RF PCB design using Electro-Manetic Field Solvers

17 Jul, 2022 01:04 AM

I just saw a video today from CST Microwave Studio (under the Dassault Simulia line) that is promoting its latest coverage of Radio Frequency in the low frequency domain (under 3 GHz) as :

Signal Integrity (SI)
Power Integrity (PI)
Electro-Magnetic Compliance (EMC)
Thermal Power Dissipation

This is a dramatic shift for CST since it was primarily developed for Antenna and Waveguide design.

Now it is going head to head with Keysight ADS (now called Pathwave ADS) and also Ansys Electronic Desktop for 3D physics modeling and finally Comsol ElectroMagnetics Modeling as well for 3D physics modeling.

I also recently saw that Comsol is getting into low frequency Electro-Magnetics modeling for the new Electrification paradym that is building with Solar, Electric Vehicles, Home Power, and Mobile electronics.

So as these companies start to broaden their product lines, it will be interesting to compare features from each as well as the benefits for the costs, since all of these software program EM tools have been historically out of the reach of most people (> $10K and up to $100K per seat !).

Check out the hot links above and if you want to know what else is out there check out this EM listing :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_EM_simulation_software

Xgentec Jason

Jul 27, 2022

Looks very interesting.

It is a shame I have started to really go off this company with their subscription model direction.

Steven Minichiello

Jul 29, 2022

Xgentec Jason Looks very interesting.It is a shame I have started to really go off this company with their subscription model direction.

Well the subscription model is the profitable model since it is re-occuring revenue and stable income (profits) for the company as well. Plus it stabilizes sales in that they don't have to put out as much effort.

The problem with software is that it has NEVER been finished and the consumer is always buying something that is faulty and bug ridden. This would never be acceptable in hardware, but has come to be the norm for software since we are told to 'simply' upgrade to the latest version.

The bigger issue i have is that since my 2018 SolidWorks has expired (but still works), i am out of their loop for catching up to the subscription model and must back-pay to get the latest. More or less paying the $6K full price !

This is a real slap-in-the-face for the customer and i have waited for the 'deals' to upgrade but they have nothing except the closest as buy-one-get-one-free; which i couldn't care less about.

So i will play the waiting game and they will lose my money until we can come to terms.

Radio Frequency (RF) & Wireless Design

Created by Steven Minichiello on 27 April, 2018

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RF PCB design using Electro-Manetic Field Solvers

Radio Frequency (RF) & Wireless Design

Created by Steven Minichiello on 27 April, 2018

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RF PCB design using Electro-Manetic Field Solvers

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