This unique 'how to' book is an ideal introduction to electromagnetic field-solvers. It provides you with helpful advice on selecting the right tools for your RF and high-speed digital circuit design work. The focus is on the strengths and weaknesses of the major commercial software packages. Featuring full-color illustrations, this practical resource offers you invaluable tips and techniques on the use and evaluation of these products. A generous amount of case study material is presented, including a 'what went wrong in the design process' discussion, when applicable. Color plots of current density and various field quantities included throughout the book help you better understand the fundamental behavior of the circuits being studied. Stress is given to the impact of meshing, geometrical resolution and convergence on the solution process, showing you that you can better control and greatly influence the quality and speed of the solution. You'll appreciate solving problems using the fundamental, underlying physics, rather than the more approximate methods used in the past. Specific design information on transitions in multilayer PCBs and PCB connectors is not available in any other book.