The example is intended for users with no or little experience with CADFEKO. It makes use of a completed rectangular horn model to familiarise yourself with model creation in CADFEKO and viewing the simulated results in POSTFEKO.
The example is intended for users with no or little experience with CADFEKO. This example is not an example intended for simulation, but rather to familiarise yourself with model creation in
CADFEKO.
Create a monopole antenna as a single line element with a local wire radius. Zoom to extents and hide the main axes
to view the full-length monopole in the 3D view.
Define a perfectly conducting (PEC) infinite ground plane. An infinite ground plane is an efficient method to model
a large ground plane compared to a discretised, finite sized ground plane.
Voltage sources and discrete loads are applied to ports and not directly to the model geometry or mesh. A port must
be defined before a source or load can be added.
Specify the frequency range of interest. For this example continuous frequency sampling is used where Feko determines the frequency sampling for optimal interpolation automatically.
When the frequency is set or local mesh settings are applied to the geometry, the automatic mesh algorithm calculates
and creates the mesh automatically while the GUI is active using default mesh settings. When required, these mesh
settings may be modified.
Launch the Solver to calculate the results. No requests were added to this model since impedance and current information are calculated
automatically for all voltage and current sources in the model.
This example showed the construction, configuration and solution of an EMC coupling scenario. The model consists of
a monopole antenna and transmission line on an infinite PEC ground plane. Coupling of current into the transmission
line is viewed from 1 MHz to 30 MHz.
Feko is a comprehensive electromagnetic solver with multiple solution methods that is used for electromagnetic field analyses
involving 3D objects of arbitrary shapes.
EDITFEKO is used to construct advanced models (both the geometry and solution requirements) using a high-level scripting language
which includes loops and conditional statements.
One of the key features in Feko is that it includes a broad set of unique and hybridised solution methods. Effective use of Feko features requires an understanding of the available methods.
Feko offers state-of-the-art optimisation engines based on generic algorithm (GA) and other methods, which can be used
to automatically optimise the design and determine the optimum solution.
Feko writes all the results to an ASCII output file .out as well as a binary output file .bof for usage by POSTFEKO. Use the .out file to obtain additional information about the solution.
CADFEKO and POSTFEKO have a powerful, fast, lightweight scripting language integrated into the application allowing you to create
models, get hold of simulation results and model configuration information as well as manipulation of data and automate
repetitive tasks.
Specify the frequency range of interest. For this example continuous frequency sampling is used where Feko determines the frequency sampling for optimal interpolation automatically.
Specify the frequency range of interest. For this example continuous frequency
sampling is used where Feko determines the frequency sampling
for optimal interpolation automatically.
On the Source/Load tab, in the
Settings group, click the Frequency icon.
On the Solution Frequency dialog, select
Continuous (interpolated) range from the drop-down list.
Specify the frequency range between 1 MHz and
30 MHz.
Enter the start frequency and end frequency.
Start frequency (Hz):
1e6
End frequency (Hz):
30e6
Figure 1. The Solution Frequency dialog.
Click OK to specify the frequency and to close the
dialog.