CST – Computer Simulation Technology
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Santa Clara, CA, USA, January 21, 2016: CST – Computer Simulation Technology (CST) and
Wild River Technology (WRT) present first results of their cooperation, aimed to
demonstrate the correlation of simulation and measurement for high speed digital design
at DesignCon 2016, Booth # 627.
New technologies such as DDR 4 and in particular SerDes are pushing electronics to higher speeds.
This has increased the need for 3D electromagnetic field simulation in the design process to identify
and help avoid signal integrity (SI) and power integrity (PI) issues. To simulate devices accurately,
design engineers working in this field require accurate broadband models for interconnects and
transmission lines, which need to include effects such as conductor surface roughness and
dispersion in dielectric materials. Being able to validate the results against benchmarks increases
the engineer’s confidence in the simulation.
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Darmstadt, Germany, January 12, 2016: CST – Computer Simulation Technology (CST) announces a series of webinars showing the best way to get ahead with EM simulation. These webinars will cover workflows in CST tools fora range of applications in the fields of microwaves and RF, EMC and electronic design.
The webinars will benefit both existing CST customers who want to improve or update their workflows, and engineers who would like the opportunity to see how market-leading software can be employed to simplify design tasks.
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Darmstadt, Germany, December 22, 2015– Computer Simulation Technology AG (CST) has announced the winners of the CST® University Publication Award 2015, an annual prize given to university institutes and researchers for published papers involving applications of electromagnetic simulation.
The CST University Publication Award recognizes the importance of work from university researchers and academics, and grants winners extensions and upgrades to their CST STUDIO SUITE® installations.
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Cross-coupled filters are commonly used for high-frequency, high-performance applications where narrow passbands and steep roll-off are required, for example in telecom base stations and satellites. Cross-couplings (couplings between non-adjacent resonators) can be used to modify the filter transfer function. They are mostly employed for improving the filter selectivity by producing transmission zeroes. Depending on their sign, they can also be employed for improving filter phase linearity.
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The webinars will benefit both existing CST customers and engineers who do not currently use simulation at all. The webinars will cover topics including graphene, implantable electronics and electrical car motor control, with applications across the spectrum from low-frequency, through microwaves and RF, to optical.
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Antenna engineers, in particular in the mobile communications industry, are faced with the challenge of optimizing antenna performance while complying with the functional and geometrical constraints of integrating multi-band antennas into compact devices. These engineers’ tasks can be simplified with the latest extension to the CST STUDIO SUITE integral equation solver, the Characteristic Mode Analysis (CMA) tool. CMA is a technique developed to provide physical insight into the behavior of a conducting surface. CMA calculates a set of orthogonal current-modes which are supported on a conducting surface – for example, the current modes of a metal plate. By using CMA, engineers can tune an antenna to the correct resonant frequencies and work out where to place the feed to couple into a particular radiating mode.
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Darmstadt, September 3 2015, CST® - Computer Simulation Technology AG (CST) in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD, will demonstrate how the emerging technology of immersive virtual reality can be used in the EM design workflow and integrated with its flagship electromagnetic simulation tool, CST STUDIO SUITE® 2015, at European Microwave Week (EuMW) on September 8 2015, booth 311.
CST STUDIO SUITE is used by engineers and researchers across a wide range of fields to model electromagnetic systems and optimize designs. In order to allow it to be used in as many design workflows as possible, CST supports its powerful electromagnetic and multiphysics solvers with import/export tools for a wide range of CAD and EDA formats, and with a visualization engine that can plot field propagation and radiation patterns in full 3D. At European Microwave Week 2015, CST will demonstrate how next generation technologies such as virtual reality will also be entering the EM design process in the near future and how these technologies can be used to supplement simulation.
Virtual reality is still thought of as a platform for games and entertainment, but also offers advantages for engineers who need to visualize complex behavior in their device. Using software developed in cooperation with Fraunhofer IGD, CST will demonstrate how immersive virtual reality can be used to explore coupling paths on a complex PCB in order to identify the sources of EMC issues such as cross talk more simply. Visitors to the CST booth can try on a pair of Oculus Rift goggles and fly through a CST STUDIO SUITE simulation of a PCB in an enclosure in order to quickly and intuitively identify couplings.
“Virtual reality offers a new way for users to visualize simulation data and investigate the behavior of their devices,” commented Dr. Martin Timm, Director Global Marketing, CST. “Being able to immerse yourself in your system and experience the fields and currents as if they were tangible quantities is not only fascinating, but gives you a new way to explore the physics of your system.”
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San Francisco, CA, June 9, 2015 – Computer Simulation Technology (CST) demonstrates an innovative workflow that combines the full wave simulation and extraction capabilities of CST STUDIO SUITE® with the accuracy of Synopsys HSPICE® at booth #2827 during DAC 2015.
Engineers concerned with the design of modern electronic systems can take advantage of this new workflow. It enables the combination of an industry-standard circuit simulator, HSPICE, with the accurate full-wave extraction of 3D components and interconnects performed by CST STUDIO SUITE.
In the center of this workflow is CST DESIGN STUDIO™, the block schematic tool at the heart of CST STUDIO SUITE. In chip-package-board co-design, an engineer can model a full channel system by linking blocks together. These blocks can represent circuits, IBIS models, 3D elements such as connectors, flip-chip or BGA, and - with CST STUDIO SUITE version 2015 - arbitrary HSPICE models. All these blocks can then be simulated together as a system. The 3D electromagnetic full-wave solvers in CST STUDIO SUITE can perform the extraction of the channel and create a new, simulation-ready HSPICE netlist representing the full channel which can be passed on to HSPICE for simulation and analysis, automatically.
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CST - Computer Simulation Technology AG (CST), developer of the technology leading CST STUDIO SUITE®, and Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today jointly announced a partnership to integrate 3D electromagnetic simulation technology from CST into Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform.
High-tech, transportation & mobility, aerospace & defense, industrial equipment and other industries will soon have access to a best-in-class multi-physics simulation solution for the creation and design of smart objects.
The Internet of Things market is expected to reach 26 billion units by 2020 as devices, cars and buildings are developed beyond form and function to digitally interact with the physical world. However, this connectivity can lead to electromagnetic interference between devices or other unintended consequences that degrade product performance, reliability and safety.
The combination of Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform with CST STUDIO SUITE technology will enable customers to create and analyze electromagnetic behavioral models that simulate device function in a wide range of frequencies. This capability enhances the 3DEXPERIENCE platform’s simulation applications for solving multi-physics challenges in several areas including hybrid vehicle drivetrains and wearable electronics.
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For students of physics and electrical engineering, learning electromagnetic theory means spending hours studying textbooks to understand how fields behave, but often the only visual confirmation of the theory is a blip on the screen of an oscilloscope or a spectrum analyzer. CST STUDIO SUITE – Student Edition allows students to not only learn about electromagnetic phenomena and their applications, but also to visualize them in an intuitive 3D way. In addition, fully parameterized models allow students to easily adjust the settings of the problem and perform virtual experiments to investigate field behavior interactively.
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EMC is an important consideration in a wide range of applications, and an increasing number of universities have set up courses and research groups for its study. CST develops electromagnetic simulation solutions that are widely used in academia, research and industry, and has long supported universities through discounted licenses and co-operation programs. In order to provide the EMC engineers of the future with the tools and experience they need, CST is now expanding this program to include university seats for its latest product, CST EMC STUDIO.
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Darmstadt, Germany, March 18, 2015: CST – Computer Simulation Technology (CST) announces a series of webinars to accompany the release of the 2015 version of CST STUDIO SUITE®. The webinars will demonstrate the new features and tools available and their application to the areas of microwaves, RF and optical, EDA and EMC/EMI and low frequency simulations.
The CST STUDIO SUITE 2015 Update Webinar Series will be presented by expert engineers, with each webinar to be held twice on the scheduled date to cater for different time zones.
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Darmstadt, Germany, February 10, 2015: CST – Computer Simulation Technology (CST) announces a new series of webinars showing the best way to get ahead with EM simulation. These webinars will cover both CST tools and products from CST’s partners Magus Pty. and Optenni Ltd.
The webinars will benefit both existing CST customers who want to improve or update their workflows, and engineers who would like the opportunity to see how market-leading software can be employed to simplify design tasks.The webinars will demonstrate standard workflows for some common design challenges, with examples to show how simulation can be used to design and optimize products. The tutorial style also offers an easy way for the user to learn about the capabilities of extensions to CST STUDIO SUITE, and how these can be incorporated into their workflow. The presenters are simulation experts, with years of experience of using and developing these tools.
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CST – Computer Simulation Technology (CST) announces CST EMC STUDIO, a product for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) analysis, at stand 627 during DesignCon 2015.
EMC is an important consideration in product design across a wide range of industries. CST develops electromagnetic simulation solutions that help identify potential compliance issues before the actual prototype is built, and to analyze products that fail compliance testing. Engineers can study effects such as radiated or conducted emissions in consumer electronics devices, or susceptibility to electrostatic discharge, lightning strike and high-intensity radiated fields (HIRF). With CST EMC STUDIO, CST directly addresses the unique requirements of this market.
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Darmstadt, Germany, December 18, 2014 – Computer Simulation Technology AG (CST) has announced the winners of the CST University Publication Award 2014, an annual event awarding university institutes and researchers for published papers related to electromagnetic simulation applications.
The CST University Publication Award recognizes the importance of work from university researchers and academics by granting winners of the award extensions and upgrades to their CST STUDIO SUITE® installations.
For papers to be considered in the award, they must meet three conditions: they must be authored or co-authored by university researchers, they must have been published either in scientific journals or conference proceedings, and the numerical results must be entirely or partly obtained through simulations using CST software.
Submissions are evaluated on a number of criteria, including originality of application and theory, clarity of presentation, and the skillful use of CST software. A special award is also given for short papers, of four pages or less, to acknowledge the importance of short conference papers in promoting practical applications of simulation.
“Universities are exploring new and exciting fields of electromagnetic research. The award helps us to discover the vast variety of important and sometimes surprising ways the software is being applied in today’s fast changing world,” said Dr. Martin Timm, CST, Director of Global Marketing. “Thank you to everyone who submitted a paper to this year’s award.”
The following papers have been selected to receive the CST University Publication Award 2014:
- “High-Isolation X-band Marine Radar Antenna Design”, Fang-Yao Kuo, and Ruey-Bing Hwang, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation; Volume: 62, Issue: 5, May 2014, pp 2331 – 2337 (National Chiao-Tung University, Taiwan)
- “Superconducting spoke cavities for high-velocity applications”, C. S. Hopper and J. R. Delayen, PHYSICAL REVIEW SPECIAL TOPICS - ACCELERATORS AND BEAMS, Volume: 16, Issue: 10, 3 October 2013, pp 102001-1 - 102001-20 (Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Thomas Jefferson National Lab, USA)
- “Footwear Antennas for Body Area Telemetry”; Domenico Gaetano, Patrick McEvoy, Max J. Ammann, Jacinta E. Browne, Louise Keating, and Frances Horgan; IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation; Volume: 61, Issue: 10, October 2013; Volume: 39, 2013, pp 133-148 (Dublin Institute of Technology, Ireland)
- “Multi-Band Notch UWB Band Pass Filter With Novel Contiguous Split Rings Embedded in Symmetrically Tapered Elliptic Rings”; Anil Kamma, Swapnil R. Gupta, Gopi S. Reddy, and Jayanta Mukherjee, Progress In Electromagnetics Research C, (IIT Bombay, India)
Short Paper Award 2014:
• “Low Profile Cavity-Backed Four-Arm Archimedean Spiral Antenna with 8:1 Bandwidth”; Hongzhao Ray Fang, Mohammed Serhir, Ramanan Balakrishnan, Régis Guinvarc’h, Koen Mouthaan (National University of Singapore, SUPELEC, France)
More information on CST’s university program and the upcoming University Publication Award 2015 can be found at the CST corporate website: https://www.cst.com/uni.
About CST
Founded in 1992, CST offers the market’s widest range of 3D electromagnetic field simulation tools through a global network of sales and support staff and representatives. CST develops CST STUDIO SUITE, a package of high-performance software for the simulation of electromagnetic fields in all frequency bands, and also sells and supports complementary third-party products. Its success is based on a combination of leading edge technology, a user-friendly interface and knowledgeable support staff. CST’s customers are market leaders in industries as diverse as telecommunications, defense, automotive, electronics and healthcare. Today, the company enjoys a leading position in the high-frequency 3D EM simulation market and employs 260 sales, development, and support personnel around the world.
CST STUDIO SUITE is the culmination of many years of research and development into the most accurate and efficient computational solutions for electromagnetic designs. From static to optical, and from the nanoscale to the electrically large, CST STUDIO SUITE includes tools for the design, simulation and optimization of a wide range of devices. Analysis is not limited to pure EM, but can also include thermal and mechanical effects and circuit simulation. CST STUDIO SUITE can offer considerable product to market advantages such as shorter development cycles, virtual prototyping before physical trials, and optimization instead of experimentation.
Further information about CST is available on the web at https://www.cst.com.
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For further information please contact:
Dr. Martin Timm, Director of Global Marketing, CST
Tel: +49 6151 7303-0
Email: info@cst.com, Web: https://www.cst.com
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Electromagnetic simulation can be of great benefit to electronic engineers interested in signal integrity (SI), power integrity (PI) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) on PCBs and packages, by making it possible to analyze the performance of virtual prototypes before tape-out.
In order to be most effective in the EDA workflow, simulation should be fast and accurate and offer a more detailed understanding of the causes of SI/PI and EMC issues than measurement alone can provide. For this reason, CST is introducing several new features in CST STUDIO SUITE 2015 which have been developed to accelerate the simulation process and make it easier for users to analyze and optimize their designs.
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CST - Computer Simulation Technology AG (CST) will preview the upcoming version of its flagship electromagnetic simulation tool, CST STUDIO SUITE® 2015, at European Microwave Week (EuMW) 2014, booth 109.
CST STUDIO SUITE is used by engineers and researchers working across the electromagnetic spectrum to model systems and optimize designs. Its tightly-integrated solvers cover a broad range of frequencies and geometrical scales, and are complemented by more specialized technology for applications such as PCBs, cables, thermal analysis, and charged particle devices.
As devices become more compact and more connected, the old distinctions between different fields of engineering break down. Increasingly, even a single design task can involve multiple simulation disciplines. With CST STUDIO SUITE 2015, the links between the different simulation domains have been tightened and new tools have been added to allow users to go beyond what can be done with electromagnetic field simulation alone.
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CST - Computer Simulation Technology AG (CST) is demonstrating its powerful new antenna array design tool in CST STUDIO SUITE®, the Phased Array Wizard, at European Microwave Week (EuMW) 2014, booth 109.
Aerospace engineers use CST STUDIO SUITE to design and optimize antennas and arrays, to analyze their installed performance, and to calculate cosite interference between antenna systems. The upcoming release of CST STUDIO SUITE 2015 will significantly enhance its antenna design offering with the integration of the new Phased Array Wizard.
Their efficiency and flexibility mean that antenna arrays are beloved by engineers who need to design high-performance antennas with low power consumption and compact size. However, the number of elements involved and the complexity of the interactions between elements can make arrays difficult to design. The Phased Array Wizard allows users to create arrays from single elements. It complements the antenna synthesis features available in Antenna Magus for a fuller array design workflow.
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CST - Computer Simulation Technology AG (CST) is showcasing its new features for radar cross-section (RCS) simulation in the upcoming version of its flagship electromagnetic simulation tool, CST STUDIO SUITE® 2015, at European Microwave Week (EuMW) 2014, booth 109.
Aerospace and defense companies and government agencies worldwide use CST STUDIO SUITE on mission-critical projects. Its tightly-integrated solvers cover a broad range of frequencies and scales, allowing demanding and complex electromagnetic environments to be simulated during the development phase of new technologies.
RCS is an important consideration when designing new equipment, and is something that CST has long supported. The 2015 release builds on the previous RCS capabilities of CST STUDIO SUITE by adding the ability to produce RCS maps – plots of RCS phase or amplitude against frequency and scan angle – with the shooting and bouncing ray (SBR) asymptotic solver. RCS maps give engineers a more detailed view of the cross-section of a platform, and can be used to help identify potential scatterers.
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Rome, Italy, October 6, 2014, Computer Simulation Technology (CST) and Microwave Vision Group (MVG) will present the innovative link between numerical simulation and antenna measurements at European Microwave Week 2014 in Rome.
Lucia Scialacqua, MVG expert on advanced antenna measurement post-processing, will present at the Computer Simulation Technology (CST) booth, #109, during European Microwave Week, where she will be discussing how to use the software tool Insight to overcome the problems faced when using Computational Electromagnetics (CEM) solvers in the evaluation and optimisation of antenna placement on large complex platforms.
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CST STUDIO SUITE - EMC/EMI Training
5th - 6th December 2017
Darmstadt, Germany
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CST STUDIO SUITE - Microwave and Antenna Training
5th - 6th December 2017
Darmstadt, Germany
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CST STUDIO SUITE - Microwave and Antenna Training
5th - 6th December 2017
Massy, France
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CST STUDIO SUITE
5th - 6th December 2017
Dolni Brezany, Czech Republic
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CST STUDIO SUITE - Low Frequency Training
5th December 2017
Darmstadt, Germany
