Laboratory

Engineers' National School of Tunis

Tunisia

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol. 29, 43-62, 2011

doi:10.2528/PIERB11013105 | Google Scholar

Abstract

The renormalization group theory (RGT) is used in this paper to develop an extension of the multi-scale approach (MS-GEC), previously developed by the authors, in order to enable the study of fractal structures at infinite iterations. In this work, we focused on active fractal structures with incorporated PIN diodes but the developed concept can be applied to a wide variety of fractals. The MS-GEC method deals with fractal-shaped objects as a set of scale levels. The processing is done gradually, one scale at each step, from the lowest scale till the highest one. To compute the input impedance of fractal-shaped structures using the MS-GEC method, we demonstrated that the input impedance of any scale level is generated from the input impedance of the previous scale level. When the iteration of fractal tends toward infinity, the structure contains an unknown number of levels. Since the atomic level cannot be defined, a critical point is reached limiting then the scope of the MS-GEC and of the existing classical methods. Based on RGT concepts, if the relation between the input impedances of two consecutive levels can be rewritten independently of the critical parameter (which is in our case the scale level), a transformation called "renormalization group" is generated. Consequently, the input impedance of the infinite active fractal structure approaches the fixed point of the defined transformation independently of the system details at the atomic level. The MS-GEC method combined to the RGT is a very powerful technique since it profits from the advantages (rapidity and reduced memory requirements) of the MS-GEC method and from the ability of the RGT to solve problems at their critical point.

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Sonia Mili, Chiraz Larbi Aguili, and Taoufik Aguili, "The Renormalization Group Theory Combined to the MS-GEC Method to Study Active Fractal Structures with Incorporated PIN Diodes," Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, Vol. 29, 43-62, 2011.
doi:10.2528/PIERB11013105

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