EMPIRE XPU 8.20 Released
February 2023
The new major update 8.2.0 is now available. Many enhancements were integrated in the latest version. Please fill in the Free Demo form for your personal copy.
New features & Enhancements
- General
- TDR analysis including Bessel filters for excitation and results
- Conformal Toolbox
- Circular polarized excitation of circular waveguides
- Metal Sheet Stack property including new roughness model
- New Library elements (RF Trace, Educational Brick, Conformal MSL, CPW, Viafence, SMDs with material properties for body and caps, Coax elements with adjustable priorities)
- 2D & 3D Design
- Recall and Start Empire in last Tab view
- Notes Editor for documentation including time stamps
- Variable control in Simulation Tab for Sweep & Optimization
- Improved functions for Array Copy, Connectivity check, Rotation, Clipboard, Meshing, Oversize
- Material info of voxel models in 2D Design
- Table for Farfield Array Setup
- Extended templates for sources in optimizer goals
- Boolean Subtraction from multiple objects
- Improved object numbering and number display
- Support for dielectrics having metal coating
- Simulation engine:
- New Surface Roughness Model
- Equivalent circuit model for metal sheet stack
- Optimization for Alder Lake CPUs
- Support of multiple field sources
- Windows CMD Commands for Start / Stop Empire Server
- 2D & 3D result plotting engine
- RCS sweep angle support
- Sweep support for MIMO ECC and DCF
- Poynting vector calculation for field pathes
- Frequency unit in Smith Chart
- Slope and Q-factor display for Markers
- Contour lines for Plot Format “Farfield (3D)”
- Farfield result display as tooltip on curves
- Simplified Import for Touchstone files
- Multiple Mask import / export
- Monitor: Field Display on Surfaces
- Editable markers in 3D farfield patterns
- Field superposition with port excitation phases
- Monitor for Waveguide Mode Display
- More project info in legend
- Improved interpolation for near fields
- Data exchange:
- Update Spatial Libraries 2022.1.0.1.41
- OCC (open cascade) based BREP Export
- OFF format as intermediate format for export
- Import acceleration for Gerber format
- Improved import dialogs and status messages
- Postprocessing
- Circuit Simulation: Impedance plot type display
- Transmission Factors for simultaneous simulation
- Polarization angle for Ludwig 3 far field transformation
- Improved marker storage avoiding frequency jumps
- Support of farfield symmetry planes
- Documentation
- Template (Patch Array, RWG Filter) improvements
- Tutorial & Manual Update
- New Tutorials (RCS, Ports)
- New Application Notes (TDR, Conformal Toolbox)
- Updated Code Compliance IEC 62704-1