To get started a short manual is available. This booklet is intended to guide the user through the first steps with EMPIRE XCcel. The philosophy and the major features of the program will be briefly explained added with hints, references to the manual and further documents. This booklet can act as an interactive introduction by following the steps in dark grey boxes, too. A simple RF structure will be analyzed from the scratch. Download (Getting started)...

The complete manual is divided into several parts, intended to guide both very beginners and skilled experts from installation and simulation setup to understanding and exploiting the results. The content and index parts contain links for a fast search of the requested topic. Download (Complete Manual)...

• Part I describes the installation and licensing process.
• Part II describes the EMPIRE XCcel Graphical User Interface, the simulation control as well as pre- and postprocessing features.
• Part III is the User interface reference, a complete description of all actions, operations, options and simulation parameters of EMPIRE XCcel.
• Part IV describes the theoretical background of the applied method. A skilled user can skip this part, if he is already familiar with FDTD.