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Combination of the reduced field formulation in the wall regions with the split formulation in the edges and corners results in an efficient PML algorithm. Memory and CPU time requirements may be reduced by up to one-third without loss of accuracy.","The evanescent PML modification for the split-field PML is shown to apply to the unsplit formulation for a particular choice of the PML material parameters. A lossy modified PML formulation similar to the generalized PML is also presented.","The modified PML formulation is applied to the analysis of inhomogeneous antenna structures. Numerical studies are performed to determine general PML parameter guidelines required for accurate calculation of far-field radiation patterns and input impedance. The PML is also applied to the problem of near-field characterization of antennas radiating in the presence of biological bodies.","Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T11:54:00Z (GMT). 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