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                     AN-SOF(R)

            Antenna Simulation Software

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Congratulations on choosing AN-SOF, the easiest-to-use electromagnetic simulator for modeling and designing antennas and general wire structures.

AN-SOF is an innovative software tool for modeling and simulating antenna systems and general radiating structures. Transmitting and receiving antennas can be designed, and various antenna parameters can be obtained as a function of frequency. These parameters include input impedance, standing wave ratio (SWR), efficiency, radiated and consumed powers, gain, directivity, beamwidth, front-to-back ratio, radar cross-section (RCS), polarized field components, and more.

The radiation and scattering properties of a structure can be represented in fully angle-resolved 3D patterns. Colored mesh and surface options are available for clear visualization of radiation lobes, as well as traditional polar graphs. Other notable features include near-fields in 2D and 3D colored plots, current distributions, reflection coefficients in Smith charts, tapered and insulated wires, large and short antennas over real ground, transmission line modeling, planar antennas on dielectric substrates, and printed circuit boards (PCB). Simulations of curved wire antennas, such as helices, spirals, and loops, can be efficiently performed using the Conformal Method of Moments (CMoM), which is exclusively implemented in AN-SOF.

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************** AN-SOF Users Guide *****************

The AN-SOF Users Guide is included in the installation files as an Adobe PDF file and can be accessed from the AN-SOF program folder in the Windows Start menu. To open PDF files, you will need Adobes free Acrobat Reader program, which is available for download at www.adobe.com.


***************** Installation *********************

AN-SOF can be installed on a PC running Microsoft Windows Vista/7/8/10/11 (32 and 64 bits). The minimum recommended hardware requirements are as follows:

- 2 GHz processor.
- 1 GB of free disk space.
- 4 GB RAM.

The procedure for installing AN-SOF is straightforward. Execute the SETUP.EXE program to install the software and follow the on-screen instructions. A folder with sample problem files, called EXAMPLES, will also be installed in the installation directory.

AN-SOF is ready to run as a Trial version. Follow these steps to activate AN-SOF after purchasing a licensed version:

1. Execute the AN-Key program, accessible from the AN-SOF program folder in the Windows Start menu.
2. In the AN-Key window, a Serial Number will be displayed. This is a unique number per machine.
3. Send the Serial Number to info@antennasimulator.com, and you will receive an activation key.
4. Copy the received key into the field indicated in the AN-Key window and press the Activate button.
5. After this simple operation, you can begin to enjoy the AN-SOF Licensed Version.

Note: If you are upgrading to a new version of AN-SOF, please uninstall the previous version before installing the new one.

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