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News Release from: Fluent | Subject: Icewave 1.1
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 24 October 2006
Upgrade for EMI analysis
The latest version of Icewave incorporates enhanced model building capabilities and radiation computation for EMC/EMI analysis of electronic systems.
Ansys has announced the release of version 1.1 of its Icewave electromagnetic compatibility and interference (EMC/EMI) analysis software This newest version of Icewave incorporates enhanced model building capabilities and radiation computation for EMC/EMI analysis of electronic systems
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Mar 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Using a robust time-domain 3D full-wave finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) solver, Icewave software solves broadband electromagnetic emission and interference problems and generates both transient and frequency-domain results in a single run.
In Icewave 1.1, real-world EMC scan and antenna measurements in both near field and far field can be computed by using a fast transformation.
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New model building features in Icewave 1.1 software include intuitive mouse-driven snapping capabilities to resise, reposition and align objects in the model.
Through a seamless sharing of the model geometry with Icepak, the EM-thermal cosimulation can be set up in several minutes.
An optimised mesh generator greatly reduces the loss of accuracy due to the staircase approximation of the model objects.
Mesh viewing tools for selected objects can help users to refine the mesh to minimise the computational cost.
New output and postprocessing functionalities - such as voltage probes, current probes, elevated monitor plane fields, cylindrical near field scan, shielding effectiveness etc - simplify engineering analyses by calculating and visualising the wave propagation characteristics that are invisible in the real world.
Through its sister products Icepak and Icepro, Icewave allows for MCAD/ECAD data to be imported in Step, SAT, IGES and IDF formats as well as from Pro/E PRT and ASM files.
"EMC/EMI engineers will experience multiple benefits from the new release", said Dr Xin Wu, Icewave Product Manager at Ansys.
"With the improved model building features, geometry handling capabilities, solver features and postprocessing functionalities, Icewave can make the conceptual EMC/EMI designs and electromagnetic simulations faster and easier".
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