National Instruments (formerly AWR Corporation) has released V11.01 of the NI AWR Design Environment™ with enhancements to Analyst™ 3D finite element method (FEM) EM simulation engine that cuts simulation times by as much as 70 percent over previous versions.
The updates in V11.01, which are specific to Analyst, include algorithm reformulations/enhancements to both automatic mesh refinement (AMR) and fast frequency sweeps. For high-port-count designs (10+ ports), the speed improvements seen with Analyst are the most pronounced. In addition to Analyst enhancements, V11.01 offers data set enhancements with better layout and user interface, along with additional geometry simplification rules, supporting expanded measurements. Which in turns leads to simulation technology improvements of various kinds like Visual System Simulator™ (VSS), APLAC harmonic balance and AXIEM 3D planar EM.
Download the AWR Design Design Environment V11 Release Overview to learn more.
