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. For more information, see Solver Recommendations for Installed Antenna Analysis.
Fast Multipole Method (FMM) solver	Metals	Electrically large antennas, installed antennas. For more information, see Solver Recommendations for Installed Antenna Analysis.
MoM solver using wire basis	Metals	Wire antennas

For more details on each of these solvers, see:

• Method of Moments Solver for Metal Structures

• Method of Moments Solver for Metal and Dielectric Structures

• Hybrid MoM-PO Method for Metal Antennas with Large Scatterers

• Physical Optics Solver

• Wire Solver

• Fast Multipole Method for Large Structures

• Finite Conductivity and Thickness Effect in MoM Solver