Workflow Example

Magic Tee

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CST MWS - Standard Workflow

Choose a project template.

Set the frequency range.
Create your model.
parameters + geometry + materials
Define ports.
Specify boundary and symmetry
conditions.
Define monitors.
Check the mesh.
Run the simulation.
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Project Template
At the beginning choose File -> New to create a new project.
For an existing project you may choose File -> Select Template.

This template automatically sets the units to mm and GHz, the background material
to PEC (which is the default) and all boundaries to be perfect electrical conductors.

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Create a Structure(I)
Objects->Basic shapes ->Brick Objects->Pick->Pick face.

WCS->Align WCS

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Create a Structure(II)
Objects->Basic shapes ->Brick Objects->Pick->Pick face.

WCS->Align WCS

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Create a Structure(III)
Objects->Basic shapes ->Brick

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 Port Definition(I)
Objects->Pick->Pick face Solve->Waveguide port

Define Port 1
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 Port Definition(II)
Objects->Pick->Pick face Solve->Waveguide port

Define Port 2

Define Port 3

Define Port 4
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Define Units, Set Frequency Range

Solve->units

Solve->frequency

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Background Properties and Boundary Conditions

Solve->Background material Solve->Boundary Conditions

Electric Boundary Condition: Operates

like a perfect electric conductor: all
PEC is very practical for closed structures tangential electric fields and normal
(e.g. waveguides, connectors, filters). magnetic fluxes are set to zero.

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3D Monitors

This dialog box gives you the opportunity to define field monitors that you might need to
obtain additional information on the electromagnetic field distribution inside your
structure. It is possible to define frequency as well as time monitors. After a calculation,
you can observe your field monitors by selecting them in the navigation tree.
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Mesh View
Mesh-> Global mesh properties

Lines per wavelength: This setting specifies

the number of mesh cells for the spatial
sampling of the shortest wavelength (highest
frequency), a minimum of 10 is recommended.

Lower Mesh Limit: This setting specifies the

minimum number of mesh cells across the
diagonal of the smallest face of the box
bounding the computational volume.

Mesh line ratio limit (MLRL): This setting

specifies the allowed ratio between the largest
and the smallest mesh cell in the
computational volume (MLRL=max/min).

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 Transient Solver: Start Simulation
Solve-> Time domain Solver

For the Magic Tee device we are interested in the input reflection at port 1 and in the
transmission from port 1 to the other three ports (2, 3 and 4). Accordingly, we only need
to calculate the S-parameters S1,1, S2,1, S3,1 and S4,1. All of the S-parameters can be
derived by an excitation at port 1. Therefore, you should change the Source type field in
the Stimulation settings frame to Port 1
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Port Signals

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S-Parameter

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Energy

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Analyze 2D/3D Results

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Electric Field at 3.6 GHz

Clamp : 0~1e3[ V/m]

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Electric Field at 3.6 GHz

Clamp : 0~1e3[ V/m]

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