Developed by antenna engineers for use by all levels of designers, antsyn software addresses the growing demand for wireless connectivity optimized for system performance, cost, and size. Prestudy, concepting, integration and verification, all of which are done in close collaboration with the rest of the product development team. Lowcost emsimulationdriven multiobjective optimization of. Evaluation of antenna performance when installed in the operating environment. Parameter optimization, also referred to as design closure, is imperative in the development of modern antennas. Antenna simulation singapore wireless antenna modeling. Antenna design by simulation driven optimization springerbriefs in optimization koziel, slawomir, ogurtsov, stanislav on. Altair feko is a comprehensive computational electromagnetics cem code used widely in the telecommunications, automobile, space and defense industries. Simulation driven design takes simulation and optimization into the creative design process. In addition, antenna simulations enable to integrate antennas into mechanical structures of products. In the 5g era, antennas and arrays form the basis of connected devices and vehicles.
Antenna design, simulation and placement on platforms form one of the largest and strongest application areas of cst studio suite. Optennis optimized matching topology data can now be imported directly into xfdtd, providing users with immediate feedback on how the circuit will behave and eliminating the need to run another simulation. Optimization of the antenna geometry for maximum performance. The major bottleneck of em driven design is its high computational cost. Em simulation driven design may be the only option. The major challenges include handling of multidimensional parameter spaces while. Nasa uses feko to develop wireless sensors computational electromagnetic. Throughout this book, a number of simulationdriven optimization techniques suitable for the design of antenna structures have been discussed.
Wireless design challenges digital engineering 247. Expedited globalized antenna optimization by principal. Efficiency improvement is of great significance for simulation driven antenna design optimization methods based on evolutionary algorithms eas. Primary goal of simulation driven design is to provide a continuous stream of decision data to support concept design and later product development stages. Rapid simulation of antennas over a wide frequency band sparameters, axial ratio, gain, etc. The essence of these techniques resides in shifting the optimization burden to a fast surrogate of the antenna structure, and using coarsediscretization em models to. Today, em simulation driven optimization and design closure become increasingly important due to the complexity of microwave structures and increasing demands for accuracy. There is also a discussion of the selection of antenna model fidelity and its influence on performance of the surrogatebased design process.
Theoretical considerations along with rough dimension adjustment through supervised parameter sweeping can only yield initial designs that need to be further tuned to boost the antenna performance. Automatic optimized design of antennas manual antenna design. Altair is the premier provider of design optimization software, driving design processes of leading manufacturers for over 20 years. The main topic of this book is automated, simulation driven design of antenna arrays. When optimizing the antenna structure, the designer needs to translate the actual antenna design problem into a mathematical description i.
Mar 23, 2016 the rich portfolio of physics covered by altairs solver has been expanded with the integration of feko the leading software for electromagnetic simulation related to antenna design and placement, electromagnetic compatibility into hyperworks, including added features to reduce modeling and computation time. Through a complete suite of optimization technologies, altair optistruct provides design guidance spanning ideation, concept design, detailed engineering, and multidisciplinary and systems optimization. Kop simulationdriven modeling and optimization av slawomir koziel, leifur leifsson, xinshe yang pa. Optenni lab intel intel uses optenni lab for efficient nfc antenna matching read more. Simulink lets you model and simulate digital signal processing systems. Antenna design by simulationdriven optimization springerbriefs in optimization koziel, slawomir, ogurtsov, stanislav on.
A professional look at cad and other design tools along with industry trends. Optenni lab is a software tool for synthesis and optimization of matching circuits for multiband, broadband, multi antenna, tunable antenna systems, and high frequency electronics applications. Simulationdriven modeling and optimization slawomir koziel. The user only needs to specify the desired frequency range and number. Highquality design results have been obtained, but computational efficiency of the optimization process is still a major challenge. Colorcoding and indiagram displays allow you to quickly inspect update rates and signal sizes for samplebased or framebased system. A software tool for synthesis and optimization optenni lab. Unique characteristic mode analysis cma solver for intelligent design dedicated tools for antenna arrays including perfect boundary condition pbc for periodic and domain greens function method dgfm for large finite arrays parametric modeling and automated optimization engine wire antennas planarconformal. The primary tools utilized in the design process are therefore numerical optimization algorithms. Simulation driven design, microwave engineering, electromagnetic simulation, antenna design, surrogate models.
Antenna design by simulationdriven optimization springerlink. Thus, when the em simulation tool performs multiobjective optimization of multiparameter antenna structures, the design process redundancy, optimization ability and efficiency become poor. Low cost em simulation driven multi objective optimization. Altair is the premier provider of design optimization software, driving design processes of leading manufacturers for over 20. Ansys antenna and wireless simulation solutions have helped many customers increase antenna range by a factor of 10x while simultaneously optimizing size, aspect ratio, weight, power consumption, and radiated energy. The fundamental logic behind the simulation driven design is the ability to verify all design choices with simulations while product design matures. Lowcost emsimulationdriven multiobjective optimization of antennas adrian bekasiewicz 1, slawomir koziel 2a, and leifur leifsson 2a. Industrys fastest enterprise job scheduler with eventdriven.
Antsyn automated antenna design, synthesis, and optimization software enables designers to input antenna engineering requirements and receive antenna designs as output. Antenna design by simulationdriven optimization springerbriefs in optimization. Antenna design by simulationdriven optimization, 14. There is also a discussion of the selection of antenna model fidelity and its influence on performance of the surrogatebased design. A good example in 5g is mimo technology, which gives you the ability to steer and focus the signal, karnofsky says.
Mathworks design, analysis and simulation software includes an antenna design toolbox. Presentations recorded at the global atc in paris, france on october 16, 2018. Efficient simulationdriven design optimization of antennas. In this chapter we demonstrate the use of sbo methodology for design optimization of dielectric resonator antennas dras. In the following three chapters including this one, we discuss the fundamentals of numerical optimization. Simulation driven product development of antenna and wireless systems with ansys results in 25x faster time to market. Optimization of dielectric resonator antennas springer for. Ansys optislang has an intuitive graphical user interface that enables you to connect computeraided design tools together in a way that captures both the simulation process automation and workflows, such as sensitivity analysis or robust design optimization. The matching network design workflow has also been enhanced via xfdtds integration with optenni lab matching circuit optimization software. The two main efficiency enhancement methods exploit data driven surrogate models andor multifidelity simulation models to assist eas.
Simulationdriven product development of antenna and wireless systems with ansys results in 25x faster time to market. Optenni lab is a software tool for synthesis and optimization of matching circuits for multiband, broadband, multiantenna, tunable antenna systems, and high frequency electronics applications. Adjust a few antenna dimensions and obtain good results automatic antenna design adjust several dimensions to obtain the best design. The authors demonstrate the ways in which practitioners can obtain an optimized antenna design at the computational cost.
Free shipping on due to covid19, orders may be delayed. Simulationdriven design optimization and modeling for. Altairs software products represent a comprehensive, openarchitecture solution for simulation, data intelligence, and cloud computing. In many situations, theoretical models of microwave structures can only be used to yield the initial designs that need to be further finetuned to meet given performance. Simulationdriven antenna design using surrogatebased. Our approach exploits coarsediscretization electromagnetic em simulations of the antenna of interest that are used to create its fast initial model a surrogate through kriging. Users design and optimize components ranging from miniaturized antennas printed on densely populated pcbs to electrically large arrays and reflector antennas. Automated optimization of multivariable and multigoal problems with several algorithms, including ga and particle swarm. Antenna design by simulation driven optimization, 14.
Lowcost multiobjective optimization of multiparameter. The antenna design module of hfworks helps you optimize your antenna design by simulating various what if scenarios to meet the stringent requirements imposed by the internet of things and the 5g mobile technologies. Hyperworks offers optimization for both concept design and design finetuning stages of a multidisciplinary product design cycle. In recent years, evolutionary algorithms eas have been playing an important role in antenna design optimization,, due to their global optimization capability, free of an initial design, generality and robustness. Antenna design by simulationdriven optimization springer. Antenna design, emdriven design, surrogatebased optimization, multiobjective optimization 1 introduction design and optimization of contemporary antennas is a challenging and multifaceted task. Comprehensive electromagnetic software watch this quick introduction video to learn how feko can help you. As more and more people have an increasing awareness of the need for sustainable solutions, we are looking at how. Siam journal on scientific computing society for industrial. The introduction of each method is illustrated with examples of antenna design.
This antenna software module also helps you validate existing antenna. Highfidelity antenna simulation may take a few hours so that straightforward approaches employing the em solver directly in an optimization loop are impractical. The authors demonstrate the ways in which practitioners can obtain an optimized antenna design at the computational cost corresponding to a few highfidelity em simulations of the antenna structure. Antenna toolbox provides functions and apps for the design, analysis and visualization of antenna elements and arrays using either predefined elements with parameterized geometry or arbitrary planar elements. The objective of the book is to introduce students and interested researchers to antenna design and analysis using our popular commercial electromagnetic software feko.
Antenna placement on fighter aircraft and ship surface currents are shown regarding matching circuit design, optenni lab, developed by optenni ltd. Antenna design and placement feko is widely used in the industry for the analysis and design of antennas for industries such as, radio and tv broadcasting, wireless, cellular and communication systems, remote keyless entry systems, tire pressure monitoring systems, satellite positioning and communications, radars, rfid and many others. The objective of the book is to introduce students and interested researchers to antenna design and analysis using our popular commercial electromagnetic software fe. Antenna simulation analysis is at the core of what we do here at our singapore office at broadtech engineering. Optennis main product, optenni lab, is the leading professional matching circuit design and optimization software.
Antenna design, em driven design, surrogatebased optimization, multiobjective optimization 1 introduction design and optimization of contemporary antennas is a challenging and multifaceted task. Select an industry example or design topic to learn more learn more. Discover how engineers, designers, researchers, and scientists are using simulias realistic simulation solutions to optimize performance, evaluate designs, and further their understanding of the environments they work in. Optimization software links simulationdriven design to plm shawn wasserman march 30, 2016 store simulation optimization data or link plm data to your optimization. Siam journal on scientific computing siam society for. Optistruct is the awardwinning integrated analysis and optimization tool that has concept design and design finetuning capabilities for structures. Feko is a leading electromagnetic software used in multiple industries including aerospace, defense, automotive, communications and consumer electronics. Efficient design can be realized using surrogate models. It also enables design optimization that can result in better products. Low cost em simulation driven multi objective optimization of. The hardcover of the simulationdriven modeling and optimization.
Ansys optislang supports interfacing with most software tools used in virtual product. The sbo techniques considered here include the adaptive design specification technique, variablefidelity simulation driven optimization, and shapepreserving response prediction. We present an efficient technique for design optimization of antenna structures. That requires code design, digital, rf and antenna technologies, and they have to be done all together to optimize across those domains. The sbo techniques considered here include the adaptive design specification technique, variablefidelity simulationdriven optimization, and shapepreserving response prediction. It provides a range of test signals and waveforms, collections of filters types and architectures, and scopes for dynamic visualization. Custom antenna design service and offtheshelf antenna. Throughout this book, a number of simulation driven optimization techniques suitable for the design of antenna structures have been discussed. The antenna design process is divided into four phases. Majority of the methods presented here are based on. Analysis, design verification, and optimization of dras are all simulation based because analytical models of dra petosa 2007, though indispensable, can be used mostly to estimate initial designs which should be further tuned to account for particular. The specific approaches presented here include multifidelity optimization, adaptive design specifications and space mapping with krigingbased coarse models. This antenna software module also helps you validate existing antenna designs and study a plethora of antenna design issues, including. Typical simulation objectives for the design and deployment of wire antennas include.
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