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    Lecture 5.

    INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    INTRODUCTION
    TO
    ANSOFT DESIGNER®
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Software Tools for RF/Microwave Design


    RF designers nowadays extensively use various simulation tools when
    designing RF components.

    There are many commercial software packages for simulation of RF circuits that
    may be obtained on the market. Companies such as Ansoft Corporation™,
    Agilent Technologies™, Sonnet™, Eagleware™, etc. offer simulation programs
    that very often incorporate circuit modeling, full electromagnetic simulation, as
    well as statistical analysis of RF components and systems.

    We will give a brief overview of two commercial RF simulation packages offered


    by Ansoft Corporation™:
    Ansoft Designer®
    Ansoft HFSS®
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Software Tools for RF/Microwave Design (cont.)

    Ansoft Designer® is an integrated schematic and


    design tool used for complex analog, RF and mixed
    signal applications. It enables RF engineers to
    design, optimize, and validate component, circuit,
    and system performance long before building a
    prototype of RF circuit.

    Ansoft HFSS® is a full 3D electromagnetic simulator


    widely used for the design of various passive and
    active RF components, interconnects, antennas, and
    RFIC packages. It is based on finite element
    numerical method and provides a user friendly
    graphic user interface.
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    This is how Ansoft Designer® Desktop looks after the program is started:

    Software Tools for RF/Microwave Design (cont.)

    Click on this icon to introduce a circuit editor

    This pop-up
    window shows up
    letting you choose
    layout properties of
    your RF circuit (we
    will choose ‘None’
    option)
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    The schematic editor window allows you to place components and wire them
    together. You can move components by simply selecting and dragging them. Copy
    and paste can be used on components and their wires within the schematic editor.

    You can also copy


    and paste to other
    schematics.

    Click on ‘Components’ to import


    various models of RF components
    into your circuit model
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Choose a component and simply


    drag it into the schematic editor
    window
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Position cursor over the end of the


    component and drag to the end of
    the subsequent component to wire
    the two.
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Double-click on the component to


    edit its properties (impedance,
    electrical length, etc)
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Click on this icon to introduce


    ports. Double-click on a port opens
    a window that enables editing
    properties of the port.
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    In order to define operating frequency range, click on ‘Analysis’.


    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Click on this icon to perform analysis of your circuit model!


    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Right-click on ‘Results’ to define


    parameters to be displayed and to
    display results of your simulation.
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Instead of an ideal distributed component


    with electrical parameters (such as
    characteristic impedance and electrical
    length), we can also define components with
    physical parameters (stripline in this case).
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Double-click on a physical component


    opens up a window that enables
    definition of component parameters.
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Click on ‘Substrate’ to define


    properties of substrate.
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Click on ‘TRL’ to open a Transmission tool that


    performs necessary transformations of electrical into
    physical parameters and vice versa.
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Analysis of the new physical circuit as well as


    displaying results is described before.
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    You can further improve your circuit model and


    bring it closer to the actual geometrical model
    of your RF component by adding various
    models of RF discontinuities.
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    This circuit simulator also lets you


    define variables and optimize them for
    a predefined goals (double-click on a
    component which parameters you
    want to edit).
    Lecture 5. INTRODUCTION TO ANSOFT DESIGNER®

    Next class we will build a full 3D geometrical model of the divider whose circuit
    model we developed today.

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