Antenna System Design and Simulation
Ansoft provides powerful, integrated software tools that are ideal for designing and optimizing the performance of antennas systems. Complex radiating elements like planar inverted F (PIFA) antennas, patches, flared notches, ultra wideband radiators, electronic bandgap elements, and emerging metamaterial antennas can be designed using HFSS, the industry standard 3D full-wave electromagnetic field simulation software. HFSS automatically computes critical metrics such as gain, directivity, input impedance, efficiency, and near- and far-field radiation patterns. HFSS can link field data between multiple HFSS models to capture the entire behavior of the Antenna system from transmitter to receiver including the active RF front-end through dynamic co-simulation with Nexxim, Ansoft's transient and harmonic-balance circuit simulator. Teamed with Nexxim, antenna engineers design state-of-the-art array feed networks and transceivers coupled with the radiating elements for a rigorous analysis of the complete antenna system. Ansoft Designer® and HFSS™ provide dynamic parameterized co-simulation to simulate electrical models (S-, Y-, Z-parameters) for arbitrary 3D structures. Additionally, Ansoft Designer can combine multiple HFSS 3D structures into larger networks for simulation. Using Ansoft Designer's built-in planar EM simulator or other dynamically linked Ansoft EM simulators, engineers can develop antennas, phased arrays, filters, coupler, circulators, spiral inductors and other passive microwave elements. Ansoft Designer's 3D planar EM capabilities can analyze highly complex or electrically large geometries, complex stack-ups, and "thick-metal" geometries. For full 3D structures, Ansoft Designer compliments HFSS with unparalleled integration. Featured Products HFSS™
HFSS™ is the industry-standard software for S-parameter, Full-Wave SPICE™ extraction, and 3D electromagnetic field simulation of high-frequency and high-speed components. Engineers rely on the accuracy, capacity, and performance of HFSS to design on-chip embedded passives, IC packages, PCB interconnects, antennas, RF/microwave components, and biomedical devices. Nexxim®
Nexxim® is an advanced, frequency- and time-domain circuit simulator for engineers designing the next generation of high- performance DigitalRF CMOS ICs, GaAs/SiGe RFICs, SIP/SOC packages, power delivery systems and gigabit computer and communication backplanes. Dynamic, parameterized co-simulation with HFSS™ and Ansoft Designer® enables Nexxim to combine transistor-level detail for complex and highly nonlinear circuits with full-wave S-parameter models of the interconnect to provide the most accurate simulation capability for signal-integrity analysis and RF design. Ansoft Designer®
Ansoft Designer® provides an integrated schematic and design management front-end for complex analog, RF and mixed-signal applications. By leveraging advanced electromagnetic field simulators dynamically linked to powerful circuit and system simulation, Ansoft Designer enables engineers to design, optimize, and validate component, circuit, and system performance long before building a prototype in hardware. Distributed Solve
Ansoft’s Distributed Analysis option for HFSS™, Q3D Extractor® and Maxwell® delivers the power of distributed computing to maximize the design engineer’s overall productivity. With Distributed Analysis, these industry-standard products can now distribute parametric studies across available hardware to expedite EM model extraction, characterization and optimization. Contact us today to discuss your design needs. |
