XGtd^® High Frequency Antenna Analysis Software

X3D RCS Model with GPU and mutli-processing for fast computations up to 100 GHz

Full 3D ray tracing solver, based on Uniform Theory of Diffraction (UTD) with corrections for finite conductivity materials, including thin coatings

Ideal solver for electrically-large platform models or scenarios

Plane wave phase reference

Creeping-wave diffraction computation for high-fidelity computation of fields in shadow zones

Compute far zone radiation patterns including effects of scattering from electrically-large platforms and nearby objects

Accurate monostatic and bistatic RCS of electrically-large platforms using Method of Equivalent Currents (MEC) and Physical Optics (PO)

Calculate doppler shift due to motion of transmitter or receiver

Analyze antenna coupling and interference at multiple frequencies

Import complex antenna patterns from Remcom’s XFdtd or other sources and standard formats, incorporating full polarization and phase information

Model wideband or narrowband pulses

Generate time or frequency domain output

Analyze propagation in anechoic chambers

Model transmitters as point sources, antenna arrays, distributed sources and plane waves

64-bit version: larger, more complex models and factor of 1.5 to 2 times speedup

Optimized Ray Engine: speed improvement for large or complex models

Run calculations on multiple processors, with 8 multi-process tokens included in base price

Linux and Windows clusters

64-bit GUI

Drag project elements with the mouse in the project view

Color displays of most output

Visualization of edges considered by the calculation to be part of curved surfaces

Use the powerful GUI to set up a calculation and display all results

3D visualization of near zone fields and far zone antenna patterns

3D display of ray paths

Color display of electric fields, received power and other output

Display 3D antenna patterns

Line plotting tools

Polar plots of antenna patterns

Color display of transient electric fields

"Movie Sequence" of transient fields vs. time

Export "Movie Sequence" to MPEG file

Export views and graphs to JPEG and TIFF files

KMZ and COLLADA support

DXF, STL and SAT formats

Automated CAD model simplification and error checking

Graphical geometry editor

Geometry validation

Translate, scale, rotate operations

Assign material properties

Create multiple material plots in one step

Multiple dielectric layers

Thin coatings

Imported reflection and transmission coefficients

Radiation Absorbent Material (RAM) types for anechoic chambers

Transceivers: Simple co-location of functionally independent transmitters and receivers

Define transmitter and receiver sets on linear, planar or spherical surfaces

Define trajectories for transmitters or receivers

Sinusoidal waveforms or wideband pulses

Plane wave sources

Define transmitter and receiver antennas

Synthesize antenna array patterns from similar array elements

Numerous built-in antenna types

Ability to import XFdtd far zone patterns

Ability to import standard formats: NSMA, Odyssey, MSI Planet

Support for user-defined 2-cut plane antenna patterns

Linearly and circularly polarized source antennas

Ability to construct arrays from individual antenna elements

S-Parameter output

Touchstone file export

Scattering amplitudes and excess times of arrival for RCS ray paths

Far zone ray paths, electric field magnitude and phase, complex impulse response, and poynting vector

Antenna gain patterns (effective far zone, including platform effects)

Radar cross section

Doppler shift

Received power

Time and frequency domain electric and magnetic fields

Electric field magnitude and phase

Poynting vector

Path loss

Ray path data (field levels, time-of-arrival, direction-of-arrival)

Complex impulse response

Carrier/interferer ratio

Power delay profile

Delay spread

Field animations

Create stored libraries of antennas, materials and waveforms