RF/Microwave Design Software Review

摘要

Designing components and subsystems for use at RF and microwave frequencies is no longer achieved with a ball-peen hammer, epoxy filler and paint. Today's engineers are required to hit performance specifications in a smaller footprint, using new materials to reduce cost and weight and under significant time-to-market pressure. This new norm has led to the widespread use of BF/microwave centric design and EM analysis tools. These software products are under significant pressure to improve their speed, capacity, accuracy and time-saving automation. The following contributions from many of the industry's leading design software vendors reflect the state of software tools in 2013.