Stop Stalling at CAD Setup.
Evaluating cutting-edge literature or analyzing competitor patent claims usually stalls at the CAD setup phase. Replicating complex geometries from flat raster diagrams, deciphering vague dimensional data, and establishing de-embedded waveports consumes days of precious high-tier engineering hours.
Nikola RF programmatically extracts dimensional equations and coordinate matrices directly from your provided disclosures, delivering fully parameterized, variable-driven .aedt, .cst, or .wrk workspaces ready to solve with accelerated turnaround.
High Latency & Coordinate Drift
- ×Raster Eye-Balling: Engineers manually guess non-annotated radii, fillet tapers, and inset slot widths from blurry publication PDFs.
- ×Static Hardcoded CAD: Dimensions are hardcoded without variables, making it impossible to perform parameter sweeps or genetic optimization.
- ×Exotic Lab Materials: Literature uses obscure or custom laboratory dielectrics with missing loss tangents (
tan δ), causing physical fabrication disconnects. - ×Port & Mesh Failures: Improper port line calibration, unaligned integration lines, and radiation boundary reflections lead to divergent solutions.
100% Parametric, Validated & Ready-to-Solve
- Mathematical Equation Binding: Every physical feature is mapped directly to published resonance equations and dimensional matrices.
- Global Variable Hierarchy: 100% parametric workspace. Adjust center frequency, stub length, or feed impedance instantly across the entire 3D project.
- Commercial Substrate Translation: Seamless substitution of lab dielectrics to Rogers RT/duroid®, Megtron-6, or Isola laminates with verified dispersion models.
- Pre-Calibrated Waveports & Boundaries: De-embedded waveports, Perfectly Matched Layers (PML), and symmetry planes verified before project handoff.
Production-Ready Simulation Workspaces.
You receive native, solver-ready project files engineered according to rigorous industrial standards. Open the project, click solve, and begin immediate parametric studies.
1. Fully Parametric Geometry
Variable-driven dimensions (W_1, L_2, d_feed, p_via) bound directly into the solver parameter tree. Perform instant Nelder-Mead, Quasi-Newton, and Genetic Algorithm optimization sweeps without manual redrafting.
2. Industry-Standard Materials
Substrate stackup translation to standard commercial laminates (Rogers RT/duroid® 5880/6002, Panasonic Megtron 6, Isola FR408HR). We apply Kirschning-Jansen dispersion, frequency-dependent ε_r(f), and Hammerstad surface roughness.
3. Ready-to-Solve Boundaries
Calibrated waveport de-embedding, radiation absorbing boundaries (PML / ABC), PEC/PMC symmetry planes, and localized adaptive mesh refinement pre-configured. Eliminates mesh aspect-ratio errors and boundary reflections out of the box.
Built on PyAEDT & Headless Simulation.
Our pipeline does not rely on error-prone manual CAD clicks. By utilizing Ansys PyAEDT, COM API bindings, and headless solver automation, we map extracted coordinate matrices directly to native geometry kernels.
# Phase 1: Dynamic Parameter Binding from IEEE Publication
import pyaedt
from pyaedt import Hfss
hfss = Hfss(specified_version="2024.1", designname="IEEE_Trans_Antennas")
hfss.change_material_override(True)
# Governing physical constants & electrical relationships
hfss["freq_center"] = "10.0GHz"
hfss["c_0"] = "299792458m/s"
hfss["lambda_0"] = "c_0 / freq_center"
# Commercial substrate substitution (Rogers RT/duroid 5880)
hfss["eps_r"] = 2.20
hfss["tan_delta"] = 0.0009
hfss["h_sub"] = "0.787mm"
hfss["copper_t"] = "0.035mm" # 1 oz electrodeposited
# Fully parametric patch & notch dimensions extracted from literature
hfss["W_patch"] = "(c_0 / (2 * freq_center)) * sqrt(2 / (eps_r + 1))"
hfss["L_patch"] = "0.49 * (c_0 / (freq_center * sqrt(eps_r)))"
hfss["notch_depth"] = "0.28 * L_patch"
hfss["inset_gap"] = "0.05 * W_patch"
hfss["feed_w"] = "2.41mm" # 50-Ohm matched trace widthCoordinate translation executed via floating-point matrix routines with ±0.001 mm spatial resolution.
Pre-flight simulations run in headless Linux clusters to verify tetrahedral convergence before client packaging.
Optionally receive the raw PyAEDT generation script alongside the workspace for your own programmatic pipelines.
Multi-Solver Ecosystem Support.
We are solver-agnostic. We deliver fully parameterized workspaces tailored for your organization's licensed simulation platform.
Full-wave 3D FEM for complex internal cavity resonators, horn feeds, millimeter-wave patch arrays, and modal/terminal S-parameters.
Time-domain Finite Integration Technique for ultra-wideband research, single-pulse transient responses, and enclosure shielding.
Method of Moments and asymptotic ray tracing (PO/UTD) for massive platform integrations, reflector dishes, and vehicle antenna placement.
Planar Momentum and RFPro layout environments for MMIC/RFIC patent replication, distributed filtering, and active co-simulation.
Proven Turnarounds for R&D & IP Counsel.
Whether you are an engineering director verifying published academic gains or patent counsel seeking empirical evidence for prior art litigation, our pipeline delivers audit-grade simulations.
28 GHz mmWave Phased Array Patent
Objective: Replicate competitor patent disclosure claims regarding scan blindness and active reflection coefficients across ±60° steering angles.
IEEE Transactions UWB Notched Antenna
Objective: Verify published 3.1 – 10.6 GHz return loss and dual WLAN/WiMAX notch rejection performance from a 2023 academic paper.
Metamaterial RIS (Reconfigurable Surface)
Objective: Model a 256-element varactor-loaded reflective metasurface unit cell to quantify reflection phase agility between 0° and 310°.
Initiate Project Scope & NDA
We treat client intellectual property with military-grade rigor. Prior to receiving proprietary disclosure files, patent drafts, or trade secret geometries, we execute standard bilateral NDAs.
Bilateral NDA Standard
Mutual non-disclosure executed before file transmission.
Isolated On-Prem Compute
Simulations run on dedicated air-gapped workstations.
Clean Room Protocol
Full audit trail for IP litigation and patent defense.