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CST MWS -Standard Workflow

Choose a project template. Create your model. parameters + geometry + materials Define ports. Set the frequency range. Specify boundary and symmetry conditions. Define monitors. Check the mesh. Run the simulation.

Design example : Cylindrical Horn Antenna 8 12 GHz Objective : Design horn antenna with following dimension and parameter as shown in figure below

- units: inch - waveguide: 1.0 in x 0.5 in x 0.5 in

- aperture radius: 1.0 in, length: 0.25 in - shell thickness: 0.01 in (outside) - monitors: E-field, H-field & far field at 10 GHz

1. At the beginning choose File -> New to create a new project. For an existing project you may choose File -> Select Template

The project templates customize the default settings for particular types of applications.

2. Set

background material

Antennas should be modeled with vacuum as background material.

-> PEC is very practical for closed structures. (e.g. waveguides, connectors, filters) The project templates customize the default settings for particular types of applications.

3. Change the Units Define units.

4. Define a brick (1.0 x 0.5 x 0.5 inch) made of PEC.

Pick face. Align the WCS with the face.

Move the WCS by 2.0 inches. Define a cylinder (outer radius: 1.0 in, height: 0.25 in) made of PEC.

5.

Pick two opposite faces.

Perform a loft. or

6. Select multiple objects (ctrl or shift + left mouse button).

Perform a Boolean add. Pick two faces.

shell solid: 0.01 in (outside)

7.

Pick point inside corner.

Pick edge.

Define a waveguide port.

8.

Set the Frequency Range

9.

Boundary Conditions and Symmetry Planes

10. Add field monitors for E-field, H-field, and far field at 10 GHz.

11.

mesh properties

12.

Transient Solver: Start Simulation The accuracy defines the steady-state monitor. The

simulation is finished when the electromagnetic energy in the computational domain falls below this level.

13. Analyze 1D Results

14. Analyze 2D/3D Results

port information: cut-off frequency line impedance propagation constant 15. Electric Field at 10 GHz

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