170 lines
6.0 KiB
Matlab
170 lines
6.0 KiB
Matlab
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% Tutorials / CRLH_LeakyWaveAnt
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% Describtion at:
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% http://openems.de/index.php/Tutorial:_CRLH_Leaky_Wave_Antenna
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% Tested with
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% - Matlab 2011a / Octave 3.4.3
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% - openEMS v0.0.27
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% (C) 2011,2012 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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feed_length = 20000;
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substrate_thickness = [1524 101 254];
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substrate_epsr = [3.48 3.48 3.48];
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substrate_tanD = [1 1 1]*1e-3;
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N_Cells = 8; %number of CRLH unit cells
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CRLH.LL = 14e3; %CRLH totel (line) length
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CRLH.LW = 4e3; %CRLH unit cell width (without the stubs)
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CRLH.GLB = 1950; %CRLH gap width bottom layer
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CRLH.GLT = 4700; %CRLH gap width top layer
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CRLH.SL = 7800; %CRLH stub length (bottom layer, both sides)
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CRLH.SW = 1000; %CRLH stub width (bottom layer, both sides)
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CRLH.VR = 250; %CRLH via hole radius (stub -> ground)
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CRLH.TopSig = sum(substrate_thickness); %top layer height
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CRLH.BottomSig = CRLH.TopSig - substrate_thickness(end); %bottom layer height
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substrate_width = CRLH.LW + 2*CRLH.SL;
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Air_Spacer = 30000;
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% frequency range of interest
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f_start = 1e9;
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f_stop = 6e9;
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% frequencies to calculate the 3D radiation pattern
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f_rad = (1.9:0.05:4.2)*1e9;
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nf2ff_resolution = c0/max(f_rad)/unit/15;
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%% setup FDTD parameters & excitation function %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
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FDTD = InitFDTD(100000, 1e-3);
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FDTD = SetGaussExcite( FDTD, (f_start+f_stop)/2, (f_stop-f_start)/2 );
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BC = {'PML_8' 'PML_8' 'PML_8' 'PML_8' 'PML_8' 'PML_8'};
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FDTD = SetBoundaryCond( FDTD, BC );
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%% Setup a basic mesh and create the CRLH unit cell
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CSX = InitCSX();
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resolution = c0/(f_stop*sqrt(max(substrate_epsr)))/unit /30; % resolution of lambda/30
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mesh.x = [-feed_length-(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2-Air_Spacer -feed_length-(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2 0 feed_length+(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2 feed_length+(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2+Air_Spacer];
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mesh.y = [-Air_Spacer-substrate_width/2 0 Air_Spacer+substrate_width/2];
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substratelines = cumsum(substrate_thickness);
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mesh.z = [-0.5*Air_Spacer 0 cumsum(substrate_thickness) linspace(substratelines(end-1),substratelines(end),4) Air_Spacer];
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% create the CRLH unit cells (will define additional fixed mesh lines)
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pos_x = -(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2 + CRLH.LL/2;
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for n=1:N_Cells
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[CSX mesh] = CreateCRLH(CSX, mesh, CRLH, resolution/4, [pos_x 0 0]);
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pos_x = pos_x + CRLH.LL;
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end
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% Smooth the given mesh
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mesh = SmoothMesh(mesh, resolution, 1.5);
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CSX = DefineRectGrid( CSX, unit, mesh );
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%% Setup the substrate layer
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substratelines = [0 substratelines];
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for n=1:numel(substrate_thickness)
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CSX = AddMaterial( CSX, ['substrate' int2str(n)] );
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CSX = SetMaterialProperty( CSX, ['substrate' int2str(n)], 'Epsilon', substrate_epsr(n), 'Kappa', substrate_tanD(n)*substrate_epsr(n)*EPS0*2*pi*3e9 );
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start = [-feed_length-(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2, -substrate_width/2, substratelines(n)];
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stop = [+feed_length+(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2, substrate_width/2, substratelines(n+1)];
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CSX = AddBox( CSX, ['substrate' int2str(n)], 0, start, stop );
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end
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%% add the feeding MSL ports
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%ground plane
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CSX = AddMetal( CSX, 'ground' );
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start = [-feed_length-(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2, -substrate_width/2, 0];
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stop = [+feed_length+(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2, substrate_width/2, 0];
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CSX = AddBox( CSX, 'ground', 0, start, stop );
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CSX = AddMetal( CSX, 'PEC' );
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portstart = [ -feed_length-(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2 , -CRLH.LW/2, substratelines(end)];
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portstop = [ -(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2, CRLH.LW/2, 0];
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[CSX,port{1}] = AddMSLPort( CSX, 999, 1, 'PEC', portstart, portstop, 0, [0 0 -1], 'ExcitePort', true, 'MeasPlaneShift', feed_length/2, 'Feed_R', 50);
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portstart = [ feed_length+(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2 , -CRLH.LW/2, substratelines(end)];
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portstop = [ +(N_Cells*CRLH.LL)/2, CRLH.LW/2, 0];
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[CSX,port{2}] = AddMSLPort( CSX, 999, 2, 'PEC', portstart, portstop, 0, [0 0 -1], 'MeasPlaneShift', feed_length/2, 'Feed_R', 50 );
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%% nf2ff calc
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start = [mesh.x(1) mesh.y(1) mesh.z(1) ] + 10*resolution;
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stop = [mesh.x(end) mesh.y(end) mesh.z(end)] - 10*resolution;
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[CSX nf2ff] = CreateNF2FFBox(CSX, 'nf2ff', start, stop, 'OptResolution', nf2ff_resolution);
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%% write/show/run the openEMS compatible xml-file
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Sim_Path = 'tmp_CRLH_LeakyWave';
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Sim_CSX = 'CRLH.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 = calcPort( port, Sim_Path, f, 'RefPlaneShift', feed_length*unit);
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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(s11)),'k-','LineWidth',2);
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hold on;
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grid on;
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plot(f/1e9,20*log10(abs(s21)),'r--','LineWidth',2);
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l = legend('S_{11}','S_{21}','Location','Best');
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set(l,'FontSize',12);
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ylabel('S-Parameter (dB)','FontSize',12);
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xlabel('frequency (GHz) \rightarrow','FontSize',12);
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ylim([-40 2]);
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drawnow
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%% calculate 3D pattern
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phi = 0:2:360;
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theta = 0:2:180;
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disp( 'calculating 3D far field pattern...' );
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nf2ff = CalcNF2FF(nf2ff, Sim_Path, f_rad, theta*pi/180, phi*pi/180, 'Outfile','3D_Pattern.h5', 'Mode', 0,'Verbose',1);
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%%
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P_in = 0.5*port{1}.uf.inc .* conj( port{1}.if.inc ); % accepted antenna feed power
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P_in = interp1(f, P_in, f_rad);
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figure()
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[AX,H1,H2] = plotyy(f_rad/1e9,nf2ff.Dmax',f_rad/1e9,100*nf2ff.Prad'./real(P_in),'plot');
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grid on
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xlabel( 'frequency (GHz)' );
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set(get(AX(1),'Ylabel'),'String','directivity (dBi)')
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set(get(AX(2),'Ylabel'),'String','radiation efficiency (%)')
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set(H1,'Linewidth',2)
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set(H2,'Linewidth',2)
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set(H1,'Marker','*')
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set(H2,'Marker','s')
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drawnow
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%%
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disp( 'dumping 3D far field pattern to vtk, use Paraview to visualize...' );
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for n=1:numel(f_rad)
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E_far_normalized_3D = nf2ff.E_norm{n} / max(max(nf2ff.E_norm{n})) * nf2ff.Dmax(n);
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DumpFF2VTK( [Sim_Path '/FF_Pattern_' int2str(f_rad(n)/1e6) 'MHz.vtk'],E_far_normalized_3D,theta,phi,1e-3);
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end
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