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CST STUDIO SUITE™ 2006BApplication Note
Antenna Simulation
Farfield TerminologyBroadband FarfieldFarfield OptimizationCo & Cross PolarizationPhase Center / Grasp ExportCircular Polarized Antennas
ube / v1.0 / 09. Nov 2006
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pre-installed examples inCST STUDIO SUITE 2006
C:\Program Files\CST STUDIO SUITE 2006\Examples\CST MICROWAVE STUDIO\
Transient Analysis\Antennas
Antenna Examples
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How to generate the Farfield Info• define farfield monitor at
one or more specifiedfrequencies
• box surface fields (E+H) are recorded, from whichin the postprocessing thefarfield is calculated.
Horn_01.zip
E,H
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Farfield TerminologyOnline Help
In CST MWS the used referencefor gain/directivity is an ideal spherical
radiator (=isotropic antenna -> dBi),a λ/2-Dipole has a gain of 2.2dB(i).
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Tips & Tricksto obtain accurate farfield results
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• The accuracy level in the T-solver should be -40dB. For larger frequency bands (eg 0-3 GHz) or bad radiation better use -60dB, so that E+H on the bounding box do not suffer from FFT/DFT truncation error.
Tip 1/3 : Check Energy
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Tip 2/3 : Check ‚add. space‘
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„open (add space)“ boundary ensures λ/8 space at the center frequency, for lower frequencies (bigger λ) the space needs to be increased accordingly.
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Tip 3/3 : Check Balance
• Farfield values become critical, if S-Parameter balance=1 (no poweris radiated). In this case directivity and gain are calculated fromdividing 0/0, which is numerically critical. A good measure for total radiated power is: (1-balance).
at 4.5 GHz farfield can be critical
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How to calculate farfieldBroadband at many frequencies
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Definition of Broadband Farfield Monitors
• macro can be appliedmultiple times withoutoverwriting the previousdefinitions, so thatdifferent frequencyresolutions can becombined.
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Evaluation of Broadband Farfield Monitors
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Definition of Farfield ProbesFarfield monitors record the radiationin ALL directions for ONE frequency.
Farfield probes record the radiationin ONE direction for ALL frequencies.(recording a time signal)
Attn: this radius is enteredin the design-units (e.g. cm)
and not automatically in Meter
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Results from Farfield Probes
FarfieldTime Signal
Highly resolvedFarfieldFrequency Spectrum(1000 samples)
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Optimizing Farfield Results
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Optimizing Farfield Results
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Example: 3dB Angular Width
value also displayed here:
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Define Goal from 0D Template
all existing0D Result Templatescan be usedto define goalsfor optimization runs.
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Co & Cross Polarization
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Co & Cross Polarization
The Co-polarized farfield component has the samepolarization as the excitation (y-oriented in our case).
The Cross-polarized farfield component is orthogonalto Co-pol component and mainlobe direction.
In order to use different polarizations for transmitting/receiving, an antenna design goal might be to maximize the
Co-pol and minimize the cross-pol component.
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Co & Cross PolarizationAdjust the Axes / coord. system
Polarization vector default direction(the right one for our example;arbitrary user input possible)
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Co pol = Ludwig 3 Vertical Cross pol = Ludwig 3 Horizontal
Co & Cross Polarization
Cross polarized component is typicallyworse for the angles phi=45 and phi=225
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Co & Cross PolarizationResult Templ. for Param-Sweep & Optimization
Co pol = Ludwig 3 Vertical
Cross pol = Ludwig 3 Horizontal
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Phase Center / Grasp Export
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Phase Center Calculation
= y‘z‘ plane= x‘z‘ plane
Finding the best location to place the horninside a dish antenna. The best positionis to match the focal point of the dish
with the phase center of the horn.
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Check Phase Center by plotting Ludwig3-Ver.Phase
Plotting the Phase of Ludwig 3 Vertical(=dominant component co-pol) does not result
in a phase 180 deg jump (=colour jump) at theta=0
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Check Phase Center by moving Origin into Phase Center
see also article (phase center comparison with measurement) on www.cst.com -> Application Article ID=256
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Farfield Data Export in Grasp FormatGrasp is a software, based on physical optics, analyzing Reflector Antennas and Scatterers
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Circular Polarized Antennas
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Circular Polarized Antennas
Waveguide port Settings
Mode 1 Mode 2
only mode 1 active only mode 2 active
horn_cylindrical_10.zip
-> Distributed Port Runs
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Combining the ResultsResults -> Combine Results...
view in –z direction
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Combining the Results
Ports=ALL/Modes=All + Combine Results- requires several T-runs (-> use Distributed Computing!)
+ produces S-Parameters+ broadband constant phase shift of 90 deg.+ flexibility to get results for
arbitrary am/ph combination in postproocessing
Simultaneous Excitation+ only one run required- produces F-Parameters (no S-Parameters)- constant phase shift only valid for one frequency- different am/ph combination requires new run
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Farfield Capabilitiesfor circular polarized Antennas
Axial Ratio
Left Right
Note: Left / Right isseen from the transmitting
antenna port.
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Result Template for Combined Monitor 1[1.0,0.0]+2[1.0,90],[80]
Note: In all farfield result templatesthe Excitation string has
to be set manually !!It is recommended to use
a shorter userdefined labellinginstead of the automatic
number- labelling.
„circ“„circ“
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Summary
• Antenna Farfield can be recorded in time and frequency domain (Probe / Monitor)
• Postprocessing templates automize resultextraction (e.g. broadband farfield)
• checklist for accurate farfield:– energy decayed to -40dB [-60dB] ?– enough surrounding space (λ/8) – open (add space)?– Is antenna radiating at this frequency? (S-balance<1 ?)
• Advanced capabilities to extract:co+cross-pol / phase center / Grasp input dataRL pol / axial ratio