Power Splitter simulation with CST
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CST – COMPUTER SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY | www.cst.com | Feb-13
Workflow Example
Microstrip Power Splitter
Purpose:
Optimize the structure such that
the reflection is minimal at 6 GHz.
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Choose a project template.
Create your model.
parameters + geometry + materials
Define ports.
Set the frequency range.
Specify boundary and symmetry conditions.
Define monitors.
Check the mesh.
Run the simulation.
CST MWS - Standard Workflow
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Microstrip Power Splitter
Units: mm, GHz
Frequency Range: 0-8 GHz
Substrate: 11.308 mm x 5.2 mm x 0.635 mm, permittivity εr=9
Height of Metallization: 0.017 mm
Chamfer Edge Width: 0.8 mm
Electric Boundaries
E-field, H-field, and Power Monitors at 6 GHz
11.308 5.2
0.635
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New Project Template
At the beginning, choose “File” “New” to create a new project.
For an existing project you may choose “File” “Select Template”.
The project templates customize the default settings
for particular types of applications.
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Units & Background Material
Background Material Units
Those settings have been set correctly by the project template.
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Microstrip Power Splitter Construction (I)
Define a brick and define a
new material “substrate”.
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Microstrip Power Splitter Construction (II)
Pick the midpoint of the top edge. Align the WCS with the picked
point.
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Microstrip Power Splitter Construction (III)
Define the profile of the
microstrip line.
Enter the polygon
points.
Please note that a text (ASCII) file
containing the polygon data can be
directly loaded into CST MWS.
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Microstrip Power Splitter Construction (IV)
Preview of the metallization Final metallization
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Microstrip Power Splitter Construction (V)
Pick the
short edge.
Chamfer the
edge (chamfer
width: 0.8 mm).
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Microstrip Power Splitter Construction (VI)
Mirror and copy the
metallization.
Select the metallization in the
tree view.
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Offset the picked faces
using the parameter "move".
Microstrip Power Splitter Construction (VII)
Pick faces.
Pick the small faces of the metallization.
Define a variable
“move” and set move=1.
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Pick the points at the upper corner
of the metallization.
Then, pick the midpoint of the
lower edge of the substrate.
Port Definition (I)
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Port Definition (II)
Define port 1.
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Pick face of the
metallization.
Port Definition (III)
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Similarly define port 3.
Port Definition (IV)
Define port 2.
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Set Frequency Range
Set the frequency range.
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Check boundary conditions.
Those settings have been set correctly by the project template.
Boundary Conditions
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3D Field Monitors
Add field monitors for E-field, H-field, and power flow at 6 GHz.
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Mesh View (I)
Global Mesh Properties
Mesh for x-y-plane
(press )
Please keep the default mesh settings.
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Mesh for x-z-plane (press )
Mesh for y-z-plane (press )
Mesh View (II)
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Set S-Parameter Symmetries
Select symmetrical S-parameters and click on “Set Symmetry”.
Use S-parameter symmetry to reduce the simulation time.
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Start the Simulation
Time Domain Solver
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Analyze 1D Results
Please note that the minimum of S11 is currently at approx. 7.8 GHz.
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Analyze 2D/3D Results
Port Information:
• Mode type
• Line impedance
• Propagation constant
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E-Field & H-Field at 6 GHz
The plots can be
obtained using the
“clamp to range” option.
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Surface Currents & Power Flow at 6 GHz