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Antenna Design & Modeling Software

Understanding the factors affecting antenna performance when installed on real-world platforms is crucial to a sustainable design process.

Smarter Antenna Design and  Placement Simulation

Antennas are virtually everywhere. From commercial applications such as smartphones, RFID tags, and wireless printers, to defense applications such as phased array antennas for aircraft radar systems or autonomous vehicles, to integrated ground-based communication systems. 

Electromagnetic simulation of antenna design and its interaction with the entire system allows designers to evaluate “what if” real life scenarios.

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    Component Design
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    EMI/Co-Site Interference
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    Antenna Placement and Co-site
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    Lightning Strike Simulation

Antenna Simulation Technologies in HFSS

HFSS offers the full suite of simulation tools and technologies for antenna design and placement simulation

Ansys HFSS for Antenna Simulation – Application Brief

Antenna Design Application

Finite Element Method 

HFSS FEM solver and HFSS Optimetrics helps specify antenna placement within smartphones to meet SAR compliance.

Asymptotic

Using SBR+ and PO solver, analyze the radiation patterns of the antennas on their platform including the reflection effects of nearby objects.

Integral Equations

IE employs the 3D Method of Moments (MoM) technique for efficiently solving open radiation and scattering problems.

FEM Transient

The FEM transient solver incorporates HFSS adaptive meshing and analyzes transient applications such as ground penetrating radar (GPR), electrostatic discharge, time domain reflectometry (TDR), and identifying radar cross section (RCS) scattering centers.

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Better, Faster Communication Design with Antenna Simulation

From increasingly powerful consumer mobile devices to the most advanced design challenges driving manufacturing and critical applications, the future of technology asks more from antennas than ever before. No matter the sector, simulation is the solution to execute high-performance antenna and platform designs with minimal wasted effort and money. 

5g antennas

5G

Antenna beamforming and beam steering in 5G are key to improve the capacity and data rates. Massive MIMO requires phased array antennas to optimize the link and ensure targeted coverage.

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IoT

With our advanced technologies for 3-D simulation, customers can assemble different IoT components into complete virtual prototypes of software-controlled, multi-domain systems. 

Simulation Solutions

Physics-based Antenna Simulation.

The complexities of antenna design and installation make it very expensive to conduct multiple rounds of real-world tests. Ansys’ physics-based simulation makes it easy to understand and predict antenna performance during the design phase, speeding you through challenges in:

  • Component design
  • Antenna placement
  • Antenna array
  • Co-site interference
  • Lightning strike
  • Rotor blade modulation
  • Large scale platform interaction
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Featured Resources

WEBINARS

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Real-time Optical Simulation for Reliable and Innovative Automotive Lighting Designs

Receive expert insights on how Speos’ optical library improves the realism and accuracy of physics-based simulation modeling for autonomous driving.

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Modeling Inductive-Based Wireless Power Transfer Using Ansys Maxwell

Learn how simulation can help you design optimal inductive-based wireless power systems for charging biomedical implants, consumer electronics and even electric vehicles.

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Electromagnetic Modeling and Analysis of Power and Distribution Transformers

Learn how to use Ansys simulation solutions to deal with common challenges in transformer design, such as computation of inrush current due to faults, multi-field coupling problems like transformer temperature rise prediction, etc.


CASE STUDIES

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Ansys HFSS SBR+

Ansys HFSS SBR+ is an asymptotic high-frequency electromagnetic (EM) simulator for modeling EM interaction in electrically large environments.

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Ansys HFSS for Antenna Simulation

This paper describes antenna design and simulation with Ansys HFSS, the industry leading 3D electromagnetic (EM) simulation tool for high frequency and high speed electronic components.

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Ansys + Polytenna Technologies Inc.

Learn how this antenna design company maintains a competitive edge with Ansys HFSS' powerful, fast, scalable and accurate 3D electromagnetic solver.


WHITE PAPERS

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White Paper

Electromagnetic Simulation of Antennas Installed Inside Automobiles

The increasing use of electronics and wireless technologies in today’s automobile has increased the challenge of meeting electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) performance standards


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