Full-Wave 3D Electromagnetic Simulator Models Antennas

July 9, 2007
With Agilent’s Antenna Modeling Design System (AMDS), a 3D dedicated design, modeling, and verification tool for antenna systems and placement, users can reduce design risks by simulating an entire wireless appliance together with its operating

With Agilent’s Antenna Modeling Design System (AMDS), a 3D dedicated design, modeling, and verification tool for antenna systems and placement, users can reduce design risks by simulating an entire wireless appliance together with its operating environment. The tool assures compliance with regulatory and operator demands, such as over-the-air performance and SAR (specific absorption rate). It also analyzes antenna diversity for MIMO (multiple-in-multiple-out).

The tool’s intelligent CAD import capabilities, along with its traditional drawing interface, are said to make it easier and faster to perform 3D electromagnetic (EM) simulations than with traditional simulators.

AMDS facilitates cross-functional teamwork between antenna and product designers through efficient exchange of CAD data, eliminating modeling rework for subsequent design iterations. It also guarantees antenna placement performance by taking the entire physical wireless appliance into account. Furthermore, the tool improves end-user product performance by introducing real-world interaction with the human body directly into the EM simulation.

AMDS is available now, with prices starting at approximately $50,000.

Agilent Technologies Inc.

www.agilent.com

About the Author

David Maliniak | MWRF Executive Editor

In his long career in the B2B electronics-industry media, David Maliniak has held editorial roles as both generalist and specialist. As Components Editor and, later, as Editor in Chief of EE Product News, David gained breadth of experience in covering the industry at large. In serving as EDA/Test and Measurement Technology Editor at Electronic Design, he developed deep insight into those complex areas of technology. Most recently, David worked in technical marketing communications at Teledyne LeCroy. David earned a B.A. in journalism at New York University.

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