Hfsss microstrip patch antenna design part1basics of. Hfss is a commercial finite element method solver for electromagnetic structures from ansys. The antenna is a readytouse unit that comes mounted and connected. Gmpa a comparative study of graphene based patch for. The device has been simulated by means of the commercial electromagnetic software hfss, which is based on the finite elements method. Paper finiteelement method simulations of guided wave.
The side length of rectangular nano patch antenna is lp, printed on a substrate of height h, having a relative dielectric constant of. The example will illustrate both the simplicity and power of. Thz simulation on hfss skin effect and drude model in order to be as accurate as possible, i need to take skin effect and drude model of all metals into accont. The antenna designs are simulated on hfss software and the performance is analyzed in terahertz band based on the different electronic properties.
These antenna simulation methods and tools can be used depending upon the kind of problem you want to solve. Sep 01, 2016 this slide describes design and simulation about the micro strip patch antenna using hfss software. Hfss technology offers hfss finite element method fem, hfss integralequation ie, hfss physical optics po, and hfss transient. Deibel,member ieee, matthew escarra,student member ieee. The paper shows enrichment of patch antenna in terahertz region using graphene to achieve return loss of 27. Second, the resonant frequency f r can be controlled over a very wide range from 0. Design objectives of the lens antenna are axisymmetric radiation patterns with high gain and good directionality.
Hfss automatically computes standard antenna metrics such as gain, return loss, input impedance, radiation efficiency and full 3d near and far field patterns. Hfss stands for high frequency structural simulator. Chapter 2 efficient dipole antenna using a nanomaterial, bundled carbon. Performance enhancement of patch antenna in terahertz. Analysis must include first three modes te10, te20, te01 3. The graphene based nanoantenna has been accurately designed using finite element method fem based high frequency simulator hfss software.
Hfss simulation software using different substrate materials with properties as. Getting started with hfss v9 for antenna design october, 2003 this getting started training material is intended for new users of hfss. Hfss hfss ie antenna reflector gainefficiency accounting. Report on the design and simulation of thz integrated antennas. Finite element method fem based high frequency structure simulator hfss software has been used for carrying out the numerical simulation and performing comparative analysis of graphene based nano patch antenna. 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.
It consists of patch elements on one side of a dielectric substate and a planar ground on the other side. Prototyped 3d plastic antennas left and corresponding hfss computational models with theoretical radiation patterns right. Pdf investigation on metamaterial antenna for terahertz. If you want me to post the simulation of any other antenna then write. Ansys hfss simulates 3d fullwave electromagnetic fields for. Recently thz antenna is becoming more interesting for the researcher because of huge applications in the areas of remote sensing, imaging, radar and satellite communications. Investigation on metamaterial antenna for terahertz applications article pdf available in journal of microwaves, optoelectronics and electromagnetic applications 183. The terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum, positioned in the gap.
Quarter wave transformer is used for optimizing the resonant properties. Analysis of graphene based triangular nano patch antenna using. Optimized dimensions of proposed antenna f r thz w 7. Design and simulation of hfss and flower shaped antenna. A graphene based triband slotted bowtie thz antenna is designed and simulatedover anultra wideband uwb of frequencies for modern wireless communication systems. Its performance has been tested and verified for use in a wide range of thz experiments. Hfss 14 commercial software is used for simulation of the design. Aug 11, 2016 metamaterial based fractal antenna for thz application abstract. Investigation of graphene based miniaturized terahertz. The higher bandwidth of the thz band has a potential to achieve an extremely high data rate, such as 1 terabitpersecond, for future wireless devices 1. Engineers design, optimize and integrate antennas with ansys hfss. Phase characteristics of subwavelength antenna elements for. A microfabricated lowprofile wideband antenna array for. It is one of the several commercial tools used for antenna design.
Design of subthz beam scanning antenna using luneburg. Ansoft high frequency structure simulator tutorial the dipole antenna april 2004. Which software is better for antenna designing specially micro strip. Microstrip patch antenna using hfss linkedin slideshare. Graphene, substrate materials, rectangular nano patch antenna. 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.
A triband slotted bowtie wideband thz antenna design using. Comparative study of a bowtie antenna in thz region. Hello, i am trying to design antenna on hfss, and i interested in 1150 thz frequency range. May 04, 2017 step by step procedure explanation of antenna design using hfss software hfss basics skip navigation. Which software is the best for designing a microstrip antenna. Nanomaterial such as graphene having a number of desirable electromagnetic and mechanical properties can play a significant role in a well defined shape of bowtie antenna. For spp graphene materials provide best results for its propagation. Which software is the best for designing a microstrip antenna array fed by hybrid waveguidemicrostrip network. Uwb, miniaturized and directive metamaterial loaded. Phase characteristics of subwavelength antenna elements.
There are softwares that are best for simulating planar structures. Introduced in early 90s hfss is a software simulation tool used. Wireless communication for smart products means antennas everywhere. Hfss is high frequency structure simulator it is high performance full wave electromagnetic field simulator 3d volumetric passive device modelling that takes advantages of familiar microsoft windows graphical user interface. Jan 28, 2016 the present study proposes to investigate the properties of graphene based nano patch antenna considering the semiinfinite, geometries of the graphene attaining zigzag and armchair structures. Antenna enhanced graphene thz emitter and detector arxiv. Proceedings of international conference on electrical and. Our 23723 members have posted 76282 times in 16323 discussions. Investigation of graphene based miniaturized terahertz antenna for. Now the overall dimensions of the proposed antenna are shown in table i. Rectangular waveguide hfss r objective getting started with hfss a tutorial using hfss, simulate an airfilled wr90 waveguide shown above. Antenna integration is a complex multiscale and multidomain problem. A triband slotted bowtie wideband thz antenna design. The first step is to launch ansys electronic desktop software.
Thz simulation on hfss skin effect and drude model. The antenna has an impedance bandwidth of its to improve the design of the rectangular ring resonator. The improvements of antenna parameters such as return loss and gain are observed. The acronym stands for high frequency structure simulator. The scalability of the generalized logistic model to the infrared is shown and the accuracy in predicting the phase response is analyzed.
Using hfss, one can easily and reliably extract the scattering and impedance parameters, the electric fields in 3d and much more 1. Performance analysis of line feeding microstrip patch. The antenna simulation was performed using ansys hfss software, a 3d fullwave electromagnetic field solver. In this paper presented an fr4 substrate using and flower shaped antenna then, simulation of hfss.
Ansys high frequency structure simulator hfss is a commercial electromagnetic field simulation program developed by ansys which uses the finite element method fem in order to solve electromagnetics problems 1. Fem based hfss simulation software is used for numerical modeling of the designed antenna for operating in the frequency range of 2. Efficient antennas for terahertz and optical frequencies. Hfsshfssie antenna reflector gainefficiency accounting. 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. Mar 07, 2016 software used to design microstrip patch antenna hfss is commercial finite element method solver for electromagnetic structures from ansys corp. This paper presents the design and performance analysis of amc artificial magnetic conductorbased bowtieshaped slotted antenna at a solution frequency 1. I had simulated a lot of antenna with comsol but for thz region really im beginner in it. Illustration of the microstrip antenna designed in hfss considering the patch length equal to.
The objective is to provide a very thorough introduction to hfss as applied to antenna design, which may be followed stepbystep in. Paper finiteelement method simulations of guided wave phenomena at terahertz frequencies design of cylindricalwire wave guides and other thz devices can be aided by finite element models that characterize propagation and interaction characteristics. Antenna design antenna modeling software ansys hfss. The difference between antenna arms and low potential of the detector is very low on the power of thz. Pdf analysis and design of terahertz microstrip antenna on. Phase characteristics of subwavelength antenna elements for efficient design of terahertz frequency and millimeter wave metasurfaces richard j. All computer simulations in the article are completed by the cst 2015 software. Graphene based wideband arc truncated terahertz antenna for. Introduction the evolution of the ultrafast mobile communication systems during the last few decades increases the demand of thz and subthz millimeter wave. Keywords thz antenna, flower shaped antenna, rectangular resonator. Nixonb asubmillimeterwave technology laboratory, university of massachusetts lowell, lowell, ma, usa 01854. This video shows the simulation of helical antenna with the help of software hfss. The antenna performance was investigated by electromagnetic simulations, using the hfss software. Superior impedance matching of thz antennas with high.
A novel highgain directional lens antenna for terahertz band. While i setup driven modal simulation, on some frequencies, the efficiency of antenna has larger values than 1 incident power is lower than radiated power. Time domain analysis of terahertz photoconductive antennas. The first antenna geometry analyzed is a twopart rounded bowtie shape antenna, designed to reduce the return loss. In addition to these, good power coupling efficiency between sources and antennas is desired in order to maximize the radiated power. Illustration of the microstrip antenna designed in hfss considering the. Time domain analysis of terahertz photoconductive antennas using high. Modeling of thz lens antenna the lens antenna consists of two parts. During my 2year study in the institute as an undergraduate, i have built up a solid foundation of professional knowledge, as well as a rich experience of microwave components. Jun 21, 2011 this feature is not available right now. Analysis of graphene based triangular nano patch antenna using photonic.
In order to perform all the models and simulations, the software ansys electronic desktop 2015. Metamaterial based fractal antenna for thz application. Substrate integrated waveguide circular antenna for terahertz. The analysis of the proposed antenna is done in cst suite and is validated using hfss software. Nazy ranjkesh and fellow researchers from the university of waterloo ontario, canada designed a usog waveguide structure with the aid of high frequency structure simulator hfss modeling software from keysight technologies along with the same companys pnax vector network analyzers vnas and a specially designed test fixture. Hfss results are more accurate than cst because hfss is a fem software, whereas. Comparative investigation of graphene nano patch antenna for. Bandwidth enhancement of rmpa using 2 segment labyrinth. In general hfss and cst are the most powerful 3d em software but based on your application you can select a different one to make a specific task. Graphene, substrate materials, rectangular nano patch antenna, terahertz regime, hfss. The results of with and without metamaterial fractal antennas are compared. Substrate integrated waveguide circular antenna for terahertz application radhoine aloui, zied houaneb, and hassen zairi abstractthis paper presents a multiband annular ring antenna that is obtained from a singlelayer probefed substrate integrated waveguide based on a graphene material, with three top plan slits. Thus, the proposed antenna can be utilized in thz region.
The deviation of the computed bandwidth for slotted bowtie antenna with respect to the simulated in arc truncated patch antenna is caused by parasitic properties of the structure. Section 3 abridges the design of 2 segment labyrinth mtm with resonant fre quency 9. Structure of patch antenna design in hfss athe 2x2 patch array antenna design is shown in below figure in 3d model. What is the newest software used for antenna design and. Design and simulation of an antennacoupled microbolometer.
Simulation results for this antenna exhibit a frequency range of operation from 27 to 35 thz and is configured for two arrays, one of and the other one of elements. The teraexplore active multicolor imaging thz detector operates in. Apr 28, 2017 a standard horn antenna with a nominal antenna gain of 22 dbi at the frequency range of 0. Probe feed patch antenna 2 probe feed patch antenna getting started click the microsoft start button, select all programsansoft 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. Design and simulation of an antennacoupled microbolometer at. Reconfigurable thz plasmonic antenna concept using a. In addition to conventional substrates novel materials have been suggested for obtaining enhanced performance. Apply ansys hfss software to solve the challenges of antenna design, antenna placement and antenna cosite. It also covers new features in ansys hfss for antenna analysis. New 2d diffraction model and its applications to terahertz. Introduction in this tutorial, a dipole antenna will be constructed and analyzed using the hfss simulation software by ansoft. Remarkably, the impedance itself remains very stable upon reconfiguration, thereby. Performance enhancement of patch antenna in terahertz region.
To obtain the field patterns, intrinsic impedance and wavelength for the first 4 modes. Ansoft hfss can be used to calculate parameters such as sparameters, resonant frequency, and fields4. This paper abridges the design of rmpa with resonant frequency 43 thz and operating frequency range of 38 thz to 48 thz having rt duroid. Antenna design the antenna is designed and simulated on hfsshigh frequency structrural simulator software. Comparative analysis of zigzag and armchair structures for. Depending on the edge shapes of structure obtained. A wideband terahertz hight c superconducting josephson.
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