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ManualCST AntennaArray

This document provides instructions for a practicum on modeling and simulating a dipole antenna array using CST Studio Suite. It describes how to model an array of 5 dipole antennas with varying distances and phase shifts between the elements. It also provides directions for passive and active antenna array simulations, including defining discrete ports on each antenna, applying excitation signals, and obtaining results like radiation patterns, S-parameters and current distributions. The goal is to explore how the antenna array factors and mutual coupling between elements are affected by the array geometry and excitation signals.

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ManualCST AntennaArray

This document provides instructions for a practicum on modeling and simulating a dipole antenna array using CST Studio Suite. It describes how to model an array of 5 dipole antennas with varying distances and phase shifts between the elements. It also provides directions for passive and active antenna array simulations, including defining discrete ports on each antenna, applying excitation signals, and obtaining results like radiation patterns, S-parameters and current distributions. The goal is to explore how the antenna array factors and mutual coupling between elements are affected by the array geometry and excitation signals.

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EE4015 – Antenna Systems

Manual for practicum #2: Antenna array

Instructors:
Yanki Aslan, Pascal Aubry, Peter Swart

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University of
Technology
Antenna Systems
Challenge the future
Antenna array
Part 1: Dipole antenna + Array Factor

Manual for Q2, Q3 and Q4


In Farfield results, click on your
Farfield at given frequency

In Farfield Plot settings

Click on Cartesian with these settings


of radiation plane

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Antenna array
Part 1: Dipole antenna + Array Factor

Manual for Q2, Q3 and Q4


In Farfield Plot settings

- Click on Farfield Array

- Define number dipoles in Y axes, 5

- Define distance among the dipoles


in Y axes

- Define phaseshift among the dipoles

Update antenna list after each setting,


press OK

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Antenna array
Part 2: Dipole Antenna Array

Model of dipole antenna array

Select the components of dipole and click


on “transform”

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Antenna array
Part 2: Dipole Antenna Array

Model of dipole antenna array

- Use the transform operation “Translate”

- Click on copy

- Change repetition factor to 4 to get


another 4 copies of dipole

- Define spaceshift among the dipoles


(l, 3l/2 and 2l. )

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Antenna array
Part 2: Dipole Antenna Array

Model of dipole antenna array

Define the discrete port for each dipole

- Pick the edges (in modelling settings)


of both arms of dipole

- Define the discrete port


(in simulation settings)
Zo = 75W

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Antenna array
Part 2: Dipole Antenna Array

Manual for Q2 _ ‘passive’ antenna array

Distance among the dipoles can be changed


in parameter list, ‘array_dy’

Open the Transient Solver settings

- As source type select ‘Selection’ and


click on ‘Excitation list’

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Antenna array
Part 2: Dipole Antenna Array

Manual for Q2 _ ‘passive’ antenna array

Distance among the dipoles can be changed


in parameter list, ‘array_dy’

Open the Transient Solver settings

- As source type chose ‘Selection’ and


click on ‘Excitation list’

You can define which port will be excited;


excite them all

Start the simulation

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Antenna array
Part 2: Dipole Antenna Array

Manual for Q2 _ ‘passive’ antenna array

Results:

Radiation patterns of each dipole

Mutual coupling between center


dipole and other ones
“ s13, s23, s43 and s53”

s23 s43

s53
s13

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Antenna array
Part 2: Dipole Antenna Array

Manual for Q3 _ ‘active’ antenna array

Open the Transient Solver settings

- As source type select ‘Selection’ and


click on ‘Excitation list’

- Excite all ports and activate simultaneous


excitation

- Start the simulation

- Active S-parameters and current


resonances

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Antenna array
Part 2: Dipole Antenna Array

Manual for Q4 _ ‘active’ antenna array

Distance among the dipoles can be changed


in parameter list, ‘array_dy’

- Radiation patterns results are in Far-field


section

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