There are four predefined configurations that in many cases meets customers requirements. Custom configurations are also possible.
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SWAN™ Basic IE |
SWAN™ Advanced |
SWAN™ Pro |
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| SLOT MODEL
Processing of full-wave simulations and extraction of the slot model (external full-wave simulator is needed) |
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| DESIGN
Design of beam scanning resonant and travelling wave dielectric-filled slotted waveguides arrays |
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| ANALYSIS
Analysis of beam scanning resonant dielectric-filled slotted waveguides arrays |
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| INTERNAL ENGINE
Integrated electromagnetic full-wave analysis of radiating slots (No external full-wave simulator needed) |
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| Travelling Wave
Design of travelling wave slotted waveguide arrays |
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| Sub-sections
Waveguides can be subdivided in smaller sections with arbitrary number of slots |
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| Cross-slot WG Feeding Network
Synthesis of centred inclined slot coupler waveguide feeding network |
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| Mutual coupling acceleration
Optimized mutual coupling computation that allows up to 80% CPU time reduction with the same accuracy |
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| Input Transition & Feeding Network
External feeding network and input transitions can be accounted in the analysis (Touchstone format) |
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| Complex Slot Excitation (shaped beam synthesis)
Complex slot excitations, synthesis of arbitrary shaped patterns (footprint, flat top, cosec, etc.) |
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| SIW Slotted Waveguide
Design of arrays of slots on Substrate Integrated Waveguides (SIW) |
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| Short Circuit Compensation
Automatic compensation of short circuit septum thickness in multi-section radiating waveguides. |
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| T-junction Based BFNs
Monopulse comparator and T-junction-based BFNs models are available in the analysis. |
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| Montecarlo Analysis
Montecarlo analysis on several geometrical parameters, such as slot offset, length, width, thickness, WG width and height. |
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SWAN™ Software supports Windows XP 32-bit and x64, Windows Vista 32-bit and x64, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 Operating Systems.