Powerful Applications of Electromagnetic Field Simulators: Field Visualization for Education

摘要

Electromagnetic simulators are essentialr tools for the design of complex microwaver and RF systems. They are alsor extremely useful for educational purposes.r One of their main advantages isr the possibility to visualize the electromagnetic fieldsr in any structure. Through this visualization, we canr help the students comprehend the mathematical andr physical concept involved and provide them withr an easily understandable image of the field distributionr inside any structure. Commercially availabler electromagnetic simulators [High Frequency Simulation Software (HFSS), Computer Simulationr Technology Microwave Studio (CST), Sonnet electromagneticr field solver, etc.] allow us to pass from the somewhat obscure mathematical representationr of the electromagnetic field theory, i.e., Maxwell?sr equations, to accurate images and animations. Byr understanding the modeling properties of the simulators,r students can explore more details of complexr structures [1].