WAVE PROPAGATION AND ANTENNA

LAB 06

Microstrip Patch Antenna Designing at 1 GHz in

HFSS

LAB INSTRUCTOR
Lab Engr. Amara Umar
 MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNA

OBJECTIVE
This Lab is intended to show you how to create, simulate, and analyze a Microstrip Patch Antenna
shown in Fig (1), using the Ansoft HFSS.

Fig-1
Microstrip Patch (Design at f = 1GHz)
Calculations for the Required Dimensions
Dielectric Constant for FR4-epoxy = 4.34
Dielectric Height = 1.6 mm
Operating Frequency = 1 GHz
Width and Length for Patch are calculated as follows :-

3×108
Width = 4.34+1
(2×1×109 )√
2

Width = 0.0917m = 91.7mm

 4.34+1 4.34−1 1
𝜀𝑒𝑓𝑓 = + ( )
2 2 0.0016
√1+12×
0.0917

𝜺𝒆𝒇𝒇 = 4.1885
𝑤
𝑐 (𝜺𝒆𝒇𝒇 +0.3) ( +0.264)
ℎ
Length = (2×𝑓 ) − 0.824 ℎ( 𝑤 )
0 √𝜺𝒆𝒇𝒇 (𝜺𝒆𝒇𝒇 −0.258)( +0.8)
ℎ
0.0917
3×108 (4.1885+0.3)( +0.264)
0.0016
Length = (2×1×109 ) − 0.824(0.0016)( 0.0917 )
√4.1885 (4.1885−0.258)( +0.8)
0.0016

Length = 0.0718m = 71.8mm

Width = 91.7mm and Length = 71.8mm
Create Substrate
1. First selecting the units mm and material as FR4-epoxy.
2. Draw a box with Name: sub with following dimensions :-
Box position Opposite Corner
X: -23 dX: 101.7
Y: -19 dY: 83.8
Z: 0.0 dZ: 1.6

Create Patch

3. Draw a rectangle with Name: Patch and with following dimensions :-

Rectangle Opposite
position Corner
X: -18 dX: 91.7
Y: -13 dY: 71.8
Z: 1.6 dZ: 0.0

4. Assign Perfect E boundary to patch

Create Feed

5. Draw a rectangle with Name: Feed with following dimensions :-

Rectangle Opposite
position Corner
X: 25 dX: 6
Y: -19 dY: 6
Z: 1.6 dZ: 0.0

6. Assign Perfect E boundary to feed

Create Ground

7. Draw a rectangle with Name: Ground with following dimensions :-

Box position Opposite Corner
X: -23 dX: 101.7
Y: -19 dY: 83.8
Z: 0.0 Axis: Z

8. Assign Perfect E boundary to ground.

Create Wave Port Excitation

9. Create a Wave Port and excite it:-

Rectangle position Opposite Corner

X: 23 dX: 10
Y: -19 dY: 0.0
Z: 0.0 dZ: 5

Create Air
10. Draw a box with Name: Air and selecting material as vacuum with following dimensions :-

Box position Opposite Corner

X: -23 dX: 101.7
Y: -19 dY: 83.8
Z: 0.0 dZ: 20

Radiation Boundary
11. Graphically select all the faces of the air object except the face at Z= 0.0 and assign a
radiation boundary

Creating an Analysis Setup

12. Create an analysis setup with Solution Frequency: 1 GHz, Maximum Number of Passes: 20
and Maximum Delta S per Pass: 0.002.
13. Add a Frequency Sweep with Sweep type: Fast, Frequency Setup Type : Linear Count, and
Start: 0.7 GHz
Stop: 1.3 GHz
Count: 100
14. Insert far field radiation setup aswell.
15. Then validate the model.
16. Reports
Model S-Parameter Plot-Magnitude

Far Field Radiation Pattern

3D Polar Plot
For better results at hfss we will consider the following dimensions :-
Width = 91.7mm and Length = 71.8mm ≈ 69.5m

Model S-Parameter Plot-Magnitude

Far Field Radiation Pattern

3D Polar Plot