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HFSS Tutorial 2: Recess-fed Patch Antenna

Goal: design a microstripline edge-fed patch antenna operating at


2.425 GHz using a FR-4 substrate with thickness 1.6 mm, and
. The return loss must be less than 20 dB at 2.42 GHz.
Lessons learned:
• Boolean geometry operation.
• Field plot.
• Radiation Pattern.
• Optimization.
Bx

Wp
dx
y z
By Lp x dz substrate x  r =2.54 Bt
Ls air

Ws Lf

Wf

1. Insert a New Design


Project->Insert HFSS Design
2. Save it as tutorial2
File->Save as
3. Determine the approximate size of the patch.
. Set initially.

4. Determine the line width of a 50 microstrip line.


The width is about 3.1 mm ( ) . Let the length be near quarter

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wavelength ( )

5. Let the size of the two recess slots be and .


6. Determine the substrate size as where and
. is the thickness.
7. Determine the air box size where

8. Enter the above variables.


Project->Project Variables
9. Enter the substrate
Draw->Box
Enter position as ( ). Give it a name
“substrate”.
10. Assign FR-4 material property to the substrate.
11. Create the patch surface and name it “Patch”.
Draw->Rectangle
Enter the position and size as in 8.
12. Enter the feed line. Give it a name “feedline”.
Draw->Rectangle
The position is ( ), size is ( ).
13. Create the two recess slots. Name them “slot1” and “slot2”.
Draw->Rectangle
The position is ( ) and .
14. Use boolean operation to remove the two slots by select the
patch first and then the two slots.
Modeler->Bollean->Subtract
15. Define the ground plane. The position is ( ), size
is ( ).
Draw->Rectangle
16. Define a surface for the lumped port at the end of the microstrip
line. The position is ( ), size is ( ).

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Draw->Rectangle.
17. Define the air box.
Draw->Box
18. Assign Finite Conductivity boundary to the patch, feedline and
ground by right click on them.
19. Assign Radiation Boundary to the air box.
20. Assign Lump Port to the port surface similarly.
21. Perform a simulation from 1 GHz to 3 GHz.
Analysis->Add Solution Setup
Set solution frequency to 3 GHz. Set Maximum Number of
Passes to 99.
22. Add Fast Sweep from 1 GHz to 3 GHz. Step size 0.01.
Setup1->Add Frequency Sweep
23. Perform simulation
Sweep->Analyze
24. Plot and Smith Chart.
Results->Create Modal Solution Date Report.
25. Add Parametric Sweep for .
Optimetrics->Add->Parametric
The best match is around . However, the center
frequency is shifted to 2.36 GHz.
26. Set and . Add Parametric Sweep for
. The result shows that at , the center
frequency reaches 2.46 Ghz.
27. Set up an optimization. First set and to
be optimized.
Project->Project Variables->Optimization
28. Create an optimization and analyze it.
Optimetrics->Add->Optimization
Set minimum and maximum of be 27.5 mm and 28.5 mm.
Set minimum and maximum of be 8 mm and 12 mm.
Set optimization goal to be at 2.42 GHz (create a

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single point analysis).
29. The result is . Perform a fast sweep
to verify.
30. Perform a single point analysis at 2.42 GHz.
31. Select the patch and feeline surface. Right click and select “Plot
Fields->J->ComplexMag_Jsuf”.
32. Setup radiation.
Radiation->Insert Far Field Setup
Set “Step Size” to 1 degree. Set “Theta Stop” to 360.
33. Plot the E-plane and H-plane gain pattern.
Results->Create Far Fields Report->Radiation Pattern
Choose and .

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S Parameter HFSSDesign1 ANSOFT

0.00

Curve Info
Name X Y

m1 2.4190 -53.3435 dB(S(1,1))


-10.00 Setup1 : Fast

-20.00
dB(S(1,1))

-30.00

-40.00

-50.00 m1

-60.00
1.00 1.25 1.50 1.75 2.00 2.25 2.50 2.75 3.00
Freq [GHz]

Curve Info
Radiation Pattern 1_1 HFSSDesign1 ANSOF T

dB(GainTheta)
0 Setup1 : Single
$Lp='27.91003619mm' Freq='2.42GHz' Phi='0deg'
10.00
-30 30 dB(GainTheta)
Setup1 : Single
$Lp='27.91003619mm' Freq='2.42GHz' Phi='90deg'
0.00
dB(GainPhi)
Setup1 : Single
$Lp='27.91003619mm' $Ls='10.0723363mm' Freq='2.42GHz' Phi='0deg'
-10.00
-60 60
dB(GainPhi)
Setup1 : Single
-20.00

-30.00

-90 90

-120 120

-150 150

-180

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