Altair FEKO 2023.1

Altair, a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), announced the release of Feko 2023.1, which addresses the broadest set of high-frequency electromagnetics applications, allowing teams to optimize wireless connectivity, including 5G, ensure electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and perform radar cross section (RCS) and scattering analysis.

Release Notes: Altair Feko 2023.1
Altair Feko 2023.1 is available with an assortment of new features, corrections and improvements. Altair Feko 2023.1 is a major release. It can be installed alongside other instances of Altair Feko.

Highlights of the 2023.1 Release
The most notable extensions and improvements to Feko, newFASANT, WinProp and WRAP in the 2023.1 release.

Salient Features in Feko
- Feko's combined MoM/MTL cable solution method is extended so that the outermost shield signals of different paths in the harness may be connected to each other through a closed shielded conducting enclosure of arbitrary shape defined in the 3D full wave model. Full coupling is considered between the cable harness, the shielded enclosure and the environment. Non-radiating electrical and circuit connections between different cable path signals can be defined in a schematic view - effectively modelling connections and circuitry within the shielded enclosure.


- The following components were added to the component library:
1. A generic car model
2. A “shark fin” antenna system for cellular, GNSS, SDARS, V2X and WLAN, typical in automotive applications
3. A generic windmill model


Salient Features in WinProp
- ProMan now supports 5G beam switching capability using a predefined set of beams. Users can now be served by a dedicated beam, with the possibility to transition to a different beam as they move


- Added support in ProMan to display the total power from all transmitters in the tree under Results: Propagation if the Superposed Received Power check box was selected.


- ProMan was extended to define and display reference points on maps. These points are always visible on a map using an “X” sign (even if data is plotted). The names of points (prediction, user or reference points) can now be shown or hidden using the setting on the Display Settings dialog.


Salient Features in WRAP
- The ITU-R P.1812 propagation model was updated to recommendation ITU-R P.1812-6.
- The Clutter Loss Model was updated to recommendation ITU-R P.2108-1.
- Support was added to enter 5G parameters for calculations. The 5G parameters are used when calculating RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, SINR, Data rate and Throughput.

For the full list of new and improved features, and fixed bugs please refer to the release notes located here

Altair Simulation -driven design changed product development forever, enabling engineers to reduce design iterations and prototype testing. Increasing scientific computing power expanded the opportunity to apply analysis, making large design studies possible within the timing constraints of a program. Now engineering adoption of AI is transforming product development again. The combination of physics-based simulation-driven design with machine learning, leveraging the latest in high-performance computing, enables teams to explore more and identify high-potential designs – while rejecting low-potential concepts – even earlier in development cycles.
Feko is a powerful and comprehensive 3D simulation package intended for the analysis of a wide range of electromagnetic radiation and scattering problems. Applications include antenna design, antenna placement, microstrip antennas and circuits, dielectric media, scattering analysis, electromagnetic compatibility studies including cable harness modelling and many more.
WinProp is the most complete suite of tools in the domain of wireless propagation and radio network planning. With applications ranging from satellite to terrestrial, from rural via urban to indoor radio links, WinProp’s innovative wave propagation models combine accuracy with short computation times.
newFASANT complements Altair’s high frequency electromagnetic software tool (Altair Feko) for general 3D EM field calculations, including, among others, special design tools tailored for specific applications like complex radomes including FSS, automated design of reflectarrays and ultra-conformed reflector antennas, analysis of Doppler effects, ultrasound systems including automotive or complex RCS, and antenna placement problems. Advanced solver technologies like the MoM combined with the characteristic basis functions (CBFS), PO/GO/PTD, GTD/PO and MLFMM parallelised through MPI/OpenMP, being some of them especially efficient for the analysis of electrically very large problems.
WRAP is a comprehensive tool for electromagnetic propagation, antenna collocation and spectrum management. WRAP combines propagation analysis, often over large areas with many transmitters and receivers, with system analysis to include complex non-linear equipment properties.

Altair Feko Product Overview


Altair Feko is a comprehensive computational electromagnetics (CEM) software used widely in the telecommunications, automobile, aerospace and defense industries. Feko offers several frequency and time domain EM solvers under a single license.
Altair is a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of product development, high performance computing (HPC) and data analytics. Altair enables organizations across broad industry segments to compete more effectively in a connected world while creating a more sustainable future.

Owner: Altair
Product Name: FEKO
Version: 2023.1
Supported Architectures: x64
Website Home Page : www.altairhyperworks.com
Languages Supported: english
System Requirements: Windows *
Size: 3.5 Gb