Antenna Simulation Software
The following table list notable software packages that are nominal EM (electromagnetic) simulators;
IAR Embedded Workbench for 8051 Shortened time-to-market and simplified development within the Internet of Things. One toolbox, one view, one uninterrupted workflow. Iar risc v.
Antenna software becomes useful when you are tired of the 'cut and try' method. Many consider antenna modeling programs to be 'overkill' for most if not all.
| Name | License | Windows | Linux | 3D | GUI | Convergence detector | Mesher | Algorithm | Area of application |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEC | open source | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | manual | MoM | Widely used as the basis for many GUI-based programs on many platforms. Version 4 is commercially licensed. |
| Momentum | commercial | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | equidistant | MoM | For passive planar elements development, integrated into Agilent EEsofAdvanced Design System. |
| HFSS | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic adaptive | FEMFDTD PO Hybrid FEBI MoM Eigen Mode | For antenna/filter/IC packages, Radome,RFIC,LTCC,MMIC,Antenna Placement,Wave guides, EMI,FSS,Metamaterial,Composite Material, RCS-Mono and Bi development. |
| XFdtd | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic Project Optimized | FDTD | RF and microwave antennas, components, and systems, including mobile devices. MRI coils, radar, waveguides, SAR validation. |
| JCMsuite | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic, error-controlled | FEM | Nano- and micro-photonic applications (light scattering,[1] waveguide modes,[2] optical resonances[3]). |
| COMSOL Multiphysics | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic | FEM, Boundary element method, Ray Tracing | General Purpose |
| FEKO | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic or manual; adaptive | For antenna analysis, antenna placement, windscreen antennas, microstrip circuits, waveguide structures, radomes, EMI, cable coupling, FSS, metamaterials, periodic structures, RFID | |
| Elmer FEM | open source (GPL) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | manual, or can import other mesh formats | FEM | General Purpose, includes 2D and 3D magnetics solvers, both static and harmonic. 3D solver is based on the Whitney AV formulation of Maxwell's equations. |
References[edit]
- ^Hoffmann, J.; et al. (2009). 'Comparison of electromagnetic field solvers for the 3D analysis of plasmonic nano antennas'. Proc. SPIE. Modeling Aspects in Optical Metrology II. 7390: 73900J. arXiv:0907.3570. doi:10.1117/12.828036.
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- ^Maes, B.; et al. (2013). 'Simulations of high-Q optical nanocavities with a gradual 1D bandgap'. Opt. Express. 21 (6): 6794–806. Bibcode:2013OExpr.21.6794M. doi:10.1364/OE.21.006794. hdl:1854/LU-4243856. PMID23546062.
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