Ansys HFSS Antenna Design

This one-day course combines lectures and guided workshops to take engineers with basic electronics understanding through the fundamentals of antenna and electromagnetic theory and demonstrate how Ansys HFSS can be used to quickly evaluate and optimise an antenna, antenna array, or installed antenna.

Ansys HFSS is the industry leading choice for electromagnetic design, offering the fastest time to accurate solutions and continuous innovation, through intuitive and streamlined workflows, and bespoke automation.

On completion of the course, users will have a good understanding of the fundamentals of antenna design and the benefits of Ansys HFSS as the quickest tool to accurate results. Delegates will understand appropriate meshing and post-processing techniques, gained insight into the more advanced analyses of antenna arrays and installed antennas, and know how to optimise their designs, and quickly and accurately explore the design space.

1 day course with guided workshops:

Module 1 – Background of Antennas

A short lecture which introduces antenna theory, defines the main antenna parameters, and gives an overview of the different types of antennas.

Module 2 – Electromagnetic Theory

A deeper dive into antennas in the context of electromagnetic theory, starting with Maxwell’s equations, and moving on to the radiation mechanism of antennas,defining the far-field and near-field, and discussing impedance matching.

Module 3 – Antenna Design and Optimisation

A guided workshop on the antenna design process using Ansys HFSS, starting with the basics of using Ansys HFSS, accurate meshing techniques, post-processing, and utilising the inbuilt optimisation tools.

Module 4 – Antenna Arrays

Brief overview of the theory of antenna arrays, and then another guided workshop on the setup and simulation of antenna arrays using Ansys HFSS.

Module 5 – Installed Antennas

Finally, delegates learn how to analyse antenna performance in an installed setting in the final guided workshop, including electrically large simulation and physical optics.