Ansys hfss is the industry leading 3d electromagnetic em simulation tool for high frequency and high speed electronic components including. Hfss software is the industrystandard simulation tool for 3d fullwave. Mostly patch antennas are directly designed in printed circuit boards pcb. This work is mainly focused on increasing the gain as well as reducing the size of the unidirectional patch antenna. Mar 07, 2016 hfss microstrip patch antenna analysis and design 1. The antenna is operating in lte band ii having frequencies of 1850 mhz1910 mhz which is uplink frequency. The microstrip patch antenna model used for the numerical simulation in ansoft hfss is shown in fig. Introduction to antennas professional and workforce. Deschamps in 1953, but didnt become practical until the 1970s when it was developed further by researchers such as robert e. The fundamentals of patch antenna design and performance. A microstrip patch antenna mpa consists of a conducting patch of any planar or nonplanar geometry on one side of a dielectric substrate with a ground plane on other side. Click here to go to our page on circular patch antennas new for september 2018. Measurements tutorial using the network analyzer recorded lab tutorial. You are welcome to visit a website that goes along with a course at the university of houston on microstrip antennas powerpoint viewgraphs from the course may be found there, along with the viewgraphs from this short course.
Hfss introduction quick and complete introduction of. It consists of rectangular substrate and the metal trace layer as shown in fig. How to get started with designing a microstrip patch. Jun 21, 2011 microstrip patch antenna design using hfss duration. Introduction in recent years there is a need for more compact antennas due to rapid decrease in size of personal communication devices. Ansys hfss tutorial simulate and analyze an example of microstrip line drew handler, jerry yang october 20, 2014. The goal is to match the input impedance zin to the transmission line z0. This workshop is intended to show how to simulate and analyze a microstrip patch antenna using ansys hfss. Hfss software is the industrystandard simulation tool for 3d fullwave electromagnetic field simulation and is essential for the design of highfrequency and highspeed component design.
Introduction ansys hfss is an industry standard tool for simulating 3d fullwave electromagnetic fields. Microstrip patch antenna design using hfss duration. The introduction to ansys hfss course will teach the students how to design and analyze highfrequency electronic components such as rfmicrowave components and antennas. The objective is to provide a very thorough introduction to hfss as applied to antenna design, which may be followed stepbystep in hfss with the investment of only a few hours of time. The radiation pattern of microstrip or patch antenna is. Microstrip patch antenna has a ground plane on the one 1. Therefore, it will no longer describe every single button click. Tools options hfss options general tab check use wizards for data input when creating new boundaries check duplicate boundariesmesh operations with geometry click ok. Hfss antenna practices impedance matching antenna with circuit elements and explores examples of finite array design. The microstrip antenna can also be matched to a transmission line of characteristic impedance z0 by using a quarterwavelength transmission line of characteristic impedance z1 as shown in figure 2. The objective of this tutorial is to simulate a microstrip patch antenna resonating at a. I have designed single patch antenna without dgs, 2x1 array antenna and 4x1 array antenna without dgs,4x1 array antenna with dgs dumbbell shaped, double circular. Microstrip bend lumped ports and simulation, waveguide wave ports and simulation. Siddaiah procedia computer science 85 2016 401 a 409 fig.
The focus of the course is rf and microwave, including filter, microstrip and waveguide structures. The objective is to provide a very thorough introduction to hfss as applied to antenna design, which may be followed stepbystep in. Introduction microstrip patch antennas have drawn the. Trainings vlsi, esdm, antenna design, hfss, maxwell. The rectangular micro strip patch antenna is analyzed using high frequency structure simulator hfss v 11. Note that a quarterwave length transformer was used to match the patch to a 50 ohm feed line. Patch antenna with a quarterwavelength matching section. Rectangular microstrip patch antenna, return loss, vswr, bandwidth, high frequency structure simulator hfss v 11, wireless communication. Microstrip rectangular patch antenna linkedin slideshare.
In the 1st trial i designed a microstrip patch antenna in this for feeding point. You can specify several namevalue pair arguments in any order as name1, value1. Alternate feed methods a common variation in patch antenna design is the location and routing of the feed, to obtain a desired feedpoint impedance, to control the polarization, or for convenient layout. We are using hfsshigh frequency structure simulator version. It is one of the several commercial tools used for antenna design.
Simulate and analyze a rectangular patch antenna using ansys hfss. Visualization using hfss package recorded lab tutorial. Properties not specified retain their default values. Mar 03, 2018 hfss tutorial modelling a patch antenna duration.
The following image shows a microstrip or patch antenna. Ansys hfss is the industry leading 3d electromagnetic em simulation tool for high frequency and high speed electronic components including antenna design and placement. The patch is generally made up of a conducting material such as copper or gold and can take any possible shape like rectangular, circular, triangular, elliptical or some other common shape. This is a one day course, intended for people who have had little or no experience with ansys hfss.
Rectaangular microstrip patch antenna for wireless. Microstrip patch antenna calculator electrical engineering. Google for microstrip patch antenna handbook or go into the arrl magazine or any other ham radio organisations. Hfss introduction quick and complete introduction of hfss. In my project, i have designed and simulated microstrip patch antenna at operating frequency 2. Feb 08, 2016 designing of microstrip antenna in order to design a microstrip rectangular patch antenna to operate in a k band frequency range, although there are various simulation software available for example feko, ie3d, cst, hfss etc. If you are looking for hfss tutorial then this video playlist will help you to learn antenna. Final project to design specific microstrip antenna, fabrication and measurement. Certified hfss course icrs international centre for radio science. Design techniques for microstrip patch antenna design. Ec 4th year shivanshu awasthi ec 4th year sarvesh kumar nishad ec 4th year novman asif ec 4th year. Microstrip patch antenna design santa clara university.
Design simulation and fabrication of microstrip patch antenna 349 the proposed antenna is designed in lte band ii for 4g mimo communication. Ansys hfss is a 3d electromagnetic em simulation software for designing and simulating highfrequency electronic products such as antennas, antenna arrays, rf or microwave components, highspeed interconnects, filters, connectors, ic packages and printed circuit boards. It has substrate fr4 having dielectric constants of 4. When the antenna is excited, the waves generated within the dielectric undergo reflections and the energyis radiated from the edges of the metal patch,which is very low. Keywords microstrip patch antenna, frequency, gain, beamwidth, hfss,wireless communication. The following workshop provide a comprehensive understanding of. Microstrip patch antenna array design to improve better. The proposed antenna is suitable for specific applications, such as security and military systems, which require a narrow bandwidth and a small antenna size.
Figure 8 radiation pattern of the microstrip patch antenna v. Getting started with hfss v9 for antenna design october, 2003 this getting started training material is intended for new users of hfss. Coaxial tee sparameters and field plots, patch antenna smith chart and field plots. Alternate feed methods a common variation in patch antenna design is the location and routing of the feed, to obtain a desired feedpoint impedance, to. A dual band antenna and a microstrip fed patch antenna, used in the communication lab. Patch antenna design using ansys hfss webinar ozen. Microstrip bend geometry, wr 90 waveguide filter geometry. Gain enhancement of a microstrip patch antenna using a. This video covers the implementation of a 10 ghz rectangular patch antenna, with an inset feed in ansys hfss. Microstrip patch antennas or simply patch antenna are increasingly useful because the antenna is printed directly onto a circuit board. Their low profile design, often square or rectangular, allows them to be mounted to flat surfaces. Microstrip patch antenna array design to improve better gains. Microstrip bend lumped ports and simulation, waveguide wave.
Software used to design microstrip patch antenna hfss is commercial finite element method solver for electromagnetic structures from ansys corp. Antenna optimization workflow using hfss realtime antenna parameter tuning duration. Aperturecoupled patch antenna this exercise assumes you have already had a little exposure to ansoft hfss, e. A low profile, unidirectional, dual layer, and narrow bandwidth microstrip patch antenna is designed to resonate at 2. Some basic references are provided at the end of these viewgraphs. Zontal cendes and his students at carnegie mellon univ. The hfss getting started course also introduces high performance computing and parameterized sweeps and optimization in the hfss optimetrics package. Additional benefits of patch antennas is that they are easily fabricated making them cost effective. The simulation, using hfss, of the patch has given different parameters like return loss, vswr, gain along theta, phi directions, radiation pattern in 2d and 3d. Hfss offers multiple stateof theart solver technologies based on either the proven finite element method or the well established integral equation method. For the proposed design this paper got a high gain of 17. This work is mainly focused on increasing the gain as well as reducing the size of the unidirectional patch.
The antenna is operating in lte band ii having frequencies of 1850 mhz1910 mhz which is. Design simulation and fabrication of microstrip patch antenna. Design and analysis of microsrtip square patch antenna under the kind guidance of. It is a popular printed resonant antenna for narrowband microwave wireless links that require semihemispherical coverage. Is there any free software where i can design a microstrip. Antenna geometry and its optimization the design of the proposed antenna involve two phases, the first phase is to design and simulate a simple micro strip patch antenna and the second phase involves design and simulation of patch antenna with fss structures using the design. Design techniques for microstrip patch antenna design bartleby.
This tool is designed to calculate the correct dimensions of a microstrip patch antenna if the operating frequency and the dielectric constant of the material used, is known. The design specifications for the antenna are given as below. Fabrication tutorial using milling machine recorded lab tutorial. First the model of the microstrip patch antenna has to be drawn in hfss. Post processing focuses on sparameter plots and field overlays on geometry. Patch antenna design using hfss this workshop is intended to show how to simulate and analyze a microstrip patch antenna using ansys hfss. Keywordsmicrostrip patch antenna, frequency, gain, beamwidth,hfss,wireless communication.
Patch antenna design using hfss ozen engineering and ansys. Coaxial tee sparameters and field plots, patch antenna smith. A microstrip patch antenna is one of the most popular microwave antennas. The second group focused on the design and simulation of patch antennas which are widely used in cell phones today with an emphasis on optimization of a 1. Pdf simulation od microstrip antenna using hfss researchgate. Name is the property name and value is the corresponding value. Different types of antennas dipole, horn, patch, etc.
Hfss stands for high frequency structural simulator. Its goldstandard accuracy, advanced solver and compute technology have made it an essential tool for engineers designing high. The structure consists of a conducting patch and a ground plane between which is a substrate that can either be air or a. November 9, 2018 in training, webinar single event by ozen. When i was young not even in university i had an identical task to design narrow. This paper explains about a 3x3 rectangular microstrip patch antenna arrays using hfss 14. This is the tutorial video on ansoft hfss software. Hfsss microstrip patch antenna design part1basics of antenna design using hfss software. How to get started with designing a microstrip patch antenna. The dimensions of antenna can be found in the hfss simulation file. This 1day ansys hfss training course is for beginners who wish to design and. If the dielectric constant of the material is not known, you can choose to put in the velocity of. Hfss antenna covers both finite element analysis fea volumetric simulation as well as integral equation ie simulation and how they can connect a reflector antenna dish simulation to a horn antenna simulation feeding the dish. This antenna has been designed using hfss high frequency structure simulator.
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