Many other aspects of Antenna Magus have been improved with additional functionality. One addition is the new Antenna Array Synthesis tool which was added to assist engineers with array synthesis. This tool designs spacings and excitation tapers for a variety of different array topologies, based on performance requirements such as gain, beamwidth or squint angle. The array design can be simulated with isotropic elements or with any one of several typical patterns. The designed spacings, excitation taper and patterns are ready for export to FEKO and CST MICROWAVE STUDIO®.
“The response of the market to Antenna Magus Version 1.0 has been very positive. We have received a lot of valuable feedback from customers that has been used in developing the antennas and improvements implemented in Antenna Magus Version 2.0,” stated Sam Clarke, Managing Director, MAGUS (Pty) Ltd. “We are confident that version 2 will add as much value to the end-user as the introduction of this tool did in version 1.0”
Highlights of Antenna Magus 2.0
Antenna Array Synthesis tool
113 antennas in the database
Major analysis speedups of over 50 antennas. A number of antennas run > 100 times faster
Exporting reports and numeric graph data
Side-by-side comparison of antenna “info docs”
More modeling options when exporting to FEKO and CST MICROWAVE STUDIO
Substrate library redesign
Selection of antennas also export to TICRA’s CHAMP, an additional CEM tool
Major user interaction improvements