Horn Antenna

Using ANSYS HFSS

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Horn Antenna Geometry

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Creating the Design

Opening a New Project
In HFSS Desktop, click the On the Standard toolbar, or
select the menu item File > New.
From the Project menu, select Insert HFSS Design.

Set Solution Type

Select the menu item HFSS > Solution Type
Choose Driven Modal
Choose Network Analysis

Click the OK button

Set Model Units

Select the menu item Modeler > Units
Select Units: in

Click the OK button

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Drawing the base of the Horn

Base Dimensions

WG

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Creating the Design

Drawing the base 2D Rectangle

Drawing the Horn Aperture

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Creating the Horn

Select both Rectangles

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connect the 2D objects

that make up the base and
the top of the funnel to
create the 3D, funnelshaped object.

Creating the Horn

Uniting the horn base with the Funnel
Select both Horn and Base

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Assigning Boundary Conditions: Perfect E

Assign a Metal Boundary for the Horn
Select menu item Edit > Select > Faces
Select menu item Edit > Select > By Name
Object name: Horn
Multiple select the faces that
Make the shell of the horn
Note: Exclude the faces parallel
to the YZ plane
Click the OK button

Select menu item HFSS >

Boundaries >Assign > Perfect E

Click the OK button

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Create Air Box

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Assigning Boundary Condition -Radiation

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Port Setup
Create Wave Port Excitation
Select the menu item Edit > Select > Faces
Select the menu item Edit > Select > By Name
Object Name: Horn
Select the Face ID that corresponds to the Port
Note: The face is in the -XY plane
Click the OK button
Select the menu item HFSS > Excitations >
Assign > Wave Port
Name: 1
Click the Next button twice and click the Finish button
Wave Port
Represents 2D Cross Section of a transmission line
Can handle multiple modes or terminals

Defined on planar surface or face

Must encompass all fields that impact transmission line behaviour
Characteristic Impedance
Propagation Constant
Field Configurations
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Analysis Setup

Note : The Solution Frequency sets:

The frequency used to create the adaptive mesh.
Defines the spatial resolution of the mesh through the Lambda
Refinement step
Lambda Refinement is wavelength dependant.
Determines the frequency used to evaluate the meshs convergence.
Typically choose the highest frequency of interest or for resonant
antennas, the resonant frequency
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Analysis Setup

Adding a Frequency Sweep

HFSS Frequency Sweep Type: Overview

Discrete Solves using adaptive mesh at every frequency

Fast - ALPS

Matrix Data and Fields at every frequency in sweep

Matrix Data and Fields at every frequency in sweep

Interpolating Adaptively determines discrete solve

points using the adaptive mesh

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Matrix Data at every frequency in sweeps

Fields at last adaptive solution

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Analyze

Model Validation

Select the menu item HFSS > Validation Check

Validate

Click the Close button

Analyze All

Note: To view any errors or warning messages, use the Message Manager.

Analyze

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Select the menu item HFSS > Analyze All

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Post Processing: S-Parameters (Return Loss)

Return Loss ( S11 ) Vs Frequency

Return Loss is Minimum for all Frequency Range (Wide Band)

Generate the Report

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Post Processing: 3D Radiation Pattern, Gain

Create a Radiation Setup

Scale for Gain Total

Peak Gain : 16.2 dB

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Post Processing: 2D Radiation Pattern, Gain

Major Lobe is in theta = 0deg direction, since

the horn is pointing towards +z direction

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Post Processing Field Overlay, E-Field

Select Golbal YZ Plane

Generate the Report

Right click

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THANK YOU

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