HFWorks
High Frequency Design Analysis for SolidWorks Designers
HFWorks offers a complete suite of solvers to cover all your high frequency analysis needs. Whether you are interested in resonance/eignmode analysis, S-parameters, Antennas or Scattering you need HFWorks.
By leveraging the full power of SolidWorks and the accuracy of ElectroMagneticWorks' advanced Finite Element Analysis, HFWorks sets the standards for productivity in high frequency design of circuits and devices for RF, Microwave and Millimeter-wave applications.
HFWorks Solvers & Benefits
Resonance Analysis
Does your design require careful attention to resonance? Are you designing a resonator? Do you need to know the quality-factor of your resonant structure? Do you need to separate conductor and dielectric losses? What about optimizing pole-zero placement for your filter design? How does changing materials/geometry impact your resonator/filter design?
The eigenmode solver in HFWorks allows you to find the resonant modes and resonant frequencies of your structure.
S-Parameters Analysis
Do you need to know what the input impedance of your structure is? How is it's return loss over frequency? Is the insertion loss acceptable? Are you concerned about coupling/isolation in your design? Do you want to make sure that you do not have mode conversion in your structure? What about cross-talk and signal integrity?
Use HFWorks' S-parameter solver to find the multi-port/multi-mode scattering parameters of your design. Analyze single ended and differential excitations and de-embed and renormalize your results easily.
Antenna Analysis
How well will your antenna radiate? What is it's radiation pattern and how does it vary over frequency? Do you need to reduce side lobes? What are its gain, directivity and input impedance? What is its radiation resistance? What about polarization, axial ratio and front/back ratio? Do you need to make sure your design meets EMI/EMC norms?
For all your radiating structures, HFWorks' Antenna solver can help you obtain a full characterization of radition properties and input impedance quickly and accurately.
Plane Wave Scattering
Are you interested in radar cross-section (RCS) calculations? Do you need to solve plane wave incidence problems? Are you concerned about electromagnetic pulse (EMP) penetration into enclosures? Is your designs susceptibility to incoming plane waves of concern to you? Does your application call for ground penetrating radar and electromagnetic detection of buried objects?
The Plane Wave Scattering module analyzes the interaction of electromagnetic waves with objects in free space. This module computes waves scattered by objects that can be arbitrary in shape and material composition. From the incident and scattered waves, the Radar Cross Section (RCS) and the far-fields are computed.
