IE3D Tutorial 2: Microstripline-fed Slotcoupled Patch Antenna

Goal: design a microstripline-fed slot-coupled patch antenna operating

at 2.425 GHz using the same substrate with thickness 1.6 mm,
. The return loss must be less than 20 dB at 2.425 GHz.
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Continue from Tutorial 1, Step 14. Rename tutorial1m.geo to

tutorial3.geo. After reviewing the vertex coordinates, we found
the length of the patch is approximately 37.5 mm. Use Edit>Select Vertices to select the corner of the patch. Then, use
Edit->Object Properties to check its coordinate.
Delete the whole structure and recreate the patch with size
mm2.
Build a slot on the ground with dimension
mm2.
Build the microstripline on the bottom layer. Let the length of
the open stub be about
, therefore, the total length is
40 mm.
Set advanced extension port on the microstrip line and adjust the
reference plane to the center of the slot.
Perform a simulation from 1 GHz to 3 GHz.
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From the simulated result, the resonant frequency is not correct.

Set up a variable to adjust the size of the patch. Perform a tuning
of this variable to see at what size it will be closest to match.

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From the above equivalent circuit, our strategy is optimizing the

patch size such that its real part of impedance is equal to
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Then, adjust the length of the open stub to tune out the
imaginary part.
Perform an optimization of patch size such that its real part of
impedance is equal to
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Set up a variable to adjust the length of the open stub.
Optimize the open stub to reach perfect match.

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