Agilent W2100 Antenna Modeling Design System

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1 Agilent W2100 Antenna Modeling Design System Release Notes Agilent Technologies

2 Notices Agilent Technologies, Inc No part of this manual may be reproduced in any form or by any means (including electronic storage and retrieval or translation into a foreign language) without prior agreement and written consent from Agilent Technologies, Inc. as governed by United States and international copyright laws. Manual Part Number Online-only document. Edition February 2007 Printed in USA Agilent Technologies, Inc Stevens Creek Blvd. Santa Clara, CA USA Microsoft is a U.S. registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Windows and Microsoft Windows are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Autodesk and AutoCAD are trademarks of Autodesk, Incorporated. Remcom is a trademark of Remcom, Incorporated. ACIS and SAT are trademarks of Spatial Corporation. The hardware accelerator is a product of Acceleware Corporation. Software Revision This guide is valid for the A revision of the Agilent W2100 Antenna Modeling Design System software. Warranty The material contained in this document is provided as is, and is subject to being changed, without notice, in future editions. Further, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Agilent disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, with regard to this manual and any information contained herein, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. Agilent shall not be liable for errors or for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing, use, or performance of this document or of any information contained herein. Should Agilent and the user have a separate written agreement with warranty terms covering the material in this document that conflict with these terms, the warranty terms in the separate agreement shall control. Technology Licenses The hardware and/or software described in this document are furnished under a license and may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of such license. Restricted Rights Legend U.S. Government Restricted Rights. Software and technical data rights granted to the federal government include only those rights customarily provided to end user customers. Agilent provides this customary commercial license in Software and technical data pursuant to FAR (Technical Data) and (Computer Software) and, for the Department of Defense, DFARS (Technical Data - Commercial Items) and DFARS (Rights in Commercial Computer Software or Computer Software Documentation). Safety Notices CAUTION A CAUTION notice denotes a hazard. It calls attention to an operating procedure, practice, or the like that, if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in damage to the product or loss of important data. Do not proceed beyond a CAUTION notice until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met. WARNING A WARNING notice denotes a hazard. It calls attention to an operating procedure, practice, or the like that, if not correctly performed or adhered to, could result in personal injury or death. Do not proceed beyond a WARNING notice until the indicated conditions are fully understood and met. AMDS Release Notes

3 Contents 1 Product Features Software Features 6 Documentation Features 7 Examples 8 2 Known Problems and Workarounds 3 Revision History Index Operating Environment 10 Heterogeneous Human Head and Body Meshes 10 Simulation 11 Out of Virtual Memory Error 11 Licensing 12 Using Project Drives Other than Installation Drive 12 Upgrading 14 Release Information 15 AMDS AMDS AMDS AMDS Release Notes 3

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5 Agilent W2100 Antenna Modeling Design System Release Notes 1 Product Features Software Features 6 Documentation Features 7 Examples 8 Antenna Modeling Design System (AMDS) is a three-dimensional full wave electromagnetic solver based on the Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) method. Agilent Technologies provides powerful software to academia, industry, and government users. AMDS is an exciting addition to our software product line with many new features. While AMDS has its roots in the simulation of cellular telephones, current uses for the software have reached markets as diverse as chemistry, optics, ground-penetrating radar, and biomedical devices, in addition to wireless, microwave circuit, and radar scattering applications. Agilent Technologies 5

6 1 Product Features Software Features The AMDS Reference Manual provides detailed explanations of the software features and menus. For typical usage examples, refer to the AMDS User s Guide. 6 AMDS Release Notes

7 Product Features 1 Documentation Features AMDS product documentation is provided in both Microsoft Windows Help format and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Windows Help format can be accessed directly from AMDS by choosing Help > AMDS Manuals. Standard Windows Help features such as Contents, Index, Search and Favorites are available. Adobe PDF format is available under your installation directory in the following location: <installation folder>/doc/pdf If you want to print a hardcopy of your documentation, PDF files are highly recommended for best print quality. AMDS Release Notes 7

8 1 Product Features Examples A number of examples are provided for Antenna Modeling Design System to help you develop an understanding of how to use the product. Example data files can be downloaded from the Agilent EEsof Knowledge Center at the same location where you download the product. For more information on downloading and using examples, refer to the AMDS User s Guide. 8 AMDS Release Notes

9 Agilent W2100 Antenna Modeling Design System Release Notes 2 Known Problems and Workarounds Operating Environment 10 Simulation 11 This chapter lists potential problems that may be encountered when running Antenna Modeling Design System (AMDS), and workarounds where applicable. Agilent Technologies 9

10 2 Known Problems and Workarounds Operating Environment The following are known problems related to operating environment. Heterogeneous Human Head and Body Meshes The Heterogeneous Human Head and Body Meshes described in the AMDS Reference Manual are not available in this release. 10 AMDS Release Notes

11 Known Problems and Workarounds 2 Simulation The following are known problems related to the simulator. Out of Virtual Memory Error Two issues have been reported involving virtual memory errors: Windows may report an out of virtual memory error during a simulation using the Acceleware hardware. This can occur even though the simulation should fit in the allocated memory. Windows may indicate it is low on virtual memory when setting up a simulation. Workaround: For both of these problems is to increase the minimum amount of virtual memory to at least 8 Gigabytes. AMDS Release Notes 11

12 2 Known Problems and Workarounds Licensing Using Project Drives Other than Installation Drive There are two issues assoiciated with AMDS licensing: AMDS Licensing gets confused when you set a HOME environment variable. AMDS Licensing fails to check out when the project is located on a drive other than the installation drive. Workaround: In the first case, you should avoid setting a HOME environment variable. In the second case, put project on same drive as the same drive as the installation. Run the license preference tool from the project drive by opening a command prompt and switching to it. Run the perference tool by entering c:\agilent\amds_2007\bin\ aglmpref_exe.exe (or the location where AMDS was installed followed by bin\aglmpref_exe.exe). The preference tool should start and show the bundles unselected. Select the desired bundles and click OK to save the results. A directory structure \hpeesof\config\hpeesof.cfg will be created on the drive and AMDS will use the selected bundles. 12 AMDS Release Notes

13 Agilent W2100 Antenna Modeling Design System Release Notes 3 Revision History Upgrading 14 Release Information 15 This chapter outlines the revision history for AMDS and new any features associated with a release. Agilent Technologies 13

14 3 Revision History Upgrading We strongly advise that you upgrade to the most current version of AMDS. You can upgrade to the latest version of AMDS by going to the Agilent EEsof Knowledge Center > Software Downloads > Restricted Downloads > AMDS 2007 > AMDS 2007 and downloading AMDS NOTE Before upgrading you should uninstall any previous version of AMDS. 14 AMDS Release Notes

15 Revision History 3 Release Information AMDS The first release of AMDS. AMDS Released February New Features New features for AMDS include: A 64- bit simulator The 32- bit simulator makes use of SSE2 Improved capability for importing and exporting CAD formats Improvements to the GUI interface Improved simulator function Improved uninstall feature (uninstalling AMDS no longer adversely impacts ADS/EMDS installations). AMDS Released April New Features New features for AMDS include: Calibrated ports Voltage/current measurement Automated multi- port S- parameter simulations AMDS Release Notes 15

16 3 Revision History Mesh view plane indicators in cross- section Directivity and total gain plots 16 AMDS Release Notes

17 Index D documentation, 7 E examples, 6, 8 F features, 5, 13 K known problems, 9 N new features, 15 R release information, 15 S simulation, 11 U upgrading, 14 AMDS Release Notes 17

18 Index 18 AMDS Release Notes