Ansoft Designer® is an integrated schematic and design management front-end for Ansoft's best-in-class simulation technologies, Nexxim®, HFSS™, Q3D Extractor®, and SIwave™. Ansoft Designer is the foundation for a highly accurate design flow that allows users to precisely model and simulate complex analog, RF, and mixed-signal applications and perform signal-integrity analysis and system verification of high-performance IC/package/board designs. This flexible, easy-to-use software includes schematic and layout capture, netlist generation, a planar electromagnetic solver (Method of Moments), and sophisticated data visualization and analysis tools.

New in Ansoft Designer v4

• "Push excitations" link from Nexxim to HFSS and SIwave.
• Dynamic link to the 2D Extractor tool.
• Revised user interface for even better usability.
• Reusable report templates.
• Eye diagrams have been significantly enhanced.
• Reporter functionality is now available through scripting.
• The user has access to a wide-ranging suite of "ranged functions" for better data reduction. Examples include maximum, minimum, rise time, and overshoot.
• PlanarEM engine runs in 64-bit mode and supports multiple processors.
• Distributed Solve Option (DSO) available for parametric sweeps.
• Frequency-dependent materials are now supported in PlanarEM.