mengjom
Newbie
optimization with ie3d
I am currently working on simulating a so-called ESPAR antenna in IE3D. The antenna consists of one active element (monopoloe) in the centre of a limited groundplane and 6 parasitic elements (also monopoles) placed in a circle around the active element (in the simulations the parasitic elements are loaded with lumped circuits to adjust the antenna radiation pattern).
My question relates to the optimization of the antenna. Initially I have two optimization parameters. One is the distance from the active element to the parasites (i.e. the radius of the circle which the parasites are placed on), and the other is the element height (of all the 7 elements).
I have been sucessful in defining the radius as an optimization variable, but so far I have not been able to define the element height as a variable. What I essentially want to do is to define the Z-coordinate of a layer (the layer in which all the vertices of "the top" of each antenna element lie in) as an optimization variable.
Maybe it is a lot more straightforward than I think, but all help is appreciated!
I am currently working on simulating a so-called ESPAR antenna in IE3D. The antenna consists of one active element (monopoloe) in the centre of a limited groundplane and 6 parasitic elements (also monopoles) placed in a circle around the active element (in the simulations the parasitic elements are loaded with lumped circuits to adjust the antenna radiation pattern).
My question relates to the optimization of the antenna. Initially I have two optimization parameters. One is the distance from the active element to the parasites (i.e. the radius of the circle which the parasites are placed on), and the other is the element height (of all the 7 elements).
I have been sucessful in defining the radius as an optimization variable, but so far I have not been able to define the element height as a variable. What I essentially want to do is to define the Z-coordinate of a layer (the layer in which all the vertices of "the top" of each antenna element lie in) as an optimization variable.
Maybe it is a lot more straightforward than I think, but all help is appreciated!