PRESENTATION BY

ZUBAIR
2013EMC17

INTRODUCTION
The name FEKO is a German phrase,
standing for FEldberechnung bei
Krpern mit beliebiger Oberflche
which means Field computations
involving bodies of arbitrary shapes.
As the name suggests, FEKO can be
used for various types of
electromagnetic field analyses
involving objects of arbitrary shapes.

FEKO is a software which is used for

solving a wide range of electromagnetic
problems that arise in the EMFT.
It provides a set of powerful
computational methods for the analysis
of thin dielectric sheets, multiple
homogeneous dielectric bodies and
planar objects.

How FEKO works

The basis of the
FEKO software is
the Method of
Moments (MoM)
technique.
The MoM is a full
wave solution of
Maxwells integral
equations in the
frequency domain.

MoM features several

extensions and these extensions
are used for the solution
1) of complex problems,
2) electrically large structures,
3) of complex dielectrics like

human tissues.

To enable the modelling of magnetic and

dielectric media the following extensions
have been included in FEKOs MoM
formulation:
1) Surface Equivalence Principle (SEP):
The SEP introduces equivalent electric and magnetic
currents on the surface of a closed dielectric body.

2) Volume Equivalence Principle (VEP):

The volume equivalence principle is associated with a
volume mesh.

3) Planar Greens Functions for

Multilayered Media Technique :
Multilayered dielectric media may be modelled with Greens functions,

.
4) Thin Dielectric Sheets Technique :
e.g substrates for microstrip architecture

In FEKO multiple layers of thin dielectric and anisotropic sheets can be

analyzed as a single layer.

5) Windscreen Technique:
This solution method is much faster than modelling the windscreen,
antennas and layers using any other technique.

The other techniques used are

listed as below
a) Dielectrically Coated Wires
Technique,
b) Real Ground,
c) Planar Greens function aperture,
d) Finite Element Method (FEM),
e) Physical Optics (PO),
f) Geometrical Optics (GO),
g) Uniform Theory of Diffraction
(UTD),

MLFMM
In practical applications the solution
to large models was very difficult
and complex using MoM techniques.
MLFMM stands for Multilevel
Fast Multipole Method.
It is an alternative formulation of the
technology behind the MoM.
It is applicable to much larger
structures than the MoM could solve,
e.g. in helicopters.

APPLICATIONS
1) Antenna Analysis
Wire antennas, horn and aperture antennas, reflector
antennas, microstrip antennas, phased array antennas,
helical antennas.

Many special formulations enable the analysis of

practical antenna problems.

2) Planar microstrip antennas and

circuits
A full 3D MoM formulation is available for the analysis of
microstrip antennas with arbitrarily oriented metallic wires
and surfaces in multi-layered dielectric media.
Interpolation tables are used for faster simulation times.

3) Antenna
Placement
The MoM and the
MLFMM enable the
analysis of antennas
mounted on
electrically large
platforms where the
interaction with the
nearby structures
influences the antenna
characteristics, e.g.
UHF antennas on
aircraft or ships, GSM
antennas on motor
vehicle, etc.

4) EMC and cable problems

FEKO is used extensively for EMC
analysis, especially
in the automotive
industry.
Useful for computing cable-to-cable and
cable-to-device coupling and for the
investigation of cable radiation effects.

5) Radiation exposure safety

studies
The MoM or MLFMM may be used to
compute near-field values around complex
building and antenna structures where

6)Analysis of
windscreen
antennas
Windscreen antennas
may be modelled with a
MoM-based solution
method that was
designed specifically for
this class of problem.
Multiple windscreens
may be taken into
account and coupling
with external geometry,
e.g. a car body, is
accurately modelled.

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