NEW CONSISTENT MODEL FOR FERRITE PERMEABILITY TENSOR WITH ARBITRARY MAGNETIZATION STATE

Partially magnetized ferrites play an important role in a large class of microwave devices. For instance, when the optimal design of circula tors, which operate with ferrite in the low magnetic field region, and other ferrite devices (phase shifters, isolators etc.) are considered , permeability tensor is required for arbitrary magnetization. The exi sting models do not simultaneously provide all tensor components, and their validity domain is limited, The proposed model provides integral expressions for all permeability tensor components, which can be trea ted numerically without difficulties, The physical nature of the model enforces the causal aspect that is required when numerical time-domai n methods (such as finite-difference time domain (FDTD), transmission- line matrix (TLM), time-domain finite-element method (TDFEM), etc.) ar e used, Finally, the comparison with measurements or specific cases, w hich can be treated by available models, demonstrates the validity of the proposed approach.