XFdtd: 3D Electromagnetic Simulation Software
XFdtd® 3D EM Simulation Software provides engineers with powerful tools to shorten development time and release products to market sooner. A full-featured electromagnetic simulation solver, XFdtd outpaces other methods in efficiency as the number of unknowns increases.
XF 3D EM Simulation Software includes full-wave, static, bio-thermal, optimization, and circuit solvers to tackle a wide variety of applications, including antenna design and placement, biomedical and SAR, EMI/EMC, microwave devices, radar and scattering, automotive radar, and more. It also works with Remcom's ray-tracing products to provide thorough simulation capability at the low-, middle-, and high-end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Antenna Design
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- Antenna Placement
- Automotive Radar
- Biomedical
- ESD Testing
- Metamaterials
- Microwave Devices
- MIMO and Array Design for 5G
- Mobile Device
XFdtd Features:
XF's unique collection of features simplifies the analysis of even the most complex and massive problems.
Frequency-Domain Circuit Solver and Schematic Editor Build a matching network or corporate feed network and see its impact on full-wave results.
High Performance Computing Options Improve EM simulation performance using the most modern high-performance computing technologies available.
XStream® GPU Acceleration Built-in EM Simulation Acceleration via GPUs. Combine with MPI technology for GPU clusters.
5G Array Analysis Maximize 5G device performance with XF's tools for optimizing radiation and beam steering characteristics of antenna arrays.
Superposition Quickly analyze port phase combinations with a single simulation.
Waveguide Excitations XFdtd offers modal and nodal waveguide interfaces.
Transient EM/Circuit Co-Simulation A SPICE-based circuit solver and full-wave FDTD solver are computed simultaneously.
Dielectric Breakdown Prediction Predict locations at risk of suffering dielectric breakdown with XF's collection of ESD testing simulation tools.
Circuit Element Optimizer Determines optimal values for lumped circuit elements connected directly into the EM simulation mesh.
Huygens Surface Accurately transfer antenna radiation characteristics for use outside XFdtd.
Wrapping Flexible PCB and 2D Sheets Wrap a full, multi-layer flexible PCB design onto a form in one easy step, or wrap a sheet onto an arbitrarily shaped surface.
Optenni Lab Integration Easily generate a matching network topology and initial component values for your device.
PrOGrid Project Optimized Gridding® Simplifies grid creation by considering multiple aspects of a project to optimize the grid for both accuracy and runtime.
XACT Accurate Cell Technology® Resolves the most intricate designs with fewer computational resources for faster, more accurate simulations.
MATLAB Export Functionality All data available through XF’s Result Browser can be exported to MATLAB and CSV formats.
Biological Thermal Sensor For biomedical analyses, allows metals and other non-biological objects to be included in the temperature rise computation.
VariPose® Repositions human biological mesh for bioelectromagnetic applications including MRI, communication devices such as cell phones and more.
Poseable Hands For mobile device design, XF can mimic numerous mobile device grips.
Simplified Workflow XF streamlines your workflow by eliminating time-consuming, redundant tasks.
Results and Output Complete result history.
Dynamic Interactive Graphs Working with results is simple in XF.
Powerful Flexible Modeling Spend less time modeling and more time getting results.
Custom Scripted Features XF allows you to create your own custom features with a powerful scripting API.
Parameters Everywhere XF gives you more simulation control with parameterization.
Fast Intelligent Meshing XF makes it easier to generate more accurate and efficient meshes with less work.
XF includes a specialized FDTD solver which outpaces other methods in efficiency as the number of unknowns increases. Learn more about the benefits of the FDTD method.