Comparison of EM simulation software
The following table lists software packages with their own article on Wikipedia that are nominal EM (electromagnetic) simulators;
| Name | License | Windows | Linux | 3D | GUI | Convergence detector | Mesher | Algorithm | Area of application |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EMWorks EMS | Commercial, Academic and Free Trial | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic Adaptive or Manual | FEM | EMWorks EMS[1] enables users to do both electric and magnetic simulations using the complete 3D geometry. EMS is a true multi-physics software that enables users to couple the magnetic, and electric design to circuit, motion, thermal, and structural analyses on the same model in a hassle-free integrated environment. |
| EMWorks2D | Commercial, Academic and Free Trial | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Automatic Adaptive or Manual | FEM | EMWorks2D[1] is a 2D electromagnetic simulation software that uses finite elements to solve magnetic, electric, and transient problems. EMWorks2D allows you to study the effects of the geometric or simulation parameter changes on the design. It also allows coupling a transient magnetic study to mechanical motion and thermal. |
| EMWorks HFWorks | Commercial, Academic and Free Trial | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic Adaptive or Manual | FEM | EMWorks HFWorks[1] is a high-frequency electromagnetic simulation software that is used to simulate and analyze electromagnetic systems in the frequency domain. It can be used to design and optimize a wide range of devices, including antennas, filters, and resonators. |
| EMWorks MotorWizard | Commercial, Academic and Free Trial | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Automatic or Manual | FEM and Analytical | EMWorks MotorWizard,[1] is a template-based motor design software that allows users to accurately solve both electric and magnetic problems. It includes electrostatic, magnetostatic, and transient solvers equipped with integrated analytical and finite element-based solvers. |
| NEC | open source | Yes | Yes | Yes | In some distributions | Yes | manual | MoM | Antenna modeling, especially in Amateur Radio. Widely used as the basis for many GUI-based programs on many platforms (including popular distributions such as 4nec2 and EZnec on Windows, xnec2c on Linux, and cocoaNEC for Mac OS X). Version 2 is open source, but Versions 3 and 4 are commercially licensed. |
| Momentum | commercial | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | Yes | equidistant | MoM | For passive planar elements development, integrated into Keysight EEsof Advanced Design System. |
| HFSS | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic adaptive | FEM FDTD PO Hybrid FEBI MoM Eigen Mode | For antenna/filter/IC packages, Radome,RFIC,LTCC,MMIC,Antenna Placement,Wave guides, EMI,FSS,Metamaterial,Composite Material, RCS-Mono and Bi development. |
| 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. |
| AWR Axiem | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic, Hybrid | MoM | PCBs, Multi-Layer PCBs, LTCC, HTCC, On-Chip Passives, Printed Antennas. Integrated into Microwave Office |
| AWR Analyst | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic and Adaptive | FEM | 3D structurers(including 3D Antennas), Waveguides, 3D filters, PCBs, Multi-Layer PCBs, LTCC, HTCC, On-Chip Passives, Printed Antennas. Integrated into Microwave Office |
| JCMsuite | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic, error-controlled | FEM | Nano- and micro-photonic applications (light scattering,[2] waveguide modes,[3] optical resonances[4]). |
| QuickField | commercial and free editions | Yes | No | Partial | Yes | Yes | Automatic or Manual | FEM | General Purpose for research, engineering and educational use, includes AC, DC and Transient Magnetics, Electrostatics, AC and DC Conduction, Transient Electrics, Heat Transfer and multiphysics |
| COMSOL Multiphysics | commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic | FEM, Boundary element method, Ray Tracing | General Purpose |
| 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 |
| Elmer FEM | open source (GPL) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | manual, or can import other mesh formats | FEM | General Purpose, includes 2D and 3D magnetics solvers, both static and harmonic. 3D solver is based on the Whitney AV formulation of Maxwell's equations. |
| VSimEM | Commercial | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Automatic, Variable mesh | FDTD, PIC & Finite Volume | Simulating electromagnetics, and electrostatics in complex dielectric and metallic environments.
Phased array antenna systems, radar equipment, and photonics. |
References
- Electromagnetic Simulation Software. "EMWorks, Inc".
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