What is best software to aid in Antenna Design?

[nazanin]

antenna feko.exe

Link software Numerical method:

3-D Fullwave
1)Ansoft HFSS: FEM
**broken link removed**

2)CST Microwave Studio: Finite Integral (FI) - Time and Frequency Domain
http://www.cst.com/Content/Products/MWS/Overview.aspx

3)EMLOUNGE: FDTD
http://www.emagware.com/emlounge.html

4)FEKO: MoM
**broken link removed**

5)IE3D: MoM
http://www.zeland.com/

6)XFDTD: FDTD
http://www.remcom.com/xfdtd6/index.html

2.5-D Fullwave
1)Agilent ADS Momentum: MoM http://eesof.tm.agilent.com/products/momentum_main.html

2)Ansoft Designer: MoM **broken link removed**

3)MICROSTRIPES_3D EM Solution
It employs the Transmission Line Matrix (TLM) method to solve Maxwell’s equations in the time domain.
http://www.flomerics.com/microstripes/

 

[ethen]

what is the best antenna design

I can't image what need to be further improved in IE3D. It seems to me that it is almost 100% perfect in terms of accuracy, speed and easy operation ! Mostly important, IE3D allows me to feel CONFIDENCE !!

 

[man_arief]

4nec2

I just realize that NEC2 softwares, such as nec2c or 4nec2, are awesome to simulate wire antennnas! Moreover, they are no cost except "download cost"..!!

Plz check them via Mr. Google

 

[Yahia Muhammad]

mmana-gal-1.2.0.20.exe

HFSS is good but it's quite advanced

 

[xianrenzhang]

ie3d antenna software download

I just realize HFSS is good.

 

[xiaoling1980]

mmana

HFSS is really very good

 

[eecly]

planar antenna design software +download

I like to use CST microwave studio

 

[me_user]

*3d* antenna software

MMANA-GAL - free software based on MININEC core, used moment methods.

**broken link removed**


direct links to last version 1.2.0.20:

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2.6 MB

help:
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Core NEC2 for MMANA:
**broken link removed**
656KB

Article by DL2KQ on MMANA:
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394KB

 

[txwz]

pcaad antenna, tem

IE3D is batter for antenna design

 

[nima hosseini]

tutoriel mmana-gal

hi
one thing you can use is sonnet. u can download free version from www.sonnetusa.com

 

[Element_115]

feko antenna to nec2

Has anyone used AMDS?

http://eesof.tm.agilent.com/products/amds_main.html

 

[siwowox de santos]

mmana-gal sample

t think AWR/microwave office is easy to use
n for 3D HFSS/antsoft
pcaad for making the trnsmission line
microstrip 4.0 ...its ok

 

[viswanathan.balaraman]

horn antenna broadband in hfss

I think that would be a long discussion however
for planar antennas you have several choices

IE3D (I worked on it and it was just fine)
Momentum (I don't have it so I cannot tell)

for 3D structures you have
HFSS
CS Microwave Studio
XFDTD
Microstripes

all of them have advantages and disadvantages according to your specific needs so you need to be more specific in which application is good at what

BR
Adel_48

Hi,

For planar structure IE3D is suitable when compared to other tool .because IE3D is very user friendly.

With Regards

Viswanthan.b

 

[Advark]

mmana example

What about FEKO?

 

[mirabella2]

microstripes .zip

HFSS+FEKO+ MNAMA+802.11b Horn Antenna Designer (**broken link removed**)

 

[Manjunatha_hv]

mmana-gal tuto

Hello All,


This my opinion & experience on Antenna Design Software...
Here may be lot of specilists & antenna engineers mentioned about their choice,
but no one mentioned about their experience & the antenna types the software can handle...

Here are some of the inputs..

The right Simulation method for Right type of Antenna Design & Analysis

Full 3D MOM solver is good for following Antennae
Helix,
Conical log periodic,
TEM Horns, etc

Commercial Packages: Concerto CLASP, EM3DS, etc...


Full 3D FDTD solver or Full 3D MOM Solver is good for following Antennae
Dipoles and monopoles,
Yagi-Uda periodic,
Patch,
Reflectors, etc

Commercial Packages: Vector Fields Concerto Quickwave, CST-MWS, etc...


Full 3D FDTD solver or full 3D FEM Solver is good for following Antennae
Aperture antennas,
Multilayered Broadband Patch Antennas,
Various Horns (all types), etc

Commercial Packages: Vector Fields Concerto Quickwave, CST-MWS, Ansoft-HFSS, etc...


3D Planar MOM EM Solver is good for following Antennae
Micostrip Patch Antennas,(all shapes)
Multilayered Patche for diffrent feeding types,
Planar Patch Array Antennas, etc

Commericial Packages: IE3D, Sonnet, MWO, Momentum, etc


I encourage other antennae specialist can add to the list....


---manju---

 

[llololl]

mmhamsoft

ie3d is batter for antenna solfware design

 

[Nacl]

mmana tutorial

What about Agilent's AMDS?
I heard it is dedicated specifically for antenna design and is extremely fast.

Added after 3 minutes:

In benchmark of PIFA antenna simulation, HFSS took 22 hrs and AMDS took about 30 min to come to the same answer

 

[chandregowda]

mmana antenna

hi,

Manjunatha_hv has mentioned some useful information..........


Adding to this topic,
HFSS is best, Accurate, reliable but requires more simulation time, more memory and costlier than others.

 

[TonyH]

ansfot designer 4.0

I prefer SuperNec from Poynting. It is good, easy to use and accurate with 2D and 3D simulation. EM.Cube from EMagWare.com is also very useful and has propagation simulation features.