Microwave

Engineering and
Antennas

Hands-On Design

Ulf Johannsen, Assistant Professor

Department of Electrical Engineering
Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven
Microwave Engineering and
Antennas – Hands-On Design
Motivation
• Putting theory into practice

• Gaining deeper understanding

• Preparation for a successful

microwave engineering and
antennas career
Microwave Engineering and
Antennas
Objectives
• Applying state-of-the-art design
tools

• Designing standard microwave

components in practice

• Assessment of various design

options to come to the best
trade-off
Microwave Engineering and
Antennas
Study resources

• Lecture material

• Qucs

• CST Microwave Studio (student

version)
Qucs
• Quite Universal Circuit Simulator (Qucs) is a free-software electronics
circuit simulator under GPL.
• You can download a copy from http://qucs.sourceforge.net/
• A short description of mathematical functions that can be used in
Qucs equation (including some standard microwave engineering
parameters) can be found here:
https://web.mit.edu/qucs_v0.0.19/docs/en/mathfunc.html
CST Microwave Studio (student version)
• CST Studio Suite® is a high-performance 3D EM analysis software
package for designing, analyzing and optimizing electromagnetic
components and systems.
• You can download the student edition of CST Studio Suite from
https://www.3ds.com/products-services/simulia/products/cst-studio-
suite/student-edition/
Hands-On Design Assignment
Module 4
4-Element Analogue Beamforming
Module 2 Module 3
Receiver-Array
LNA
• 5.8 GHz ISM band
LNA • ±45˚ beamsteering range
+ • Main-lobe antenna gain of 9dBi
LNA
for entire beamsteering range
• System noise figure < 2.7dB
LNA

Qucs Qucs CST

Microwave Engineering and
Antennas
What we expect from you
• Work out the assignment (alone or in a small group)
• Use the discussion forum to seek help
• Submit your design report along with the Qucs/CST file(s) of your final
design
• Assess the designs of your peers

Other requirements
• You need a PC or laptop
• Download open-source software QUCS and CST (student version)