Radio Frequency (RF) & Wireless Design

Created by Steven Minichiello on 27 April, 2018

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