104 lines
3.7 KiB
Matlab
104 lines
3.7 KiB
Matlab
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% examples / microstrip / MSL_Losses
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% This example demonstrates how to model sheet conductor losses
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% Tested with
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% - Matlab 2011a / Octave 3.4.3
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% - openEMS v0.0.28
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% (C) 2012 Thorsten Liebig <thorsten.liebig@gmx.de>
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close all
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clear
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clc
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%% setup the simulation %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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physical_constants;
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unit = 1e-6; % specify everything in um
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MSL.length = 10000;
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MSL.port_dist = 5000;
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MSL.width = 225;
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MSL.conductivity = 41e6;
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MSL.thickness = 35e-6;
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substrate.thickness = 250;
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substrate.epr = 9.8;
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f_start = 0e9;
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f_stop = 25e9;
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lambda = c0/f_stop;
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%% setup FDTD parameters & excitation function %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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FDTD = InitFDTD(1e6,1e-4);
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FDTD = SetGaussExcite(FDTD,0.5*(f_start+f_stop),0.5*(f_stop-f_start));
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BC = {'PML_8' 'PML_8' 'PML_8' 'PML_8' 'PEC' 'PML_8'};
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FDTD = SetBoundaryCond( FDTD, BC );
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%% setup CSXCAD geometry & mesh %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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CSX = InitCSX();
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resolution = c0/(f_stop*sqrt(substrate.epr))/unit /20;
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mesh.x = SmoothMeshLines( [-MSL.length*0.5-MSL.port_dist 0 MSL.length*0.5+MSL.port_dist], resolution, 1.3 ,0 );
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mesh.y = SmoothMeshLines2( [0 MSL.width/2], resolution/6 , 1.3);
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mesh.y = SmoothMeshLines( [-0.5*lambda/unit -mesh.y mesh.y 0.5*lambda/unit], resolution, 1.4);
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mesh.z = SmoothMeshLines( [linspace(0,substrate.thickness,10) 0.5*lambda/unit], resolution );
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CSX = DefineRectGrid( CSX, unit, mesh );
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%% substrate
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CSX = AddMaterial( CSX, 'RO4350B' );
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CSX = SetMaterialProperty( CSX, 'RO4350B', 'Epsilon', substrate.epr );
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start = [mesh.x(1), mesh.y(1), 0];
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stop = [mesh.x(end), mesh.y(end), substrate.thickness];
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CSX = AddBox( CSX, 'RO4350B', 0, start, stop );
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%% MSL ports and lossy line
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CSX = AddConductingSheet( CSX, 'gold', MSL.conductivity, MSL.thickness );
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portstart = [ mesh.x(1), -MSL.width/2, substrate.thickness];
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portstop = [ mesh.x(1)+MSL.port_dist, MSL.width/2, 0];
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[CSX,portstruct{1}] = AddMSLPort( CSX, 999, 1, 'gold', portstart, portstop, 0, [0 0 -1], 'ExcitePort', 'excite', 'FeedShift', 10*resolution, 'MeasPlaneShift', MSL.port_dist);
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portstart = [mesh.x(end), -MSL.width/2, substrate.thickness];
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portstop = [mesh.x(end)-MSL.port_dist, MSL.width/2, 0];
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[CSX,portstruct{2}] = AddMSLPort( CSX, 999, 2, 'gold', portstart, portstop, 0, [0 0 -1], 'MeasPlaneShift', MSL.port_dist );
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start = [mesh.x(1)+MSL.port_dist, -MSL.width/2, substrate.thickness];
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stop = [mesh.x(end)-MSL.port_dist, MSL.width/2, substrate.thickness];
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CSX = AddBox(CSX,'gold',500,start,stop);
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%% write/show/run the openEMS compatible xml-file
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Sim_Path = 'tmp';
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Sim_CSX = 'msl.xml';
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[status, message, messageid] = rmdir( Sim_Path, 's' ); % clear previous directory
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[status, message, messageid] = mkdir( Sim_Path ); % create empty simulation folder
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WriteOpenEMS( [Sim_Path '/' Sim_CSX], FDTD, CSX );
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CSXGeomPlot( [Sim_Path '/' Sim_CSX] );
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RunOpenEMS( Sim_Path, Sim_CSX ,'');
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%% post-processing
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close all
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f = linspace( f_start, f_stop, 1601 );
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port{1} = calcPort( portstruct{1}, Sim_Path, f, 'RefImpedance', 50);
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port{2} = calcPort( portstruct{2}, Sim_Path, f, 'RefImpedance', 50);
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s11 = port{1}.uf.ref./ port{1}.uf.inc;
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s21 = port{2}.uf.ref./ port{1}.uf.inc;
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plot(f/1e9,-20*log10(abs(s21)),'r--','LineWidth',2);
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grid on;
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hold on;
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ylabel('-|S_21| (dB)','Interpreter','None');
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xlabel('frequency (GHz)');
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%% plot 35um thickness loss model curve
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% values extracted from http://wcalc.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/microstrip.cgi
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model.f = [1 2 2.5 3 4 5 7.5 10 12.5 15 17.5 20 25 ]; % frequency in GHz
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model.loss = [3.0 4.2 4.7 5.2 5.9 6.6 8.1 9.38 10.5 11.5 12.4 13.2 14.65]; % loss in db/m
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plot(model.f, model.loss * MSL.length * unit ,'k-','LineWidth',1);
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legend('FDTD simulated attenuation','t=35um, loss model by E. Hammerstad & F. Bekkadal','Location','NorthWest');
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