# -*- coding: utf-8 -*- """ Created on Fri Dec 18 20:56:53 2015 @author: thorsten """ ### Import Libraries import os, tempfile from pylab import * from CSXCAD import ContinuousStructure from openEMS import openEMS from openEMS.physical_constants import * ### General parameter setup Sim_Path = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), 'Simp_Patch') post_proc_only = False # patch width (resonant length) in x-direction patch_width = 32 # # patch length in y-direction patch_length = 40 #substrate setup substrate_epsR = 3.38 substrate_kappa = 1e-3 * 2*pi*2.45e9 * EPS0*substrate_epsR substrate_width = 60 substrate_length = 60 substrate_thickness = 1.524 substrate_cells = 4 #setup feeding feed_pos = -6 #feeding position in x-direction feed_R = 50 #feed resistance # size of the simulation box SimBox = np.array([200, 200, 150]) # setup FDTD parameter & excitation function f0 = 2e9 # center frequency fc = 1e9 # 20 dB corner frequency ### FDTD setup ## * Limit the simulation to 30k timesteps ## * Define a reduced end criteria of -40dB FDTD = openEMS(NrTS=30000, EndCriteria=1e-4) FDTD.SetGaussExcite( f0, fc ) FDTD.SetBoundaryCond( ['MUR', 'MUR', 'MUR', 'MUR', 'MUR', 'MUR'] ) CSX = ContinuousStructure() FDTD.SetCSX(CSX) mesh = CSX.GetGrid() mesh.SetDeltaUnit(1e-3) mesh_res = C0/(f0+fc)/1e-3/20 ### Generate properties, primitives and mesh-grid #initialize the mesh with the "air-box" dimensions mesh.AddLine('x', [-SimBox[0]/2, SimBox[0]/2]) mesh.AddLine('y', [-SimBox[1]/2, SimBox[1]/2] ) mesh.AddLine('z', [-SimBox[2]/3, SimBox[2]*2/3] ) # create patch patch = CSX.AddMetal( 'patch' ) # create a perfect electric conductor (PEC) start = [-patch_width/2, -patch_length/2, substrate_thickness] stop = [ patch_width/2 , patch_length/2, substrate_thickness] patch.AddBox(priority=10, start=start, stop=stop) # add a box-primitive to the metal property 'patch' FDTD.AddEdges2Grid(dirs='xy', properties=patch, metal_edge_res=mesh_res/2) # create substrate substrate = CSX.AddMaterial( 'substrate', epsilon=substrate_epsR, kappa=substrate_kappa) start = [-substrate_width/2, -substrate_length/2, 0] stop = [ substrate_width/2, substrate_length/2, substrate_thickness] substrate.AddBox( priority=0, start=start, stop=stop ) # add extra cells to discretize the substrate thickness mesh.AddLine('z', linspace(0,substrate_thickness,substrate_cells+1)) # create ground (same size as substrate) gnd = CSX.AddMetal( 'gnd' ) # create a perfect electric conductor (PEC) start[2]=0 stop[2] =0 gnd.AddBox(start, stop, priority=10) FDTD.AddEdges2Grid(dirs='xy', properties=gnd) # apply the excitation & resist as a current source start = [feed_pos, 0, 0] stop = [feed_pos, 0, substrate_thickness] port = FDTD.AddLumpedPort(1, feed_R, start, stop, 'z', 1.0, priority=5, edges2grid='xy') mesh.SmoothMeshLines('all', mesh_res, 1.4) # Add the nf2ff recording box nf2ff = FDTD.CreateNF2FFBox() ### Run the simulation if 0: # debugging only CSX_file = os.path.join(Sim_Path, 'simp_patch.xml') if not os.path.exists(Sim_Path): os.mkdir(Sim_Path) CSX.Write2XML(CSX_file) os.system(r'AppCSXCAD "{}"'.format(CSX_file)) if not post_proc_only: FDTD.Run(Sim_Path, verbose=3, cleanup=True) ### Post-processing and plotting f = np.linspace(max(1e9,f0-fc),f0+fc,401) port.CalcPort(Sim_Path, f) s11 = port.uf_ref/port.uf_inc s11_dB = 20.0*np.log10(np.abs(s11)) figure() plot(f/1e9, s11_dB, 'k-', linewidth=2, label='$S_{11}$') grid() legend() ylabel('S-Parameter (dB)') xlabel('Frequency (GHz)') idx = np.where((s11_dB<-10) & (s11_dB==np.min(s11_dB)))[0] if not len(idx)==1: print('No resonance frequency found for far-field calulation') else: f_res = f[idx[0]] theta = np.arange(-180.0, 180.0, 2.0) phi = [0., 90.] nf2ff_res = nf2ff.CalcNF2FF(Sim_Path, f_res, theta, phi, center=[0,0,1e-3]) figure() E_norm = 20.0*np.log10(nf2ff_res.E_norm[0]/np.max(nf2ff_res.E_norm[0])) + nf2ff_res.Dmax[0] plot(theta, np.squeeze(E_norm[:,0]), 'k-', linewidth=2, label='xz-plane') plot(theta, np.squeeze(E_norm[:,1]), 'r--', linewidth=2, label='yz-plane') grid() ylabel('Directivity (dBi)') xlabel('Theta (deg)') title('Frequency: {} GHz'.format(f_res/1e9)) legend() Zin = port.uf_tot/port.if_tot figure() plot(f/1e9, np.real(Zin), 'k-', linewidth=2, label='$\Re\{Z_{in}\}$') plot(f/1e9, np.imag(Zin), 'r--', linewidth=2, label='$\Im\{Z_{in}\}$') grid() legend() ylabel('Zin (Ohm)') xlabel('Frequency (GHz)') show()