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Square Patch Antenna on HFSS 13.0

by
Syed Mubashir Azeem 17ES29
Luqman Abdullah 17ES07
Muhammad Zubair Akmal 17ES31
HFSS:
Stands for
High Frequency Structure Simulator
 Open HFSS & insert HFSS Design

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 Set Units

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• Go to Modeler on the top of hfss windows and select units

• Choose units in mm (millimeters)
• Press OK
 Starting Designing
Most Common Layers in every Antenna
• Patch Layer (Top)
• Substrate (Middle)
• Ground (Bottom)

Step 1
Draw Substrate using box

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• Select Box option from shapes and draw a substrate on axes
• Name the box as substrate
 Starting Designing

Select FR4 Material for

substrate

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Name the Box

Select Thickness
 Draw Ground Layer

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• Draw Ground using rectangle from the origin of the axes.
• Rename the Rectangle to Ground
• Set the orientation of the layer as (0, 0, 0), it will go to bottom of the substrate.
 Draw Patch

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• Draw Patch using rectangle from the origin of the axes.

• Rename the Rectangle as patch
• Set the orientation and Z must not be Zero.
 Draw Feedback

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• Draw Feedback using rectangle on the middle of the patch.
• Rename the Rectangle as feedback
• Set the orientation and Z must be equal to the value of patch Z.
• Unite patch and feedback togather using unite option.
 Draw Rectangle with feedback

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• Select XZ axes to draw a rectangle.
• Draw rectangle with the boundaries of Feedback.
• Set the orientation and Z must be equal to the value of patch Z.
• It will connect the feedback with ground.
• Set the excitation port as Lumped Port using right click options.
 Some Important Instructions

• Select the Patch as Perfect E (Copper)

a conducting material

• Do the same thing for ground also

 Draw Radiation Box

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• Draw a box around antenna

• Select the medium as Air
• Set the orientation such that the antenna should lie in the middle of the
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• Assign the boundaries to this box as Radiation using right click option.
 Validate the Design
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• Add the Analysis setup.

• Choose frequency range.
• And validate the design.
• F range = 7GHz
 Frequency Plot

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• Create simulation report using Results tab.
• Add new report to results
• Press Create new and view the graph.
• Graph of dB Vs Frequency (in GHZ).
• Add pick points for bandwidth..
 Radiation Plot 1

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• Draw Ground using rectangle from the origin of the axes.
• Rename the Rectangle to Ground
• Set the orientation of the layer as (0, 0, 0), it will go to bottom of the substrate.
 Radiation Plot 3D

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• Draw Ground using rectangle from the origin of the axes.
• Rename the Rectangle to Ground
• Set the orientation of the layer as (0, 0, 0), it will go to bottom of the substrate.
 Radiation PLOT spike

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• Draw Ground using rectangle from the origin of the axes.

• Rename the Rectangle to Ground
• Set the orientation of the layer as (0, 0, 0), it will go to bottom of the substrate.
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