ANTENNA SOLUTION
The SEMCAD X Matterhorn ANTENNA software package is a full-wave 3D finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulation solution for solving all electromagnetic (EM) propagation and radiation challenges. The intuitive design flow allows for the efficient and rapid design and optimization of antenna systems and large radiating structures.
The ANTENNA software package, the solvers most frequently applied in near-field dosimetry, have been extensively validated and documented according to the IEEE/IEC 62704-1 standard as well as by comparisons with measured data (>200 publications). Comprehensive documentation for SEMCAD X Matterhorn is available.
SEMCAD X Matterhorn provides integrated, advanced, and interactive computer-aided design (CAD) modeling without the need for a preprocessor or live-link, and can handle the most complex CAD-based models.
Processing (interpolation, interactive cropping/masking, etc.) and visualization of the simulation results is performed together with the measured/ imaging data directly on the models.
Application Areas
- Virtual prototyping of on-/in-body wireless devices, mobile phones, handsets, net/notebooks, etc.
- Design and optimization of antennas and large radiating structures
- Antenna diversity and multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO)
- Compliant integration of 5G, wireless broadband (WiBro), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), WiFi, Bluetooth, indoor/outdoor wideband propagation
- Over-the-air (OTA) performance evaluations
- Specific absorption rate (SAR), hearing aid compatibility (HAC)
- Matching circuit design and optimization
Selected Features
- 3-D EM FDTD kernel for highest speed and memory efficiency
- 64-bit kernels supporting >> 1 billion voxels, parallelization
- Real-time interactive gridder, reference speed mesh generator
- Unique FDTD/GPU subgridding scheme (structure-adaptive)
- Autoregressive moving-average (ARMA) engine for early time
convergence detection - Meta, double-negative, non-linear materials
- Surface impedance boundary conditions (SIBC) accelerated for broadband and harmonic simulations
- New powerful engine for parametrization/sweeps
- Integrated, advanced, and interactive CAD modeling (no preprocessor or live-link needed)
- Fast import of various CAD formats (>>100,000 parts), ODB++
- Handles triangle surface meshes and parameterized CAD models simultaneously
- Novel analysis pipeline architecture, templates
- Fast 3D OGL QTech or Visualization Toolkit (VTK) based rendering/visualization
- Volume rendering, interpolation on arbitrary 3D structures, surface field rendering
- Analysis Workbench (graphical, manipulation of output)
- The only platform that offers Poser for CTIA hand phantoms
- Special 5G related tools/ workflows (array wizard, etc.)
- Comprehensive analysis tool for diversity performance of multi-antenna systems
- Matching circuit application for multiport devices (Optenni interface)
- Automation, analysis, and customization via a Python scripting environment (script generator)
- Import/display of external measurement data (SPEAG scanners)
