Feature Overview

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Solvers

• Yee-FDTD (standard fast FDTD solver, 20/40 MCells/s on P4 3.4 GHz
• ADI-FDTD (ADI-FDTD solver)
• C-FDTD (FIT / conformal FDTD solver)
• C-ADI-FDTD (combined ADI and FIT / conformal FDTD solver)
• T (Thermal solver)
• C-T (conformal Thermal solver)
• EM-T (coupled EM Thermal solver, conformal)
• LF solver
• Circuit-EM Simulation
  

Hardware Acceleration Solutions

• aXware V3.0 (PCIe card, 500 MCells/s, 1.5 GB)
• CIB 1000 (ClusterInABox Dual, 64 bit Opteron, 2 aXware V3.0, 4 GB/16 GB, 1000 MCells/s)
• CIB 1500 (ClusterInABox Quad, 64 bit Opteron, 4 aXware V3.0, 4 GB/16 GB, 1500 MCells/s)

Supported Platforms/OS

• Solvers
  - Win 2000 32 bit
  - Win XP 32 bit
  - Win XP 64 bit
  - RedHat Linux 32 bit
  - RedHat Linux 64 bit
  - Mandrake Linux 32 bit
  - Mandrake Linux 64 bit
  - SuSE Linux 32 bit
  - SuSE Linux 64 bit (all 64 bit versions for Opteron, Xeon, etc.)
  - Mac OSX (PowerPC, Intel)
  - SUN Solaris V8 or higher
  - SG, HP, etc. on special request
• GUI
  - Win 2000 32 bit
  - Win XP 32 bit
  - Win XP 64 bit
  - Linux via VMWare
  

Multi Processor Packages

• Cluster OpenMP for Linux (Coming Soon)
• Improved openMP shared memory parallelization for all above mentioned
  

Network Features

• Remote simulation tools with simulating queing
• Batch demon, queuing control instances
• Solver control via SEMCAD X GUI or cmd line or Python scripting
• Database engine for sharing and managing projects
  

Solver Features

• FDTD Solvers
  -Transient, Broadband and Harmonic simulations
  - Results from time and frequency domain
  - 32/64 bit, Win/Linux/OSX/UNIX
  - Automatic or manual simulation termination
  - Non-homogeneous intelligent gridder engine (geometry detection)
  - Run-time monitoring of I(t) and V(t)
  - Lossy dielectric and magnetic materials
  - Frequency-dependent dielectric and magnetic materials (Debye,
  Lorentz, Drude, Drude-Lorentz)
  - Metamaterials (double negative)
  - Non-linear materials (Kerr-Effect, Raman-Scattering)
  - Lossy real metals, thin metal sheets and coatings
  - Temperature relevant parameters for T and EM-T solver
  - Huge predefined materials database (metals, dielectrics, anatomical)
  - User defined signals source (pulse, step, saw, arbitrary, etc.)
  - Discrete sources (1-D, single edge)
  - Waveguide sources (2-D, excitation on planes)
  - Plane-wave and Huygens’ box sources (total-field / scattered-field)
  - Hard added voltage and current sources (with series/parallel RLC)
  - Lumped elements (R, L, C, predefined serial/parallel)
  - More complex elements through CIRCUIT-EM Simulation
  - ABC, PEC, PMC, periodic boundaries
  - Analytic boundaries (Mur, Higdon)
  - UPML and CPML boundaries with adjustable absorption
  
  
• Special/Additional EM Conformal Solver Features
  - Separate treatment of metals
  - Improved treatment of dielectrics (compared to original conformal)
  - User defined speed/accuracy tradeoff
  - Unconditionally stable and robust for arbitrarily complex structures
  - Smooth integration with conformal gridder/voxeler
  
  
• Thermal Solver Features
  - T standalone solver
  - Coupled EM-T, extended Pennes Bioheat Equation for BioEM
  - Discrete vessel model for BioEM
  - Multiple EM sources (not bound to single simulation)
  - Correlated/uncorrelated superposition of fields, individual scaling
  - Pulsed excitation/time profile, on-off switch
  - T dependent tissues (electric conductivity , SAR, blood perfusion)
  - Time dependent specific heat generation rates
  - Tensorial heat diffusion
  - Conformal subcell T solver
  - Flexible boundary-conditions (Neumann, Dirichlet, mixed, for every interface and every direction)
  - Extended T solver functionality (field optimization extended features)
  - Thermal ablation (tissue damage) measure
  
  
• Circuit-EM Simulation
  - Coupled circuit (SPICE)-EM simulation in time-domain
  - Full integration/coupling with SEMCAD X EM simulator
  - Circuit/layout design environment
  - Import of components, subcircuits (Coming soon)
  - Interfaces to other circuit simulation packages (Coming soon)
  - Hardware acceleration compatible
  
  
• LF Solvers
  - Windows 32/64 bit
  - Automatic simulation termination
  - Electrostatic and Electro quasi-static
  - Magnetostatic and Magneto quasi-static with constant permeability
  - 3D static solver
  - 3D LF solvers, E/H integrated into SEMCAD X
  - Coupled with Thermal solvers
  

S-Parameters/Ports

• Fully automated multi-port S-Parameter extraction
• Discrete ports (single edge, source/sensor)
• Distributed 2-D ports
• Waveguide ports (coax, rectangular, circular, parallel plate)
• Fundamental or higher modes
• Results of S-Parameters extracted vs. frequency or in steady state

Modeling Features

• ACIS® R16 based 3-D solid modeler
• OGL based 3-D QTech renderer (easy handling of >> 10'000 parts, in-house developed engine)
• User guided and/or CAD import based modeling
• Adjustable transparency, shaded/facet views, etc.
• 3-D spatial or 2-D planar modeling
• Mouse or key based input, vertices for facilitated modeling
• Boolean operations
• Predefined 2-D and 3-D objects (incl. helix, etc.)
• Fully parametrized modeling
• Sweeping, extruding, skinning, rotating, etc. of objects
• Translation, rotation, scaling, mirroring, etc.
• 3-D arbitrary object array generation
• Python scripter for generation of arbitrary objects (analytical, etc.)
• Automated modeling via scripting engine
• Localized CAD element modeling
  
• CAD derived parametrization
• Boolean operations on parametrized CAD objects
• Posable hand & full body phantoms
  

Mobile Phone Tools

• Automated phone positioning to SAM (touch, tilt position)
• PCB/FPCB modeling
• Posable hand models
• Matching network tool
• Automated simulation setup/control/reporting
  

CAD Data Features

• Import/Export of IGES files
• Import/Export of STEP files
• Import/Export of 3DS files
• Import/Export of CATIA V4 files and import of CATIA V5 files
• Import of Pro/E files (asm, prt)
• Import of STL files
• Import of I-DEAS files
• Import of Gerber files
• Import of DXF files
• Automated or user defined healing of CAD parts or assemblies
• Import of MRI/CT based/segmented files (slices, triangles)
• 3-D voxel based data importer, smoothing, compound model conversion
• CAD handling support by ACIS® R18
  

GUI Features

• Integrated Modeling/EM Simulation/T Simulation/Measurement/Postpro environments
• Tree based access to all simulation parts (settings, solids, materials, grids, results, postpro, etc.)
• Easy copy-paste of entire simulations or settings parts
• 3-D or 2-D planar views
• Selection, zooming, 3-D mouse-only based handling, light rendering
• Calculator tools for various functions
• Fully native 64 bit support (large models, voxel numbers and results)
• Interactive markers on 2D plots

Gridding/Voxeling Features

• Adaptive, non-uniform meshing (graded)
• Fastest high-speed grid generator, object-analysis-intelligence
• Special tailored specific meshers for Yee-FDTD or conformal solvers
• High-level automation (one-click-grid)
• Broad variety of user-defined grid settings
• Real-time object selective gridding
• Geometrical analysis of solids for grid refinement
• GUI based selection of estimated grid size/simulation time trade-off
• Fast 3-D or 2-D conformal or Yee mesh viewer
• Region selective mesh visualization (plane, cube, etc.)
• Fully native 64 bit support for large meshes (>> 1 billion cells)

Sensor/Data Storage Features

• User/GUI based definition of storage regions (points, planes, cubes)
• Specific sensors for EM or T simulations (user definable)
• Efficient data storage for harmonic or transient simulations
• Saving at all or selected (intervals) times only
• Saving at selected frequencies in broadband simulations
• On-the-fly Fourier Transform

Postpro Features

• Fast 3-D OGL QTech based rendering/visualization of EM, T or measurement data from near- and far-field
• 2-D and 3-D view, radiation pattern, animations, movies
• 2-D XY plots, polar plots, Smith chart
• Radiation pattern (3-D in model, 2-D XY/polar)
• EM fields (Avg P, B, D, E, H, J, S, Energy, etc.)
• Radiation and far-field data, efficiency, TIS, TRP, Radar Cross-Section
• SAR/absorption (Av. 1g/10g/arbitrary IEEE1529, distributions, dP/dV)
• Full multi-port S-Parameter extraction: waveguides (coax, rectangular, circular, parallel plate), microstrips
• Solid/material selective extraction/processing
• Statistics processing, visualization and extraction into tables
• 3-D viewers (2-D planar slice, overlay on surfaces conformal/Yee, vectors/arrows, ISO surfaces, etc.)
• Combination/comparison and visualization of multiple results
• Overlaid visualization of model/voxels/EM-T-Measurement results
• Fast handling of 64 bit results (>> 1 billion voxels, native 64 bit)
• Full Python scripting engine support (interfacing of all features)
• Data processing in time and frequency domains
• Data export into 3rd party editors
• Data export to circuit analysis packages
• Viewer exports to image data
• Common postprocessor with DASY4, DASY5, iSAR
• Import of Rhode & Schwartz external measurement data
• Polarization axial ratio
• Peak E-field at 3 meters (EMC testing)
• Antenna Diversity
• Antenna parameters dependence with frequency
  

Optimizer Features

• CAD-derived optimization
• Fully parametrized modeling in GUI
• Easy conversion from imported CAD objects to parametrized data
• Genetic Algorithms (Dual Population Standard GA, Dependency Trees based GA, etc.)
• Efficient complex multi-variable (>> 15 parameters) optimization
• n-D methods (Powell, Particle Swarm, etc.)
• Field uniformity in GA Optimization for CAD structures
• Parameter sweep feature
• Combination of different schemes
• Multi-goal optimization with weighted goals
• Broadband and multi-frequency optimization for multiple goals
• Far-field optimization
• SAR optimization
• Dispersive material optimizer
• Effective solving of large number/scale simulations by aXware/CIB
• Python scripter support
• Visual observation/control of optimization status
• HTML report

Python Scripter Features

• Fully interfaced scripter for automation, batching, parametrization, optimization
• Script editor (with visual support) embedded in GUI
• Scripting function access to all SEMCAD X features on all levels (modeling, grid, simulation, postpro, etc.)

Models Database

• Largest library of CAD based phantoms available on the market
• Standard and measurement phantoms (SAM, SAM V4.5, Eli, DASY phantoms)
• Grid-independent (not based on voxel data), CAD based anatomical phantom data (axial resolutions < 0.1mm)
• More than 5 full body anatomical human phantoms (HUGOs, Virtual Family, etc.)
• More than 10 anatomical head models (children, adult, male, female, European, Asian, etc.)
• More than 10 small animal models (rat, mouse, young, adult, male, female, pregnant, etc.)
• Large animal models via Brooks AF Base voxel data
• 3-D voxel based data importer, smoothing, interpolation, compound model conversion
• 3-D High resolution CAD based Virtual Family Models
• Segmentation tool to convert MRI/CT data to CAD model
• Generic birdcage CAD models

Measurement and Interfaces

• Data import and visualization interface to DASY4 and DASY5
• Data import and visualization interface to iSAR
• Direct comparison (measurement – simulation) in same postprocessor
• Data import and visualization interface from 3-D anechoic radiation chamber data (customer specific import solutions on special request)

Bio/Medical Features

• SAR (standard, averaged, distributed)
• Support for CAD based anatomical models database
• Data extraction and visualization along lines, etc.
• Pre-modeled medical device database (MRI coils/systems, etc.)
• Smooth extraction of large 64 bit result data
• Interface to DASY5 MED