The new version 5.20 of the 3D EM field solver EMPIRE XCcel™ has been released. It features the Perfect Geometry Approximation (PGA) algorithm to yield more accurate results for curved structures, even with coarse meshes. The most complicated designs are modeled quickly and precisely. The unique on-the-fly code generation for each model and processor produces up to 1600 million FDTD cells per second on a conventional multi-core PC* supporting up to 256 GByte RAM, today (approx. 10 Billion cells!)
New features include
- Object Library with 3D, 2D, wire and SMD objects
- Perfect Geometry Approximation (PGA)
- Port library supporting circular waveguides
- Internal wave guide ports with higher order modes
- Object snap on edges, corners and midpoints
- ESA conformal far field library
- Fast plane wave excitations
- Superposition of near and far fields
- Calibrated ports with accurate reference plane shift for all port types
- Update manager
*Performance figure obtained on a dual Xeon 5472
(3GHz, 1600 FSB, 2x6MB, Quadcore)