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IE3D tutorial new advanced Advancement in the technology leads to the miniaturization of the devices along with good performance capabilities. Same is the case with antenna technology, as the antenna technology is advancing day by day the small antenna size with good performance are in high demand. Several antenna structures such as yagi antenna, horn antenna, parabolic reflectors are used to fulfill these needs, but in some cases where two dimensional antennas are needed these antennas can’t be used due to their bulky size and 3D structures, this is a case which leads to the requirement of 2D planer antenna and microstrip patch antenna is the most important type of planar antenna structure. There are several patch shapes which provides good bandwidth and gain for various applications. Several researches has already been done to enhance the bandwidth and gain of the antenna, such as by using various shapes i.e. square, circular, elliptical shapes of the patch provides a good increment the bandwidth of the antenna. Some other researchers used stacked antenna configuration, antenna array etc. to enhance the gain and bandwidth of the antenna. These researches provide a good result in terms of gain and bandwidth but still these patch antennas can work up to a maximum of two to three frequency bands. Various applications need narrow bandwidth and some needs larger one. Similarly, some antenna need high gain and some needs lesser and if any antenna design is suitable enough to work in different frequency bands without changing its location and dimensions it will be an added advantage for the user

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IE3D Tutorial New

IE3D tutorial new advanced Advancement in the technology leads to the miniaturization of the devices along with good performance capabilities. Same is the case with antenna technology, as the antenna technology is advancing day by day the small antenna size with good performance are in high demand. Several antenna structures such as yagi antenna, horn antenna, parabolic reflectors are used to fulfill these needs, but in some cases where two dimensional antennas are needed these antennas can’t be used due to their bulky size and 3D structures, this is a case which leads to the requirement of 2D planer antenna and microstrip patch antenna is the most important type of planar antenna structure. There are several patch shapes which provides good bandwidth and gain for various applications. Several researches has already been done to enhance the bandwidth and gain of the antenna, such as by using various shapes i.e. square, circular, elliptical shapes of the patch provides a good increment the bandwidth of the antenna. Some other researchers used stacked antenna configuration, antenna array etc. to enhance the gain and bandwidth of the antenna. These researches provide a good result in terms of gain and bandwidth but still these patch antennas can work up to a maximum of two to three frequency bands. Various applications need narrow bandwidth and some needs larger one. Similarly, some antenna need high gain and some needs lesser and if any antenna design is suitable enough to work in different frequency bands without changing its location and dimensions it will be an added advantage for the user

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IE3D Tutorial 1: Edge-fed Patch Antenna

Goal: design a microstripline edge-fed patch antenna operating at 2.425 GHz using a substrate with thickness 1.6 mm, . The return loss must be less than 20 dB at 2.425 GHz. 1. 2. Start a New Project File->New Specifying layer structures in the Basic Parameters Dialog .

Input a grounded substrate with thickness 1.6 mm,

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Save it as tutorial1.geo File->Save as Determine the approximate size of the patch. ,

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Enter a half wavelength (

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Entity->Rectangle Determine the line width of a 50 microstrip line. The width is about 4.5 mm. Let the length be near quarter wavelength ( )

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Entity->Rectangle Define a wave port at the end of the microstrip line. Set reference plane to the edge of the patch. Change the default setting. Good Reference = 20. Min. Extension = 20. Min. Length Ratio = 6.
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Port->Define Port. Perform a simulation from 1 GHz to 3 GHz. Set Mesh Frequency at 3 GHz and 10 per wavelength. Enable edge mesh. Select 1 layer. Select contemporary meshing scheme. Process->Simulate From the simulated result, the length is too long. Select two vertices of the patch to tune the length. Edit->Select Vertices Set up a variable called Length with lower bound 0 and upper bound 10. Optim->Variables for Selected Objects Define the tuning range of the variable from 2.5 to 10 at step 2.5. Process->Simulate Plot the simulated results in Modua. Make sure it is possible to reach resonance at 2.425 GHz and this length range. File->Parameter File Queue Perform a optimization on length to reach resonance at 2.425 GHz. Select Powell. Set Error Function Limit to 1e-7. Set Maximum Iteration to 100. Set frequency to only 2.425 GHz. Set optimization goal to the phase of S11 to be between . Process->Optimize After successful optimization, file tutorial1m.geo will be opened. Next step is to optimize the S-parameter. First, perform a frequency sweep and check the Smith Chart to determine the whether the impedance is too large or small. The result is that the impedance is too large at 2.425 GHz. Enlarge the width of the patch to reduce its impedance. Select the top 2 vertices and make it a variable. Do the same to the lower 2 vertices. Remember to change the Turning Angle in Optimization Variable Definition Dialog Delete the Length variable. Link the lower vertices to the upper vertices. Optim->Change Variables and Calls Perform a sweep over the variable Width from 10 to 50 at step
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result, it can be reached at 40. Process->Simulate 18. Delete the variables. Enlarge the patch accordingly. Build the variables again. Set the width variable range to and length variable range to . Perform an optimization for the goal . 19. Check current and pattern to see if it is the right resonance.

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