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3D Full-wave Electromagnetic Field Simulation

Featured Capabilities

3D Full-wave EM Field Simulation

  • Tangential vector finite elements
  • Adaptive Lanczos Padé Sweep (ALPS) for fast frequency sweeps
  • Inclusion of skin effect, loss, and frequency dependence
  • Pushbutton 3D S-, Y-, and Z-matrix parasitic extraction
  • Automatic adaptive mesh generation and refinement
  • Model healing, automatic feature recognition, mesh resolution control, and fault-tolerant meshing for CAD import
  • Low-, medium, and higher-order basis functions
  • Direct and iterative matrix solvers (64-bit capability)
  • Eigenmode matrix solver (64-bit capability)
  • Floquet ports
  • Auto-assign for terminal-driven ports
  • Incident field from several sources including small current loop, dipoles, and arbitrary plane waves

Solution Data

  • S-parameters (single-ended, differential, de-embedded, renormalized)
  • Far-field calculation (2D, 3D, gain, angular beam width)
  • Port mode and impedance calculation by 2D-eigenmode solver fields
  • SAR calculation
  • Mode conversion
  • Material losses, radiation losses

Full-Wave SPICE™ Models

  • Nexxim®, HSPICE®, Spectre® RF and MATLAB® compatible

Data Display/Result Visualization

  • S-, Y-, Z-parameter matrix
  • Plots
    • 2D/3D Cartesian/Polar plots, Smith charts and Data tables
    • Overlay measurement data
    • Copy vector graphics to clipboard
    • Display Trace Characteristics, Markers, Delta Markers and X Markers
    • Copy and Paste of plot definition or data from one report to another
    • Library of Report Templates: Create templates from reports, vice versa
  • Port surface characteristic impedance
  • Differential S-parameter, TDR display
  • 3D static and animated field plots on any surface
    • Current, electric field, magnetic field
    • Radiation pattern, emissions test
    • Vector display, magnitude display
  • Ranged Functions - Extract calculations, such as maximum, minimum and average, from a plot or dataset

Options

  • Integrated optimization/parametric solutions
    • Geometry and material parameterization
      • N-dimensional data plots (family of curves)
      • Automated optimization, sensitivity and statistical analysis
  • Distributed Analysis for parallel computing:
    • Discrete and interpolating frequency sweeps
    • Optimization, sensitivity analysis, statistical analysis
  • Dynamic links to Ansoft products
    • Nexxim® and Ansoft Designer® for circuit and system simulation of microwave, analog/RF and high-speed digital designs
    • HFSS to HFSS datalink allows large 3D problems to be decomposed into multiple domains
    • SIwave™ for EMI/EMC analyses
    • Maxwell® 3D for ferrite devices
    • ePhysics for coupled thermal and structural analysis
  • AnsoftLinks™ for import:
    • Layout (Cadence, Mentor Graphics, Zuken)
    • Geometry (DXF, GDSII, Pro/E, Catia, STEP, IGES)




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