Ansoft high frequency structure simulator v10 users guide 5. The fundamentals of patch antenna design and performance. Rectaangular microstrip patch antenna for wireless. The basic structure of the microstrip patch antenna is shown in figure 1. The laalo 3 was chosen as a substrate material for the designed patch antenna with a dielectric constant of 23.
Rectangular waveguide hfss r objective getting started with hfss a tutorial using hfss, simulate an airfilled wr90 waveguide shown above. This tutorial is to provide future students a way to design and simulate their microstrip patch antennas on hfss for their senior design project. Ansoft high frequency structure simulator tutorial the dipole antenna april 2004. Input impedance 100 resonant frequency of the antenna10ghz. Resonant frequency of the antenna10ghz relative permittivity of the substrate 2. It is vital to ensure that the patch antenna is designed in such a manner that it resonates at the desired frequency. Analysis and design of circular microstrip patch antenna at 5. Picking up from where part 1 left off, this article explores the singleelement, rectangular microstrip antenna.
The parameters evaluated were gain, beamwidth and return loss. Antenna arrays will be examined later in the series. This slide describes design and simulation about the micro strip patch antenna using hfss software. P, india abstract here we made an attempt to maximize the gain of microstrip patch antenna. The dimensions of patch antenna were calculated based on the three essential parameters. Antenna projects using hfss electronics electrical projects. This thesis introduces the agilent high frequency structure simulator hfss as an.
The objective of this tutorial is to simulate a microstrip patch antenna. Planar antennas, such as microstrip and printed antennas have the attractive. Pdf microstrip patch antenna abhishek garg academia. In this paper, a triangular patch microstrip antenna on the substrate material of a photonic crystal is designed and analyzed. To obtain the field patterns, intrinsic impedance and wavelength for the first 4 modes.
Microstrip patch antenna using hfss linkedin slideshare. Part i covers basic antenna theory including gain, directivity, dipole, monopole, and arrays. But illustrates sizes and importance of good antenna design why microstrip antennas. Analysis must include first three modes te10, te20, te01 3. Designing for designing of a microstrip patch antenna, we have to select the resonant frequency and a dielectric medium for which antenna is to be designed. The resonant input resistance at the edge of the microstrip conductor is generally greater than the feedline characteristic impedance and requires an. Pdf high frequency structure simulator hfss tutorial otman. What is the best book for getting started with the hfss. Introduction in this tutorial, a dipole antenna will be constructed and analyzed using the hfss simulation software by ansoft. The proposed antenna operates in mm wave frequency band that provides enhanced bandwidth and data rate. The patch antenna is a good place to start for antenna fundamentals with more coming. The 2x2 patch array antenna is simulated using ansoft hfss. Increasing microstrip patch antenna bandwidth by inserting.
It consists of area of metallization supported above a ground plane by a thin dielectric substrate and fed against the ground at an appropriate location. Hfss stands for high frequency structural simulator. Microstrip patch antenna using hfss ansys duration. The len gth, l, of the substrate can be approximated by. A dual band antenna and a microstrip fed patch antenna, used in the communication lab. Microstrip patch antenna simulation setup for microstrip fed patch antenna. 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. This thesis focuses on the aperture coupled patch antenna due to the lack of fabrication and tuning documentation for the design of this antenna and its usefulness in arrays. Probe feed patch antenna2 probe feed patch antenna getting started click the microsoft start button, select all programsansofthfss 12hfss 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.
The triangular shaped patch antennas are preferably used for research work because of its smaller coverage area attributes, however, similar to rectangular patch. Software used to design microstrip patch antenna hfss is commercial finite element method solver for electromagnetic structures from ansys corp. Thus in this tutorial, a dipole antenna will be constructed and analyzed using the hfss simulator. Simulation and results the proposed antenna was simulated by using hfss high.
This paper presents a design of simple microstrip patch antenna working on operating frequency of 2. Mimo multiple input multiple output,hfsshigh frequency structure simulator,mm wave frequency 1. First the model of the microstrip patch antenna has to be drawn in hfss. The objective of this tutorial is to simulate a microstrip patch antenna resonating at a frequency of 7. Design of compact microstrip patch antenna for mimo system using hfss software is proposed. The dimensions of antenna can be found in the hfss simulation file. Getting started with hfss v9 for antenna design october, 2003 this getting started training material is intended for new users of hfss.
Pdf on jan 1, 2004, hussain alrizzo and others published simulation od microstrip. There is a pretty number of books available on amazon for hfss. Design of millimeter wave microstrip patch antenna for. Design and analysis of microstrip patch antenna arrays. Pdf rectangular patch antenna array design at ghz. Microstrip patch antenna with slots in ground plane. A linearlypolarized aperture coupled patch antenna design is characterized and optimized using hfss antenna simulation software. But, i personally think it would be better for one to go through the hfss guide. 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. 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. It includes instructions to create, simulate, and analyze a probe feed patch antenna. Hfsss microstrip patch antenna design part1basics of antenna design using hfss software.
Note that a quarterwave length transformer was used to match the patch to a 50 ohm feed line. 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. Figure 2 illustrates the adaptive meshing process for a patch antenna operating at 11. Tools options hfss options general tab check use wizards for data input when creating new boundaries check duplicate boundariesmesh operations with geometry click ok. Microstrips patch antenna design and stimulation in ansys hfss software. The performance parameters were achieved with return loss 16.
The example will illustrate both the simplicity and power of. 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. Pdf simulation od microstrip antenna using hfss researchgate. High frequency structure simulator hfss tutorial prepared by dr. Microstrip patch antenna parameters and experimental setup simulation, fabrication and measurement 65 the effective length of the patch is 2. Antenna characteristics directivity polarization bandwidth medium linear narrow inset gap inset distance feed width. The operation frequency of patch antenna was designed at 2. Resonant frequency of the antenna 10ghz relative permittivity of the substrate 2.
For rectangular microstrip patch antenna design, this paper got a gain of 6. Ansoft high frequency structure simulator v10 users guide. Microstrip patch antenna design santa clara university. It consists of rectangular substrate and the metal trace layer as shown in fig. Simple dipole antenna to understand the function of the antenna we consider the antenna to be enclosed by a surface volume and radiate in homogenous space free space. Pdf high frequency structure simulator hfss tutorial. It is one of the several commercial tools used for antenna design. Design of a triangular patch microstrip antenna on a.
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