% % Tutorials / CPW_Line % % Describtion at: % % Tested with % - Octave 3.8.1 % - openEMS v0.0.32 % % (C) 2014 Thorsten Liebig close all clear clc %% setup the simulation %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% physical_constants; unit = 1e-6; % specify everything in um CPW_length = 40000; CPW_port_length = 10000; CPW_width = 1000; CPW_gap = 140; substrate_thickness = 512; substrate_width = 5000 substrate_epr = 3.66; f_max = 10e9; air_spacing = 7000 % use a finite line CPW waveguide if 1 feed_R = 50; pml_add_cells = [8 8 8 8 8 8]; feed_shift_cells = 0; x_spacing = air_spacing; else % or use a waveguide with start/end in a pml feed_R = inf; % CPW ends in a pml --> disable termination resitance feed_shift_cells = 10; % CPW ends in an 8 cells thick pml --> shift feed 10 cells pml_add_cells = [0 0 8 8 8 8]; % do not add air-space in x-direction x_spacing = 0; % do not add air-space in x-direction end %% setup FDTD parameters & excitation function %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% FDTD = InitFDTD('EndCriteria', 1e-4); FDTD = SetGaussExcite( FDTD, f_max/2, f_max/2 ); BC = [2 2 2 2 2 2]; FDTD = SetBoundaryCond( FDTD, BC ); %% setup CSXCAD geometry & mesh %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% CSX = InitCSX(); resolution = c0/(f_max*sqrt(substrate_epr))/unit /30; % resolution of lambda/50 edge_res = 40; mesh.x = SmoothMeshLines( [0 CPW_length/2 CPW_length/2+x_spacing], resolution, 1.5 ,0 ); mesh.x = unique(sort([-mesh.x mesh.x])); mesh.y = SmoothMeshLines( [CPW_width/2+[-edge_res/3 +edge_res/3*2] CPW_gap+CPW_width/2+[-edge_res/3*2 +edge_res/3]], edge_res , 1.5 ,0); mesh.y = SmoothMeshLines( [0 mesh.y], edge_res*2, 1.3 ,0); mesh.y = SmoothMeshLines( [0 mesh.y substrate_width/2 substrate_width/2+air_spacing], resolution, 1.3 ,0); mesh.y = unique(sort([-mesh.y mesh.y])); mesh.z = SmoothMeshLines( [-air_spacing linspace(0,substrate_thickness,5) substrate_thickness+air_spacing], resolution ); mesh = AddPML(mesh, pml_add_cells); CSX = DefineRectGrid( CSX, unit, mesh ); %% substrate CSX = AddMaterial( CSX, 'RO4350B' ); CSX = SetMaterialProperty( CSX, 'RO4350B', 'Epsilon', substrate_epr ); start = [-CPW_length/2, -substrate_width/2, 0]; stop = [+CPW_length/2, +substrate_width/2, substrate_thickness]; CSX = AddBox( CSX, 'RO4350B', 0, start, stop ); %% CSX = AddMetal( CSX, 'CPW_PORT' ); %% CPW port, with the measurement plane at the end of each port portstart = [ -CPW_length/2 , -CPW_width/2, substrate_thickness]; portstop = [ -CPW_length/2+CPW_port_length, CPW_width/2, substrate_thickness]; [CSX,port{1}] = AddCPWPort( CSX, 999, 1, 'CPW_PORT', portstart, portstop, CPW_gap, 'x', [0 1 0], 'ExcitePort', true, 'FeedShift', feed_shift_cells*resolution, 'MeasPlaneShift', CPW_port_length, 'Feed_R', feed_R); portstart = [ CPW_length/2 , -CPW_width/2, substrate_thickness]; portstop = [ CPW_length/2-CPW_port_length, CPW_width/2, substrate_thickness]; [CSX,port{2}] = AddCPWPort( CSX, 999, 2, 'CPW_PORT', portstart, portstop, CPW_gap, 'x', [0 1 0], 'MeasPlaneShift', CPW_port_length, 'Feed_R', feed_R); %% CPW CSX = AddMetal( CSX, 'CPW'); start = [ -CPW_length/2+CPW_port_length, -CPW_width/2, substrate_thickness]; stop = [ +CPW_length/2-CPW_port_length, CPW_width/2, substrate_thickness]; CSX = AddBox(CSX, 'CPW', 999, start, stop); %% CPW grounds CSX = AddMetal( CSX, 'GND' ); start = [-CPW_length/2, -CPW_width/2-CPW_gap, substrate_thickness]; stop = [+CPW_length/2, -substrate_width/2 , substrate_thickness]; CSX = AddBox(CSX, 'GND', 999, start, stop); start = [-CPW_length/2, +CPW_width/2+CPW_gap, substrate_thickness]; stop = [+CPW_length/2, +substrate_width/2 , substrate_thickness]; CSX = AddBox(CSX, 'GND', 999, start, stop); %% write/show/run the openEMS compatible xml-file Sim_Path = 'tmp'; Sim_CSX = 'CPW.xml'; [status, message, messageid] = rmdir( Sim_Path, 's' ); % clear previous directory [status, message, messageid] = mkdir( Sim_Path ); % create empty simulation folder WriteOpenEMS( [Sim_Path '/' Sim_CSX], FDTD, CSX ); CSXGeomPlot( [Sim_Path '/' Sim_CSX] ); RunOpenEMS( Sim_Path, Sim_CSX ); %% post-processing close all f = linspace( 1e6, f_max, 1601 ); port = calcPort( port, Sim_Path, f, 'RefImpedance', 50); s11 = port{1}.uf.ref./ port{1}.uf.inc; s21 = port{2}.uf.ref./ port{1}.uf.inc; plot(f/1e9,20*log10(abs(s11)),'k-','LineWidth',2); hold on; grid on; plot(f/1e9,20*log10(abs(s21)),'r--','LineWidth',2); legend('S_{11}','S_{21}'); ylabel('S-Parameter (dB)','FontSize',12); xlabel('frequency (GHz) \rightarrow','FontSize',12);