Comparison of EM simulation software
The following table list notable software packages that are nominal EM (electromagnetic) simulators;
| Name | License | Windows | Linux | 3D | GUI | Convergence detector | Mesher | Algorithm | Area of application |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEC | open source | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | manual | MoM | Widely used as the basis for many GUI-based programs on many platforms. Version 4 is commercially licensed. |
| Momentum | commercial | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | equidistant | MoM | For passive planar elements development, integrated into Agilent EEsof Advanced Design System. |
| HFSS | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic adaptive | FEM FDTD PO Hybrid FEBI MoM Eigen Mode Free Antenna and Waveguide Design Kit | For antenna/filter/IC packages, Radome,RFIC,LTCC,MMIC,Antenna Placement,Wave guides, EMI,FSS,Metamaterial,Composite Material, RCS-Mono and Bi development. |
| QuickWave | commercial, academic, short-term | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic adaptive and manual | FDTD (3D and Vector 2D - Body of Revolution) | For RF and microwave antennas, scattering problems, filters, resonators, high Q structures, frequency selective surfaces, photonic crystals, periodic structures, up to triple-pole dispersive materials, nonlinear materials, metamaterial, microwave heating. Ultra-fast analysis of axisymmetrical structures (Body of Revolution). |
| VORPAL | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | equidistant or manual | PiC/FDTD | For plasma/gas devices, full relativistic effects. |
| XFdtd | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic Project Optimized | FDTD | RF and microwave antennas, components, and systems, including mobile devices. MRI coils, radar, waveguides, SAR validation. |
| JCMsuite | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic, error-controlled | FEM | Nano- and micro-photonic applications (light scattering,[1] waveguide modes,[2] optical resonances[3]). |
| FEKO | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic or manual; adaptive | MoM FEM FDTD MLFMM PO RL-GO UTD | For antenna analysis, antenna placement, windscreen antennas, microstrip circuits, waveguide structures, radomes, EMI, cable coupling, FSS, metamaterials, periodic structures, RFID. |
| HFSS | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic | Finite Element Method (Enabled with HFSS)
• Integral Equations (Enabled with HFSS-IE) • Physical Optics (Enabled with HFSS-IE) • FEM Transient (Enabled with HFSS-TR) |
Applications such as smartphones, RFID tags, and wireless printers, to defense applications such as phased array antennas for aircraft radar systems or
satellite-based, to provide integrated ground based communication systems. |
External sources
Clemson site about free EM simulators
References
- ↑ Hoffmann, J.; et al. (2009). "Comparison of electromagnetic field solvers for the 3D analysis of plasmonic nano antennas". Proc. SPIE. 7390: 73900J. doi:10.1117/12.828036.
- ↑ Wong, G. K. L.; et al. (2012). "Excitation of Orbital Angular Momentum Resonances in Helically Twisted Photonic Crystal Fiber". Science. 337: 446. doi:10.1126/science.1223824.
- ↑ Maes, B.; et al. (2013). "Simulations of high-Q optical nanocavities with a gradual 1D bandgap". Opt. Express. 21: 6794. doi:10.1364/OE.21.006794.
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