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HFSS Coax Connector
HFSS Coax Connector
Coax Connector
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Getting Help
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You can also contact your Ansoft account manager in order to obtain this
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specific information about what steps were taken or what stages the
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more rapid and effective debugging.
Help Menu
To access online help from the HFSS menu bar, click Help and select from
the menu:
Contents - click here to open the contents of the online help.
Seach - click here to open the search function of the online help.
Index - click here to open the index of the online help.
Context-Sensitive Help
To access online help from the HFSS user interface, do one of the following:
To open a help topic about a specific HFSS menu command, press
Shift+F1, and then click the command or toolbar icon.
To open a help topic about a specific HFSS dialog box, open the dialog box, and then press F1.
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Table of Contents
1. Coaxial Connector
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Launching Ansoft HFSS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Setting Tool Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Opening a New Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Set Solution Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Analyze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34
Model Validation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-34
Analyze . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-35
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Coaxial Connector
This example is intended to show you how to create, simulate, and analyze a coaxial connector, using the Ansoft
HFSS Design Environment.
The following features of the Ansoft HFSS Design Environment are used to create this passive device model
D3D Solid Modeling
DPrimitives: Cylinders, Polylines, Circles
DBoolean Operations: Unite, Subtract, and Sweep
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DBoundaries/Excitations
DPorts: Wave Ports and Terminal Lines
DAnalysis
DSweep: Fast Frequency
DResults
DCartesian plotting
DField Overlays:
D3D Field Plots, Animations, Cut Cut-Planes
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Getting Started
Launching Ansoft HFSS
1 To access Ansoft HFSS, click the Microsoft Start button,
select All Programs, and select the Ansoft, HFSS 12 program group. Click HFSS 12.
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2 This opens the Select Definition window with the Materials tab.
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Create a Section
To section the conductor
1 Click Edit>Select All Visible Visible. Or press the CTRL+A
key.
2 Click Modeler>Surface>Section
In the Section Window, accept the Section Plane: XY
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Sweep Bend:
1 Click Edit>Select>By Name
The Select Object dialog appears.
2 Use the Cntrl key with the mouse to select Bend and
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Create Conductor 2
To create the conductor
1 Click Draw>Cylinder
Create Conductor 3
To create the conductor
1 Click Draw>Cylinder
2 Click Draw>Cylinder
3 Using the coordinate entry fields, enter the cylinder posi-
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X: 0.0, Y: 0.0, Z: 0.0, Press the Enter key
Using the coordinate entry fields, enter the radius:
dX: 0.511, dY: 0.0, dZ: 0.0, Press the Enter key
Using the coordinate entry fields, enter the height:
dX: 0.0, dY:1.3, dZ: 0.0, Press the Enter key
set the name:
In the Properties window Name field type: Female
dx: 0.0, : dy: -1.236, dz: 0.0, : Press the Enter key
Bend, Male
Click the OK button
Select the menu item, Modeler>Boolean>Unite
fit the view:
Click View>Fit All>Active View.
dX: 0.0, dY: 0.0, dZ: 0.788, Press the Enter key
dX: 0.351, dY: 0.0, dZ: 0.0, Press the Enter key.
4 Click OK
The dialog closes, and the wave port and terminal icons
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X: 0.0, Y: 0.0, Z: 0.0, Press the Enter key
Using the coordinate entry fields, enter the radius:
dx: 0.511, : dy: 0.0, : dz: 0.0, : Press the Enter key
Using the coordinate entry fields, enter the height:
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Boundary Display
To verify the boundary setup:
1 Click HFSS>Boundary Display (Solver View)
This opens the Solver View of Boundaries dialog.
2 Toggle the Visibility check box for the boundaries you wish
to display.
The background (Perfect Conductor) is displayed as the
outer boundary. The Perfect Conductors are displayed as
the smetal boundary.
You click View>Visibility to hide all of the geometry
objects. This makes it easier to see the boundary
3 Click the Close button when you are finished
Analysis Setup
Creating an Analysis Setup
To create an analysis setup:
1 Click HFSS>Analysis Setup>Add Solution Setup
This opens the Solution Setup dialog.
2 With the General tab selected set the Solution Frequency:
8.1 GHz
Set the Maximum Number of Passes: 10
Save Project
To save the project:
1 In an HFSS window, click File>Save As.
Analyze
Model Validation
To validate the model:
1 Click HFSS>Validation Check
Analyze
To start the solution process:
1 Click HFSS>Analyze
Solution Data
To view the Solution Data:
1 Click HFSS>Results>Solution Data
To view the Profile click the Profile Tab.
Create Reports
Create Terminal S-Parameter Plot vs. Pass
Note: If you create this reportbefore or during the solution
process, a real-time update of the results are displayed
To create a report:
1 Click HFSS>Results>Create Terminal Solution Data
Report>Rectangular Plot
This opens the Report window:
Solution: Setup1: AdaptivePass
Primary Sweep: Pass
Category: Variables: Terminal S Parameter
Quantity: St(p1_T1), St(p2_T1),
Function: dB
Report>Rectangular Plot
Solution: Setup1: Sweep1
Domain: Sweep
Category: Terminal S Parameter
Quantity: St(p1,p1), St(p1,p2),
Function: ang_deg
2 Click the New Report button
Field Overlays
Create Field Overlay
To create a field plot:
1 Using the History Tree, expand Planes and select Global:YZ
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Edit Sources
To Modify a Terminal excitation:
1 Click HFSS>Fields>Edit Sources
Field Animations
To Animate a Magnitude field plot:
1 Click View>Animate