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All Things Ansys 131: Pushing the Boundaries of what Antenna Sub-systems can do with PlaneWave

Published on: November 18, 2024 With: Eric Miller, Keyvan Bahadori & Alex Moody Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by PlaneWave...

All Things Ansys 080: 2020 Wrap-up & Predictions for Ansys in the New Year

Published on: January 25th, 2021 With: Eric Miller & PADT's Ansys Support Team Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by the simula...

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Revolutionizing the Way Data Moves Through Space with Ansys Simulation – Webinar

Ever since NASA began its race to space, U.S. technology companies have searched for solutions to solve a variety of challenges designed to push us further in our exploration of the stars. Whether th...

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Efficient and Accurate Simulation of Antenna Arrays in Ansys HFSS

Unit-cell in HFSS HFSS offers different method of creating and simulating a large array. The explicit method, shown in Figure 1(a) might be the first method that comes to our mind. This is where y...

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Defining Antenna Array Excitations with Nested-If Statements in HFSS

HFSS offers various methods to define array excitations. For a large array, you may take advantage of an option “Load from File” to load the magnitude and phase of each port. However, in many sit...

All Things ANSYS 045: Using Simulation to Disrupt the RF Antenna Industry

Published on: August 26th, 2019 With: Eric Miller & Stefan O'Dougherty Description: In this episode, your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by Stefan O'Dougherty...

“Equation Based Surface” for Conformal and Non-Planar Antenna Design

ANYSY HFSS provides many options for creating non-planar and conformal shapes. In MCAD you may use shapes such as cylinders or spheres, and with some steps, you can design you antennas on various sur...

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How to Accelerate & Simplify your Antenna Impedance Matching Network Design – Webinar

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