Optenni and Anritsu have announced a real-time link between the Anritsu ShockLine family of Vector Network Analyzers and the Optenni Lab matching circuit optimization software. The link enables an entirely new workflow for the antenna designer, streaming the measured impedance data from the VNA continuously to the matching circuit synthesis of Optenni Lab.
This novel workflow opens up new horizons for the design process, as the effect of physical modifications and tuning of an antenna prototype can immediately be seen in the simulated total performance of the antenna through a synthesized matching circuit. In a similar way, the link allows the designer to monitor the simulated total antenna performance when the antenna is used under various operation conditions and physical environments, for example next to user’s hand and head.
Optenni Lab is a key software component in the antenna design process. With the new link to Anritsu products, users will be able to adopt far more efficient workflows than before. The novel design process fades the boundary between the hardware and software domains, as one can consider Optenni Lab as a user interface for Anritsu VNA measurements and Optenni Lab’s matching circuit synthesis at the same time. This is the first time there has been such a natural bridge between measurements and simulations.
Availability
The link between Anritsu VNAs and Optenni Lab is available in Optenni Lab 3.2, to be released in October.
