As an example, the real and imaginary parts of zin z11 have been shown in the figure below. Feb 11, 2015 this video covers the implementation of a 10 ghz rectangular patch antenna, with an inset feed in ansys hfss. Simulate and analyze a rectangular patch antenna using ansys hfss. Aperturecoupled patch antenna this exercise assumes you have already had a little exposure to ansoft hfss, e. This paper shows the design considerations of the proposed antenna as well as the simulated results of the same. The dimensions of antenna can be found in the hfss. This example is intended to show you how to create, simulate, and analyze a probe feed patch antenna using the ansoft hfss design environment. A dualband monopole antenna is fabricated on a microstrip in the laboratory in both unwrapped form and wrapped form using the proteus ares package for automatic construction of the pcb boards.
Analysis and design of rectangular microstrip patch. Hfss design of rectangular patch antenna using microstrip line feedingedge feeding. Using ann design of elliptical microstrip patch antenna page link. Note that a quarterwave length transformer was used to match the patch to a 50 ohm feed line. The microstrip line model method is used and been simulated by using hfss software.
Microstrip patch antennas or simply patch antenna are increasingly useful because the antenna is printed directly onto a circuit board. Ansoft presentation ive seen endfire antenna arrays simulated in this manner. Pdf rectangular patch antenna array design at ghz. For rectangular microstrip patch antenna design, this paper got a gain of 6. A rectangular patch design equations are introduced and validated by well simulated results. Microstrip patch antenna simulation setup for microstrip fed patch antenna. The network showed high success rate as the results of hfss ansoft simulation. The cost of ansoft hfss is very low and it has the simple procedures to design antenna in a very efficient manner. By simulating this antenna we can get the frequency response, gain, directivity and the radiation pattern.
Predicted data is shown for input impedance and radiation patterns. This slide describes design and simulation about the micro strip patch antenna using hfss software. Sep 01, 2000 this capability is made possible by the post processors field calculator, a staple feature of ansoft hfss that has been continually maintained and upgraded in each new release. A 28ghz uslot microstrip patch antenna for 5g applications. The example will illustrate both the simplicity and power of hfss through construction and simulation of this antenna structure.
This video covers the implementation of a 10 ghz rectangular patch antenna, with an inset feed in ansys hfss. It was originally developed by professor zoltan cendes. Its goldstandard accuracy, advanced solver and compute technology have made it an essential tool for engineers designing highfrequency and highspeed electronics components. When you choose radiationcomputenear field, ansoft hfss uses the general expressions given in eq. Specifically,two folded feed lines are placed between the radiator patch and the feed point.
In this paper, a rectangular microstrip patch antenna is designed using hfss software. Ansoft hfss software is the industry standard for simulating 3d full wave electromagnetic fields. The software used to design and simulate the antenna will be ansoft hfss. The following workshop provide a comprehensive understanding of. Resonant frequency of the antenna10ghz relative permittivity of the substrate 2.
The proposed antenna is designed and fabricated to meet the best possible result using a simulation software. Ads and hfss tutorials for patch array antenna how to draw array patch antenna. Microstrip patch antenna using hfss linkedin slideshare. The following notes will provide a brief summary of goals. Hfss is one of several commercial tools used for antenna design, and the design of complex radio frequency electronic circuit elements including filters, transmission lines, and packaging.
Microstrip patch antenna design calculator 1 mosin i memon and 2 prof. The laalo 3 was chosen as a substrate material for the designed patch antenna with a dielectric constant of 23. Ansoft hfss can be used to calculate parameters such as sparameters, resonant frequency, and fields4. Singlefeed circular polarization microstrip antenna. Determining input impedance of patch antenna in hfss.
Rectaangular microstrip patch antenna for wireless. The designed antenna is suitable for mobile communication, cell phone antennas etc. Simulate and analyze a rectangular patch antenna using ansys hfss, including return loss and 3d radiation fields. The designed antenna has a resonating frequency of 2. In this exercise, you will model an aperturecoupled. This capability is made possible by the post processors field calculator, a staple feature of ansoft hfss that has been continually maintained and upgraded in each new release. Journal of computing design of coaxial fed microstrip. This concept was undeveloped until the revolution in electronic circuit miniaturization and. It consists of rectangular substrate and the metal trace layer as shown in fig. The objective is to provide a very thorough introduction to hfss as applied to antenna design, which may be followed stepbystep in hfss. The micro strip patch antenna is designed by using ansoft hfss. The dimensions of antenna can be found in the hfss simulation file. The dimensions of patch antenna were calculated based on the three essential parameters. Apr 19, 2016 the resulting plots for z11 in hfss will show us the correct input impedance of patch antenna.
The uslot patch antenna structure consists of a patch, ushaped slot, a ground plane and coaxial feed lines. Probe feed patch antenna 2 probe feed patch antenna getting started click the microsoft start button, select all programs ansoft hfss 12 hfss 12 or double click on the hfss 12 icon on the windows desktop adding a project and design to insert a design into an open project. Sep 01, 2016 this slide describes design and simulation about the micro strip patch antenna using hfss software. Ansoft hfss employs the finite element method fem, adaptive meshing, and brilliant graphics to give you. In ieee paper said a 50 ohmi coaxial line is used to feed the antenna. They placed masterslave boundaries on the radiation box that is above the opening to the antenna to simulate this. Introduction the name hfss stands for high frequency structure simulator.
In this work we present a design of parasitically coupled wideband patch antenna operating at a resonant frequency of 1. Analysis of photonic bandgap surfaces using ansoft hfss. To illustrate this usage, another example project has been constructed from the designs presented by sievenpiper et. First the model of the microstrip patch antenna has to be drawn in hfss. Design rectangular patch antenna using hfss part 1. Getting started with hfss v9 for antenna design october, 2003 this getting started training material is intended for new users of hfss. A microstrip antenna consists of conducting patch on a ground plane separated by dielectric substrate. The hfss antenna design kit is a standalone guibased utility which automates the geometry creation, solution setup, and postprocessing reports for over 25 antenna elements.
In this tutorial, a dipole antenna will be constructed and analyzed using the hfss simulation software by ansoft. Design and analysis of micro strip antenna using hfss software. It consists of patch elements on one side of a dielectric substate and a planar ground on the other side. Therefore, it will no longer describe every single button click. The 3d fss structure antenna is designed on duriod 5880 dielectric with 10x5 arrays of square patches beside the rectangular patch of planar antenna on the same plane. For this command, you must specify the radial coordinate r. Ansys hfss tutorial simulate and analyze an example of microstrip line drew handler, jerry yang october 20, 2014. Hfss is a commercial finite element method solver for electromagnetic structures from ansys. This report presents a design of a cornerstruncated rectangular microstrip patch antenna operates at 1. Oct 25, 2016 hfss design of rectangular patch antenna using microstrip line feedingedge feeding duration. This paper investigates performance improvement of the patch antenna in terms of gain and group delay.
The acronym stands for high frequency structure simulator. 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. For australian and new zealand students, tutorials located here. Analysis and design of rectangular microstrip patch antenna using hfss p. The objective of this tutorial is to simulate a microstrip patch antenna. Hfss 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. Tools options hfss options general tab check use wizards for data input when creating new boundaries check duplicate boundariesmesh operations with geometry click ok. I have a problem in designing pifa, i dont know how to feed the antenna in hfss.
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. Waterhouse, microstrip patch antenna, a designers guide, kluwer academic publishers, london, 2003 7 guntur kompa, practical microstrip design and applications, artech house, london, 2005 8 ansoft s hfss 11. Introduction antenna definitions w what is an antenna. Ansoft hfss radiation menu go back contents index radiation menu radiation commands radiated fields radiationcompute radiationdisplay data radiationsave fields radiationload fields radiationclear plotting spherical crosssections when this form of g is used in the farfield calculations, the fields that result have an r. Vswr the vswr for the proposed antenna is less than the 2db. Patch antenna design using hfss ozen engineering and ansys.
The performance parameters were achieved with return loss 16. Structure of patch antenna design in hfss athe 2x2 patch array antenna design is shown in below figure in 3d model. It highlights several antenna related applications with emphasis on antennas on or around other structures. This is a video tutorial on how to design a rectangular patch antenna using ansoft hfss. Pasternacks microstrip patch antenna calculator determines the length and width in millimeters of a rectangular patch antenna. The structure of the micro strip patch antenna consists of a thin square patch. By simulating this antenna we can get the frequency response, gain, directivity and the.
The simulation gave results good enough to satisfy our requirements to fabricate it on hardware which can be used wherever needed. The tools used were ansoft ensemble, hfss and hp momentum introduction. Patch antenna design using hfss this workshop is intended to show how to simulate and analyze a microstrip patch antenna using ansys hfss. Techniques for analyzing antenna lattice structures. The use of slotted patch reduces the size of antenna and higher bandwidth, which is the area that can be improved with the proposed design. Introduction ansys hfss is an industry standard tool for simulating 3d fullwave electromagnetic fields. Add solution setup specify the operating frequency insert far field setup. In order to simplify analysis and performance prediction, the patch is generally square, rectangular, circular, triangular, and elliptical or some other common shape. In its most fundamental form, a microstrip patch antenna consists of a radiating patch on one side of a dielectric substrate which has a ground plane on the other side. The operation frequency of patch antenna was designed at 2. Antenna design using hfss islamic university of gaza. 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.
Part i covers basic antenna theory including gain, directivity, dipole, monopole, and arrays. Using ann design of elliptical microstrip patch antenna posted by. The hfss package is introduced and tested on a basic rectangular patch antenna to confirm well known results in the theory and literature. Additional benefits of patch antennas is that they are easily fabricated. Calculate the lengths and widths necessary for the patch antenna using the theory from class these are approximate numbers and will be modified later use ansoft designer to calculate the length and width of the 100ohm feedline to the patch. This workshop is intended to show how to simulate and analyze a microstrip patch antenna using ansys hfss. Design rectangular patch antenna using hfss part 1 youtube. Ansys hfss is the industry leading 3d electromagnetic em simulation tool for high frequency and high speed electronic components including antenna design and placement. Hfss modeling are developed to calculate the antenna dimensions, for some given resonant frequency, aspect ratio, dielectric constant and height of substrate.