The AC/DC Module sets the stage for modeling the performance of capacitors, inductors, motors, and microsensors.
Although these devices are principally characterized by electromagnetics, they are also affected by other types of physics. Thermal effects, for instance, can change electrical properties of materials, while electromechanical deflections and vibrations in generators need to be fully understood during any design process.
The capabilities of the AC/DC Module span electrostatics, magnetostatics, and electro-magnetic quasi-statics with unlimited couplings to other physics.
When considering your electrical components as part of a larger system, the AC/DC Module provides an interface with SPICE circuit lists where you choose circuit elements for further 2D or 3D FEA modeling. Then you can take your analysis beyond the conventional by running a single simulation of a mixed system of lumped and high-fidelity models.
It also supports ECAD import via the ODB++ format for analysis of printed circuit board (PCB) designs.
Application Examples
- Capacitors, inductors and resistors
- Circuit control
- Electric welding and electrostatic discharges
- Electro-acoustic transducers and speakers
- Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and interference (EMI)
- Electromagnetic transducers, sensors and transformers
- High voltage distribution and railguns
- Insulation and conduction
- Magnetostatics and electromagnetic shielding
- MEMS and Hall sensors
- Motors, generators and other electromechanical machinery
- Peltier cooling
- Plasma modeling and magnetohydrodynamics (MHD)
- Propagation of noise from electromagnetic devices
- Resistive and inductive heating
- RFID tags and readers
- Semiconductor fabrication, wafer processing and induction furnaces
