By adding CHRONOS to its product line, INTEGRATED will provide designers with the most powerful innovative techniques including: Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD), Method of Moments (MoM), and the Finite Element Method (FEM).

The easy-to-use interface of CHRONOS allows professionals to model the geometry and assign physical properties, providing fast and accurate results in the time domain. The time domain results can be transformed and displayed with different parameters in the frequency domain through the powerful automatic post processing tools in CHRONOS.

CHRONOS also has a smart mesh generator code with the ability to recognize all the details of any structure and decide how to distribute the mesh based on accuracy requirements of the algorithm. This gives the user two options, to either generate the mesh distribution manually, or automatically through the use of non-uniform smart mesh generator. The smart mesh generator is used to improve the accuracy of a solution and to reduce the number of cells used in the computational domain, leading to a significant improvement in the used memory and speed.

Key Features

·        3D RF and microwave field solver for a diverse range of applications.

·        Finite difference time domain solver.

·        At no extra cost, our software packages include:

·        Choice of solvers: To ensure you have confidence in the solution and for independent verification, both BEM and FEM methods are included in the same software package to suit your specific application needs. Not every solver fits every application, no “one size fits all”.

·        Choice of optimization tools: Parametric Analysis for those who need fast and easy optimization with a short learning curve. API and Scripting give more power to advanced users. Both tools are available in the same package.

·        Built-in material libraries: Customize and create your own library for easy access to the materials you use.

·        Integration with MATLAB?: Users’ MATLAB code can include function calls to the INTEGRATED API to build geometry, assign physical parameters, solve, and obtain results.

·        Parallelization: When used on 64-bit computers, this permits full utilization of the available RAM to dramatically increase speed of solution and post-processing.

·        Intuitive interface that can be easily customized according to user preferences (overall appearance, toolbars, solvers, backgrounds, defaults, etc).

Analysis

·        Different methods of plane wave polarizations

·        Smart, transparent mesh generator combined with material identification code to improve the accuracy of the solution. The mesh is generated by placing finer grid in the areas which have fine features and then increasing and decreasing the cell sizes gradually between the different regions – while maintaining the accuracy

·        Solution for broadband and ultra-wide-band problems from a single execution of the problem using a short pulse

·        Special treatments to provide highly accurate field calculations

·        Transient field results

·        Transient signals used with e-field source, voltage and current sources, and lumped loads

·        A wide range of electric and magnetic fields, voltage, and current outputs

·        Input impedance, admittance, scattering parameters, Voltage Standing Wave Ratio (VSWR), and Smith Chart of s-parameter

·        Calculation of gain, directivity, radiation pattern and far zone field properties of antennas

·        High accuracy for a wide variety of RF and antenna problems

·        No storage in time and no matrix inversion are needed

·        Near-field and far-field results from a single run

·        Highly accurate field calculations at any surface

·        Variety of waveguide sources

·        Transform time domain results to frequency domain results

·        Modeling of inhomogenous structures and lumped elements

·        Permittivity, permeability and conductivity data stored in convenient and rapidly accessible tables

Solvers and Meshing

·        INTEGRATED includes the most appropriate solvers for every kind of application: different solvers accomplish different tasks in different ways.

·        CHRONOS has the capability to handle high frequency problems and certain types of low frequency problems, e.g. lightning problems. FIR filter will be applied for low frequency problems at each time step to filter the high frequency errors.

·        Uniform or non-uniform meshing.

·        Refining the mesh automatically as well as optional local and global user mesh refinements.

·        Conformal Finite Difference Time Domain.

·        PML, PEC and PMC boundary conditions.

Optimization

·        At no extra cost, INTEGRATED includes a variety of optimization tools in the same software package so that you can find one that best suits your particular design: Parametric Analysis, Scripting and API. Parametric Analysis works best for those who need fast and easy optimization with a short learning curve while API and scripting give more power to advanced users.

·         

·        The parametric feature allows a definition of variable parameters to be stepped through for the analysis of multiple “what-if” scenarios and facilitating design optimization.

·        Scripting: Virtually unlimited ability to explore design variations.

API

·        Create your own applications: Write your own dedicated tools for specific tasks. Users can program and have full control of their custom electromagnetic application, while using INTEGRATED programs in the background.

·        INTEGRATED’s API allows a variety of programs such as MATLAB, Excel, and Microsoft Visual Studio to work with our software in an interconnected environment. Other software tools can be used with our API in the same way.

·        Add-on utility tools: Select among our custom mini-programs to enhance your design capabilities.

·        Users with programming and/or scripting skills will find this is a very powerful tool.

Materials Table

·        Several material tables provide many integrated libraries. Customize and create your own library for easy access to the materials you use.

Analyzing Your Results

·        Audiovisual (AVI) files allow you to show the results in an animation.

·        A variety of display forms for plotting results, including scalar and vector field quantities such as graphs, contour, arrow, streamline, scatter and vector loci plots.

·        High quality graphics and text utility for preparation of reports and presentations.

·        Data exportable to formatted files for integration with spreadsheets and other software packages.

·        Wide array of post processing options for design evaluation and optimization.

·        Efficient use of parallel processing for post-processing operations.

·        A variety of display forms including contour or arrow plots, color bands, surface representations, polar, rectangular plots and patterns.

Geometry – CAD features

·        Inventor – SolidWorks Solution Partner

·        SolidEdge – Siemens Solution Partner

·        AutoDesk Authorized Developer

·        PTC Solver Partner Advantage

·        Microsoft Partner

·        Intel Software Partner

·        Tecplot Partner

·        Industry standard CAD import/export utilities offering time saving convenience for model design and creation

·        CAD healing utilities for automatic correction of drafting errors

·        *.STEP, *.SAT, *.3DM, *.IGES and *.DXF file import options

·        Geometry tools for healing common 3D CAD problems

·        Ability to assign name to geometry entities