CST Releases 3D EM Simulation Software

By DE Editors

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Computer Simulation Technology AG (CST;  Amsterdam, the Netherlands) released version 2009 of CST STUDIO SUITE its electromagnetic (EM) simulation software, including its flagship product CST MICROWAVE STUDIO (CST MWS).

Researchers and design engineers use CST STUDIO SUITE for the analysis and optimization of EM-based components. With version 2009, they will benefit from a revision of the tetrahedral frequency domain solver’s mesh adaptation scheme, transient EM/circuit co-simulation, MPI-based parallelization for the fast solution to large problems on clusters, and the porting of the user interface to 64-bit in order to handle the increasing complexity of imported models.

In addition, two new simulation tools have been added: CST PCB STUDIO and CST CABLE STUDIO, which are fully integrated in CST DESIGN ENVIRONMENT. Results can be used in CST MWS as field sources for further evaluation.

Key new features in CST STUDIO SUITE 2009 include true transient 3D EM/circuit co-simulation using LINMIC technology with CST MWS; transient thermal solver to simulate the heating process; bio-heat equation for realistic modeling of physiological cooling; and more. The company says by choosing the most appropriate solver technology, making use of sophisticated import filters, and automated optimization and parametric studies, design throughput can be significantly augmented.

CST also released electromagnetic simulation software CST MICROSTRIPES version 2009 and True Geometry Adaptation, which CST says represents a breakthrough in high frequency tetrahedral frequency domain solver mesh adaptation schemes. This innovation will be available with version 2009 of the electromagnetic simulation software CST MICROWAVE STUDIO (CST MWS).

For further information, contact CST.

Sources:  Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.