Current density plot of a section of a BGA Package

APPLICATION

  • Frequency Range 40MHz to >100GHz
  • Stripline, Microstrip & CPW Analysis
  • Microstrip RF & Wireless Antennas
  • MMIC Components
  • MEMS Components
  • IC & MCM Packaging
  • Ground Planes & Vias

TSSOP Package File with Bondwires & Pads

EASY EXPERIMENTS

  • 3D Finite Dielectric
  • Automatic Rectangular/Triangular Mesh
  • Non-Uniform Variable Grid
  • Built-in Circuit Optimization
  • Electric & Magnetic Walls
  • Interactive Modeling
  • Import/Export DXF, GDS-II, CIF & Gerber (Use LinkCAD)

Spiral Inductor with 3D Metal

DISPLAY

  • S-Parameter in TouchStone Format
  • Near & Far Field Radiation Patterns
  • RLC matrix extraction in SPICE Format
  • Linear Graph, Smith Chart & Data List
  • 2D Current Vector Plot
  • 3D Current Density Plot
  • Animation of Conductor Currents

Far Field Antenna Pattern

Surface Current

SIMULATION POWER

The basic rule of electronics now applies to Electromagnetic Field Simulation; Performance goes up while the price goes down. IE3D has moved the decimal point on the rule of electronics by offering workstation performance at PC based product prices while still maintaining the accuracy and speed. IE3D is a second generation PC based Electromagnetic Field Simulator and Optimization software tool with improved computation performance that rivals the speed and accuracy of UNIX based software tools. IE3D’s field solver is based on a Full Wave Integral Equation for solving the current distribution on 3D, multi-layer arbitrary structures. The circuit parameters are extracted from the solved current distribution and saved in formats compatible with time and frequency domain circuit simulators.
3D Dielectric

EXPERT RESULTS

Automatic meshing reduces the modeling time and eliminates the requirement of in-depth understanding of meshing techniques. This means that casual users can get expert results.Create 3D structures such as circular/rectangular coax, spheres, donuts, helix, circular/ rectangular spirals, bends, fans & curved sructures with just a few simple keyboard entries. Wire bonds and vias are automatically generated. Fully compatible with MS-Windows & Windows NT, IE3D’s easy to use physical layout editor, schematic editor and post processor, provide automatic modeling and graphic displays, including animation. Don't be frustrated with extremely long computations only to find that the circuit can’t be solved or you are running up against a time deadline? Use IE3D to design on-the-fly by using the optimization feature.

DESIGN NEEDS

Integrated Circuit, Packaging, microwave, MMIC, RF, microstrip antennas and high speed digital circuits are technologies supported by IE3D. These technologies create new challenges with the wave, coupling, discontinuity and radiation effects, becoming critical to circuit performances. Additionally, increase in system frequency and decrease in circuit size, analysis of electromagnetic fields are no longer just on a designer’s wish list, but is crucial to design success. The method of proto-type experiment after experiment increases development time, development costs and most importantly the Time to Market. But, by using IE3D, many simulations iterations can be done in a single day. And with the Optimization feature, the number of iterations can be automated to just a few. Also users can interactively piece lumped elements of previously analyzed circuits together with the schematic editor to quickly solve larger models.

DISPLAY

Solved parameters are displayed in Linear or Smith chart form and saved in Touchstone and Berkeley SPICE formats. Two & 3D near/far field radiation Patterns, as well as polar Radiation patterns can be displayed. Vector current & 3D anamation is also displayed.


INTERFACES

CIF & GDS-II Import/Export; use the LinkCAD & CADnex Translators for easy Import/Export of GDS-II, DXF, CIF & Gerber file formats.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS


Key Features of IE3D

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