SLIDES Altair 8oct15

Preview of FEKO 14.
0 under Altair
HyperWorks
Dr. Ulrich Jakobus
Vice President Electromagnetic Solutions
jakobus@altair.com
8 October 2015
Microwave Journal Webinar
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Vision of Altair
To radically change the way

organizations design products
and make decisions
James R. Scapa, Chairman & CEO, Altair
Through A Unique Blend of Software and Services
Engineering Simulation / Performance

Optimization Technology
Concept Design and

Development Technology
Altair's corporate
structure is tightly
HPC and On-demand

Computing Technology
aligned with its

brand family
Product Engineering /
Development Consulting
Human-centered Industrial Design

and Product Strategy Consulting
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fluorescent lighting
Altair HyperWorks Solver Technology

In June 2014 acquisition of EM Software & Systems with its electromagnetic
solver FEKO by Altair Engineering, Inc.
Now complete multiphysics offering through HyperWorks:
FEKO
FEKO Roadmap
14.0
Release
Expected
Feature Update Nov. 2015
February 2015
7.0.2
7.0.1
Feature Update
September 2014
Suite 7.0
Release
May 2014
FDTD solver, voxel mesher
First HWU
installations
January 2015
MLFMM/PO hybrid solver
HWU = HyperWorks Units (Altairs patented on-demand software licensing system)
FEKO 14.0 Salient Features

Integration of FEKO into Altair HyperWorks
Faster modelling of equivalent aperture sources with RL-GO
Higher order basis function (HOBF) support for
method of moments hybridised with the uniform theory of diffraction (MoM/UTD)
method of moments with ray launching geometrical optics (MoM/RL-GO)
Curvilinear wire segment mesh support for
method of moments (MoM)
multilevel fast multipole method (MLFMM)
Finite difference time domain (FDTD) solver extended to support
multiple configurations
perfect magnetic conductor (PMC) boundary conditions
intrinsic wire radius
shared memory parallelisation
Scripting (application framework) extensions

Macro recording in CADFEKO
HyperWorks Integration
Version number increase
Part of HyperWorks master installer
Legacy secfeko.dat licensing mechanism still

supported
Help > About HyperWorks dialog
Legacy / standalone installer still available
HWU licensing (since FEKO 7.0.1)
Jump from FEKO Suite 7.0 to FEKO 14.0

to align with HyperWorks 14.0
Link to Altair website

Link to Client Center / Altair Connect
FEKO now also part of HyperWorks Student Edition

Replacing FEKO LITE
14.0
Transformation of Aperture Excitations for RL-GO
Often Model Decomposition is advised for RL-GO to reduce effort
The computational requirements of RL-GO simulations with aperture excitations

are proportional to the number of near field points used in the source
A new transform automatically converts an equivalent aperture excitation into its

corresponding spherical mode representation
Depending on the size of the aperture, there are limitations as how close the source
can be placed to the geometry (FEKO will check for this)
Horn Fed Reflector Antenna RL-GO Example
1) Geometry at 12.5 GHz
2) Simulate the horn with MoM to

capture the near-fields to use as an
aperture excitation for the reflector
3) The reflector is excited with

the equivalent aperture source
and simulated with RL-GO
4) Aperture will be converted into the

spherical mode representation
A large number of near field samples are needed around the horn to represent
the aperture excitation accurately
The transformation of the aperture excitation to spherical modes reduces the simulation
time from several days to only 3 min!
Recap: Curvilinear triangle support for MoM and MLFMM

HOBF (Higher Order Basis Functions) on curvilinear meshes for MoM
and MLFMM introduced in FEKO Suite 6.3 (Oct. 2013)
Number of metallic triangles:

Number of basis functions:
RWG = 3 774
RWG = 5 661
HOBF 3.5 =
72
HOBF 3.5 = 1 296
Sphere radius = 1
4.4 times fewer unknowns

19 times less memory
Similar run-times
Introduction of Curvilinear Wire Meshes

Supported for MoM and MLFMM solvers
Mesh import formats
NASTRAN, ANSYS CDB, and Abaqus
Mesh export formats
NASTRAN, Gerber, and AutoCAD (DXF)
Display in GUI fully supported
Mesh elements
Ports
Mesh information
Currents and charges
Example for Curvilinear Wire Meshes

Helix with 20 turns
radius 2.5 mm
height 50 mm
wire radius 0.2 mm
Near field computed 5 mm from the axis
Example for Curvilinear Wire Meshes

Near field computed 5 mm from 20 turn helix
Need more linear segments to achieve the same accuracy
153 curvilinear segments
397 linear segments
Higher Order Basis Functions Extensions

Higher order basis functions supported for the
MoM and MLFMM since FEKO Suite 6.2
Curvilinear meshes supported since Suite 6.3
Second order curvilinear triangles with 6 vertex points
Support for higher order MoM in the MoM/PO

hybrid method added in FEKO Suite 7.0
Support for higher order MoM in the MoM/UTD and
MoM/RL-GO hybrid methods added in FEKO 14.0
Example for Higher Order Basis Function Extensions

Supported for MoM/UTD
First order (RWG) vs higher order MoM with UTD example
Electrically large flare and circular plate with electric dipole point source
UTD region: PEC flare, bottom width 8, 3 unmeshed plates

MoM region: PEC plate, radius
1232 triangles (RWG) vs 32 triangles (order 3.5)
Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) Extensions

Support for multiple configurations
Perfect magnetic conductor (PMC) boundaries
Open and perfect electric conductor (PEC) boundaries

already supported in FEKO Suite 7.0
Intrinsic wire radius
User can opt to let the solver determine the wire radius
to improve FDTD stability (e.g. 0.208 times voxel size)
Zero impedance loads (just currents at port)

Port without source / load treated as short circuit
Similar to the MoM
Scripting & Automation History

FEKO Suite 6.1 release
Added dataset Lua scripting
Focus on post-processing of results

in POSTFEKO
Example list of
application macros
Added POSTFEKO automation (e.g. for

automatic report generation)
Dataset refactor
Third party integration (e.g. Optenni Lab)
Interactive dialogs
CADFEKO automation for geometry

creation only
Example of a customised dialog
Scripting (Application Framework) Extensions

Completed CADFEKO API in FEKO 14.0
API now also supports solution requests, etc.
Any action in CADFEKO can now be performed through scripting
Macro Recording in CADFEKO

Interface changes
Ribbon
Status bar
Script editor
Workflow
Start recording from CADFEKO
Perform actions in CADFEKO
Stop the recording
View the recorded script in the script editor
Modify the script if required
Run the script to repeat performed actions
Macro Recording in CADFEKO

Useful for
performing repetitive actions record once and repeat using script
advanced / custom actions record and extend script
getting started with scripting
learn syntax
become familiar with API objects and properties
Other GUI Features in FEKO 14.0
CADFEKO
Option to rotate the elements of circular/cylindrical antenna arrays
Can create arrays with sequentially rotated arrays directly in a single setup
Previously possible through multiple (custom) arrays
notched patches
horn antennas
spiral
CADFEKO
CAD exchange library updated
Allows the latest CAD file formats to be imported and exported
Supported: ACIS R25, CATIA V5 R24 (V5 6R2014), NX 9, Pro/E / Creo 3.0
Discontinued: CATIA V5 Release 6 (from 2001)
Gerber, ODB++ and 3Di import on Linux

Selection of layers to import
Gerber, ODB++, 3Di or AutoCAD files
CAD Handling Performance Improvements

General improvements to loading and handling of CAD and
complex/detailed models with larger number of parts:
More responsive GUI in CADFEKO
Reduced times to load the models
Improved handling including faster zooming, selection, etc.
.cfx file (MByte)
Opening speedup
Device
23
400%
PCB model
62
22%
Car model
95
980%
Device with anatomical

mesh model
23
27%
FSS with large number

of elements
125
280%
Extended CADFEKO Workflows

Many dialogues in CADFEKO now
include the
icon next to dropdown
menus
When adding a
source to a
configuration, the
port can be
created directly
from the dialogue
by pressing
Previously, dropdown menus needed
to populated prior, fixing the workflow
In 14.0, pressing the
icon will offer a
new workflow, where the required entities

can be created directly from the dialogue
to populate the dropdown menu
The new workflows are faster and more

intuitive
Two examples show the functionality
When creating a layered dielectric, the

materials can be created directly from
the dialogue by pressing
POSTFEKO
Display relative phase of ideal receiving antenna
Received signal phase quantity
Hide a trace entry in the 2D legend
Leave trace text empty
Display impedance data for loads and general networks on Smith charts
Add math scripts and imported data to empty project
3D views, 2D graphs can be added for these results
CADFEKO and POSTFEKO

3D view font settings can be modified
Settings > Preferences

Default settings dialog
User-defined
Default fonts
fonts
Other Electromagnetic Solver

Features in FEKO 14.0
Other Electromagnetic Solver Features

Improved performance and stability
Latest libraries, math libraries and compilers
GPU CUDA version 7.0 support (Windows and Linux)
Intel MPI library for Windows upgraded to version 5.0
Impact of these upgrades for parallel MoM run:
FEKO 7.0: 31.7 GLFOPS per process
FEKO 14.0: 42.9 GLFOPS per process 35% faster!
Braided Shield Models for Cable Harnesses

Cable transfer impedances (ZT) and transfer admittances (YT)
Internal database containing 26 popular cable types
User-defined input
E.g. from datasheets or measurements
Different cable shield formulations supported
Supported cable shield types
Schelkunoff (solid) model
Kley (braided) formulas
ZT
Since FEKO Suite 6.0
ZT and YT
Since FEKO Suite 6.0
Vance (braided) formulas
ZT and YT
New in FEKO 14.0
CADFEKO Create
cable shield dialog
Active RCS Calculations

Mono-static and bi-static RCS calculations
Traditional far field RCS computed with
E0
Es
where E0 is the incident plane wave field and Es represents the scattered field.
Extension to Active RCS by including the radiated field from sources other than
plane waves in the model as part of Es
Example application:
E0
Es
RCS reduction by transmitting an active signal which intends to cancel the backscattered field
FEKO HyperStudy Integration
Overview of Altair HyperStudy

Altair HyperStudy is a multi-disciplinary design exploration, study and
optimisation software
Included methods are:
Design of Experiments (DoE) helps engineers understand the relationship

between design variables and overall system performance
Fit approach to create meta models to replace computationally expensive

simulations
Traditional optimisation
Stochastic Analysis
Post-processing and data mining
FEKO HyperStudy Integration

Integration of FEKO into the HyperStudy
optimisation platform:
FEKO model type

Browse and add the *.cfx file to the HyperStudy project
Direct import of geometric design variables
Standard response extraction in HyperStudy
Impedance, gain, efficiency, etc.

Extract from ASCII files e.g. *.out file, *.efe, *.hfe, *.ffe
or exported Touchstone files
Post-processing of responses using Lua:
Extraction of responses can also be controlled with Lua

scripts
Default script automatically generated
User modification necessary for custom responses
Planar Monopole Optimisation HyperStudy

Y
GA optimisation convergence
T
trimmer
capacitor
feed port and

matching circuit
HyperStudy Fit surface
At 433 MHz, the planar monopole is relatively small (8 x 4.25 cm):
A tuning circuit and trimmer capacitor are needed to match the antenna
HyperStudy is used to optimise the performance of the antenna
3 geometric variables are considered X, Y, T for the initial full factorial DoE; S11 is used as the
response
A Fit response surface is generated using radial basis functions (RBF) based on the DoE data
The optimisation is performed on the Fit using a genetic algorithm (GA)
The optimised design offers a 15% improvement in bandwidth and 32%

improvement in radiation efficiency over the initial design
Extended FEKO Optenni Lab

Interface
Optenni Lab
Optenni Lab is a leading professional matching circuit synthesis and
optimisation software for solving all matching problems in the RF chain
within wireless devices
Optenni Lab can optimise broadband, multiband, multiport and tunable
matching circuits for antennas, filters, amplifiers, switches, tuners and
other RF components
Optenni Lab Plugin Improvements

Redesigned the forms using callbacks
Interactive dialogs that update based on choices selected
More advanced automation integration
Number of Touchstone file samples can be set
Improved handling of loads
Better feedback through the message window
Optenni Lab Plugin Improvements

New run mode functionality supporting new workflows:
1) Run simulation and launch Optenni Lab
2) Use existing Touchstone file (simulation already run)
3) Provide a Touchstone file
Workflows 1) and 2) will automatically reconnect all ports when

transferring matching circuit files back to FEKO
Optenni Lab Matching WCDMA, WLAN, BT Module

WCDMA
WLAN, BT
matching circuit configuration

coupling < -15 dB
antenna geometry
Optenni Lab multiport matching:
general network schematic
Simultaneous matching of antenna elements can be applied, while reducing

coupling < -15 dB between the antenna elements
FEKO - Optenni Lab link workflow:
Touchstone files for the unmatched antenna are automatically sent to Optenni Lab
Bands, efficiency and coupling goals are defined in Optenni Lab and matching
circuits are calculated
Circuit information is sent back to FEKO and automatically connected to the ports
using general networks
Other Lua Plugins

(available on www.feko.info)
Parameter Sweep Plugin

Application macro scripts available for
parameter sweep (more intuitive than
Grid Search in OPTFEKO)
CADFEKO setup script gives the user a list

of variables to derived from the model to
select for geometric grid search investigation
POSTFEKO script combines simulation

results to plot responses as a function of the
geometry
Co-site Interference Analysis Lua Plugin

UHF antenna,
310 MHz, blade
GPS - 1.57 GHz,
circular patch
VHF blade
antenna 126 MHz
L-band blade
antenna 1.09 GHz
Negligible coupling - < 60 dB
Coupling between -50 & -60 dB
Strong coupling > -50 dB
Application macro to calculate the co-site Interference matrix
Maxhold over frequency band for worst case coupling

3 threshold levels negligible, medium and strong coupling can be set to the
required value
Can also be used to illustrate inter-element coupling in arrays with large number of
elements
Multi-Port Post-Processing Plugin

Variation of load impedances (impact on reflection coefficients at other
ports or also near and far fields) as part of the post-processing phase in
POSTFEKO without the need to run the FEKO solver for each changed
load configuration!
Licensing and Installation

Changes in FEKO 14.0
Installation Changes in FEKO 14.0

Integration into the HyperWorks Master Installer
Administrative rights no longer required for FEKO installations
on Windows
Exception are parallel runs using multiple Windows computers
Support for 32-bit architecture is being phased out

Support for Windows XP has been stopped
HWU Draw New Unlimited Solver Node Licensing
Installations for FEKO 14.0 are available for both legacy licensing
(i.e. secfeko.dat license file) and also for HWU (HyperWorks Units).
HyperWorks 14.0 introduces a new licensing scheme named
Unlimited Solver Node in addition to the existing Per Job Licensing
scheme, to give more flexibility to customers for solver runs:
Per Job Licensing:
25 HWUs for 1 to 4 cores, with decay as more

cores are used and also decay as more concurrent
jobs are run
Solver Node Licensing:
30 HWUs for 1st node, with decay as more

nodes are used (number of cores per node and
number of concurrent jobs irrelevant)
HyperWorks Student Edition

HyperWorks Student Edition replaces FEKO LITE
Student Edition supports much larger models than FEKO LITE
Old Limit
FEKO LITE
New Limit
Student Edition
Number of wires in CADFEKO
40
100
Number of faces in CADFEKO
40
200
Number of mesh wire segments
500
2 500
Number of mesh triangles
500
25 000
Number of tetrahedral volume elements
300
250 000
10 000
500 000
1 000
10 000
Far-field observation directions per request
703
20 000
Number of frequency values
10
20
20 MByte
1 GByte
Number of processes for parallel FEKO version
Total run-time (wall-clock time) of FEKO kernel
10 min
20 min
Number of adaptive frequency sampling points
10
101
Number of simultaneously active excitations
20
Number of optimisation variables (degrees of freedom)
Number of optimisation steps (iterations)
20
50
Model Elements
Number of voxel elements (FDTD)
Solution Specification
Near-field observation points per request
Solution Metrics
Main memory that can be allocated by FEKO kernel
FEKO now available in Altairs HPC CAE Environment
Traditional
HPC CAE
HWUL
Physical Appliance
HWUL
Virtual Appliance
Unlimited Vendors
Limited Benefits
Single Vendor
Unlimited Benefits
Single Vendor
Unlimited Benefits
For more information visit

www.altairhyperworks.com/feko

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Preview of FEKO 14.

To radically change the way

Through A Unique Blend of Software and Services

Engineering Simulation / Performance

Concept Design and

HPC and On-demand

aligned with its

Human-centered Industrial Design

LED products for the replacement of

Altair HyperWorks Solver Technology

MLFMM/PO hybrid solver

HWU = HyperWorks Units (Altairs patented on-demand software licensing system)

FEKO 14.0 Salient Features

method of moments hybridised with the uniform theory of diffraction (MoM/UTD)

method of moments with ray launching geometrical optics (MoM/RL-GO)

Curvilinear wire segment mesh support for

method of moments (MoM)

multilevel fast multipole method (MLFMM)

Finite difference time domain (FDTD) solver extended to support

perfect magnetic conductor (PMC) boundary conditions

intrinsic wire radius

shared memory parallelisation

Scripting (application framework) extensions

Version number increase

Part of HyperWorks master installer

Legacy secfeko.dat licensing mechanism still

Help > About HyperWorks dialog

Legacy / standalone installer still available

HWU licensing (since FEKO 7.0.1)

Jump from FEKO Suite 7.0 to FEKO 14.0

Link to Altair website

FEKO now also part of HyperWorks Student Edition

Transformation of Aperture Excitations for RL-GO

Often Model Decomposition is advised for RL-GO to reduce effort

The computational requirements of RL-GO simulations with aperture excitations

A new transform automatically converts an equivalent aperture excitation into its

Horn Fed Reflector Antenna RL-GO Example

1) Geometry at 12.5 GHz

2) Simulate the horn with MoM to

3) The reflector is excited with

4) Aperture will be converted into the

Recap: Curvilinear triangle support for MoM and MLFMM

Number of metallic triangles:

4.4 times fewer unknowns

Introduction of Curvilinear Wire Meshes

NASTRAN, ANSYS CDB, and Abaqus

Mesh export formats

NASTRAN, Gerber, and AutoCAD (DXF)

Display in GUI fully supported

Currents and charges

Example for Curvilinear Wire Meshes

wire radius 0.2 mm

Near field computed 5 mm from the axis

Example for Curvilinear Wire Meshes

153 curvilinear segments

397 linear segments

Higher Order Basis Functions Extensions

Second order curvilinear triangles with 6 vertex points

Support for higher order MoM in the MoM/PO

Example for Higher Order Basis Function Extensions

UTD region: PEC flare, bottom width 8, 3 unmeshed plates

Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) Extensions

Open and perfect electric conductor (PEC) boundaries

Intrinsic wire radius