Solvers
Antenna Toolbox™ provides six solvers, each with a specific application.
| Solver Types | Materials | Applications |
|---|---|---|
| Method of Moments (MoM) solver using free-space Green's function | Metals and dielectrics | Antennas and arrays |
| MoM solver using periodic Green's function | Metals and dielectrics | Infinite arrays |
| Physical optics (PO) solver | Metals | Radar cross sections |
| Hybrid MoM-PO solver | Metals | Electrically large antennas, installed antennas |
| Fast Multipole Method (FMM) solver | Metals and dielectrics | Electrically large antennas, installed antennas |
| MoM solver using wire basis | Metals | Wire antennas |
Objects
solver | Access FMM solver settings for electromagnetic analysis (Since R2021b) |
Topics
- Method of Moments Solver for Metal Structures
Method of Moments computation technique for metal antennas.
- Method of Moments Solver for Metal and Dielectric Structures
Method of Moments computation technique for metal and dielectric antennas.
- Hybrid MoM-PO Method for Metal Antennas with Large Scatterers
Hybrid method of moments (MoM) and physical optics (PO) computational technique in Antenna Toolbox allows you to model antennas near large scatterers such as parabolic reflectors.
- Physical Optics Solver
Physical optics (PO) solver in Antenna Toolbox allows you to solve for the RCS of an object.
- Wire Solver
Wire antennas, wire solver equations, polynomial basis functions.
- Fast Multipole Method for Large Structures
Fast Multipole Method (FMM) for analysis of large structures.
- Finite Conductivity and Thickness Effect in MoM Solver
Learn about effects of finite conductivity and finite thickness in metals in MoM solver.
