Sep 01, 2016 this slide describes design and simulation about the micro strip patch antenna using hfss software. Introduction in this tutorial, a dipole antenna will be constructed and analyzed using the hfss simulation software by ansoft. Now when that happens, the usual microstrip patch antenna analysis comes in. Antenna design on hfss software electrical engineering. Change the drawing plane back from zx to xy draw a box and fill in the values as shown below. Patch antenna design using hfss this workshop is intended to show how to simulate and analyze a microstrip patch antenna using ansys hfss. This paper analyzes the patch antenna for bluetooth application. Analysis and design of rectangular microstrip patch antenna using hfss p.
The process started with the design of a rectangular patch antenna with the traditional transmission line and cavity methods, followed by a simulation with the finitedifference timedomain method fdtd in conjunction with a genetic algorithm. This slide describes design and simulation about the micro strip patch antenna using hfss software. Fig 6 design of single patch antenna in hfss simulation results the 2x2 patch array antenna is simulated using ansoft hfss. Name is the property name and value is the corresponding value. The objective of this tutorial is to simulate a microstrip patch antenna. Due to the numerous frequency points, the efields are not calculated for this structure. The patch antenna is a good place to start for antenna fundamentals with more coming. Rectangular waveguide hfss r objective getting started with hfss a tutorial using hfss, simulate an airfilled wr90 waveguide shown above. This project demonstrates how to optimize directly on an em structure.
Properties not specified retain their default values. In this study an irregularly shaped microstrip patch antenna was designed, simulated, and optimized for airtoground communication atg applications. Sumathi department of electronics and communication engineering, nandha engineering college, erode, tamilnadu, india. Rectangular patch edge fed design parameters substrate thickness substrate dimension y substrate dimension x patch dimension y patch dimension x feed along x feed along y coax inner radius coax outer radius ref. This video covers the implementation of a 10 ghz rectangular patch antenna, with an inset feed in ansys hfss. This antenna does not take any much extra size and can be etched on the same mobile pcb itself. An antenna radiation pattern or antenna pattern is defined as a mathematical function or a graphical representation of the radiation properties of the antenna as a function of space coordinates. Rectaangular microstrip patch antenna for wireless. Hfss stands for high frequency structural simulator. It covers microstrip based dcs band design example of mobile patch antenna. Analysis and design of rectangular microstrip patch.
In this example, the layout of a patch antenna is parameterized using variables, which allows for optimization of antenna performance. Now, i want to wrap the antenna on a cylindrical surface and simulate using hfss tool. Design and analysis of microsrtip square patch antenna under the kind guidance of. Simulate and analyze a rectangular patch antenna using ansys hfss, including return loss and 3d radiation fields. Introduction antenna definitions w what is an antenna. Because of this, we need to define an airbox around our design. In particular, the dimensions of the patch are given along with the feed network.
As you start hfss v 9, a project is listed in the project tree in the project manager. Ansys hfss is the industry leading 3d electromagnetic em simulation tool for high frequency and high speed electronic components including antenna design and placement. Apr 30, 2018 microstrips patch antenna design and stimulation in ansys hfss software. This example is intended to show you how to create, simulate, and analyze a probe feed patch antenna using the ansoft hfss design environment. The designed antenna has a resonating frequency of 2.
Microstrip patch antenna calculator patch antenna formula. Ijiset international journal of innovative science. Dec 19, 2017 there is a pretty number of books available on amazon for hfss. Beamforming for an 8x8 planar phased patch antenna array. Microstrip patch antenna is used in mobile handset due to simple look, lower cost, small size and light in weight. Techniques for analyzing antenna lattice structures. Bandwidth improvement of microstrip patch antenna using.
To set up an hfss design, follow this general procedure. To obtain the field patterns, intrinsic impedance and wavelength for the first 4 modes. This video tutorial shows how to design a microstrip patch antenna in hfss software. It is one of the several commercial tools used for antenna design.
The ansoft high frequency structure simulator hfss is a fullwave electromagnetic em software package for calculating the electromagnetic behavior of a 3d structure. Of course, tradeoffs also occurs, so you must be careful. This workshop is intended to show how to simulate and analyze a microstrip patch antenna using ansys hfss. Analysis and design of circular microstrip patch antenna at 5. We have different types of substrates such as rogers, fr4 epoxy etc. The results obtain that microstrip patch antenna can be used as client antenna in computer and workable antenna for wireless fidelity. The objective of this book is to introduce students and interested researchers to antenna design and analysis using the popular commercial electromagnetic software feko. In this video, we will design the patch antenna operating at 30ghz 5g band and will draw the antenna, assign the material, make the. The whole structures are placed on an infinite ground plane. 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. This paper shows the design considerations of the proposed antenna as well as the simulated results of the same. Pdf simulation od microstrip antenna using hfss researchgate.
The parameters evaluated were gain, beamwidth and return loss. Electrical engineering, electronics, engineering, matlab and mathematica, verilog vhdl see more. It consists of rectangular substrate and the metal trace layer as shown in fig. In this paper, a rectangular microstrip patch antenna is designed using hfss software. How to find substrate length and width in designing a. Basic electromagnetic field quantities and, for open. Design rectangular patch antenna using hfss part 1 youtube. Example probe feed patch antenna ansoft high frequency structure simulator v10 users guide 5. In designed antenna height and width of the patch is 30mm, 50mm. Analysis must include first three modes te10, te20, te01 3. Threeelement vectors of cartesian coordinates in meters.
The structure consists of a conducting patch and a ground plane between which is a substrate that can either be air or a dielectric such as teflon. First the model of the microstrip patch antenna has to be drawn in hfss. Help files, video examples and tools for modeling, simulation, results are well explained in the. This book, being tutorial in nature, is primarily intended for students working in the field of antenna analysis and design. 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. In this case, each vector starts at the origin and lies along the specified points on the x, y, and zaxes. Design and simulation by hfss of a slim uwb pifa antenna. This rectangular microstrip patch antenna is designed for wireless communication application that works at 2. Software used to design microstrip patch antenna hfss is commercial finite element method solver for electromagnetic structures from ansys corp. The patch is placed at a height h equal to 2 mm from the ground plan. It also has a wide angle of beam in its radiation pattern. But, i personally think it would be better for one to go through the hfss guide. Patch antenna design using hfss ozen engineering and ansys.
The process started with the design of a rectangular patch antenna with the traditional transmission line and cavity methods, followed by a simulation with the finitedifference timedomain method fdtd in conjunction. Patch antenna this structure is used to obtain sparameter data for a frequency range of 1. Design, simulation, and optimization of an irregularly. Antenna downtilt and coverage calculator pasternack the antenna downtilt and coverage calculator aka antenna tilt angle calculator is used to determine the approximate downward angle, measured in degrees, which the transmitting antenna is to be positioned for optimal signal strength and coverage. Determining input impedance of patch antenna in hfss. There is a pretty number of books available on amazon for hfss. Microstrips patch antenna design and stimulation in ansys hfss software.
Ansoft high frequency structure simulator tutorial the dipole antenna april 2004. After analyzing its various parameters the proposed design is created using simulator software hfss. The patchmicrostrip object is a microstrip patch antenna. Ec 4th year shivanshu awasthi ec 4th year sarvesh kumar nishad ec 4th year novman asif ec 4th year. Microstrip patch antenna design using hfss duration. It highlights several antennarelated applications with emphasis on antennas on or around other structures. By using hfss software this microstrip patch antenna was designed in cartesian co ordinate system. The antenna radiation reflected lesser in antenna with fss layer by 7. Antenna toolbox provides functions and apps for the design, analysis and visualization of antenna elements and arrays using either predefined elements with parameterized geometry or arbitrary planar elements. There is a tradeoff between cost versus performance in cho. In the ansoft hfss tutorial 1, a microstrip patch antenna was simulated and the numerical return loss and radiation patterns were shown.
This application brief describes antenna design using ansys hfss, the industry leading 3d electromagnetic em simulation tool for high frequency and high speed electronic components. Bandwidth improvement of microstrip patch antenna using partial ground plane is studied here. Microstrip patch antenna design santa clara university. Analysis and design of rectangular microstrip patch antenna. The parameters considered for the presented design are the gain, radiation pattern, vswr, and. Mathworks design, analysis and simulation software includes an antenna design toolbox.
It highlights several antenna related applications with emphasis on antennas on or around other structures. Now, on the other hand without proper design, when you place any scatteringradiating structure too close to the ground plane e. Design, simulation, and optimization of an irregularly shaped. May 14, 2018 this video tutorial shows how to design a microstrip patch antenna in hfss software.
Microstrip patch antenna using hfss linkedin slideshare. Design and analysis of microstrip patch antenna arrays. First, you need to choose the frequency of operation that the antenna finds the application and the type of substrate. The resulting plots for z11 in hfss will show us the correct input impedance of patch antenna.
This example demonstrates antenna design using em sight, antenna patterns and efield and current animations. A dual band antenna and a microstrip fed patch antenna, used in the communication lab. P, india abstract here we made an attempt to maximize the gain of microstrip patch antenna. This document contains the final report of designing and implementation of a patch antenna, among setting up of dimensions more information is included in chapter 5.
The purpose of this tutorial is to further discuss the microstrip patch antenna and to present the experimental results. The ground plan has the same dimensions as the antenna. Oct 12, 2018 matlab and simulink antenna toolbox mathworks. Filter design using ansoft hfss university of waterloo.
Need to design fractal antenna on hfss highfrequency structure simulator software. How to design a multiband microstrip antenna in hfss. You can specify several namevalue pair arguments in any order as name1, value1. Note that after you insert a design, you do not need to perform the steps sequentially, but they must be completed before a solution can be generated. Mar 07, 2016 software used to design microstrip patch antenna hfss is commercial finite element method solver for electromagnetic structures from ansys corp. Resonant frequency of the antenna10ghz relative permittivity of the substrate 2. The final part of this work has been concentrated on studying an array antenna with two and four elements. In order to optimize an em structure, its layout must be parameterized.
Eferences fig7 3d polar plot of patch array antenna from the figure above, the aceived gain was 12. The dimensions of antenna can be found in the hfss simulation file. Refer article on design of microstrip patch antenna used. Hfss, feed point location, microstrip patch antenna, simulation, return loss. The beauty of this antenna is the use of single patch which make it easy to fabricate consequently cost of antenna becomes cheaper. The rectangular micro strip patch antenna is analyzed using high frequency structure simulator hfss v 11. Mostly patch antennas are directly designed in printed circuit boards pcb. Using the po solver, hfss analyzes the radiation patterns of the antennas. Ansys hfss tutorial patch antenna 30ghz for 5g application. Hfss treats the space around your design that hasnt been designated as a specific material as pec. The proposed antennas ground plane was varied as x 15 mm and y 39. It also provides, given a beamwidth, the inner and outer.
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