Oct 24, 2017 #1 TXRX Full Member level 2 Joined Mar 7, 2012 Messages 143 Helped 2 Reputation 4 Reaction score 5 Trophy points 1,298 Activity points 2,252 Hi, I design a patch antenna, on the ground plane there is some small metal box, i define the material of the box as PEC, Do i need also define it as Boundary Perfect E or i do not need any Boundary ? Regards, Doron
Hi, I design a patch antenna, on the ground plane there is some small metal box, i define the material of the box as PEC, Do i need also define it as Boundary Perfect E or i do not need any Boundary ? Regards, Doron
Oct 25, 2017 #2 P PlanarMetamaterials Advanced Member level 4 Joined Jun 13, 2012 Messages 1,457 Helped 404 Reputation 812 Reaction score 383 Trophy points 1,363 Location Edmonton, Canada Activity points 9,834 The material of type PEC should be fine. You could also give it a bit more realism and use a metal such as copper.
The material of type PEC should be fine. You could also give it a bit more realism and use a metal such as copper.
Oct 25, 2017 #3 TXRX Full Member level 2 Joined Mar 7, 2012 Messages 143 Helped 2 Reputation 4 Reaction score 5 Trophy points 1,298 Activity points 2,252 PlanarMetamaterials said: The material of type PEC should be fine. You could also give it a bit more realism and use a metal such as copper. Click to expand... So i do not need to define boundary Perfect E ?
PlanarMetamaterials said: The material of type PEC should be fine. You could also give it a bit more realism and use a metal such as copper. Click to expand... So i do not need to define boundary Perfect E ?
Oct 25, 2017 #4 P PlanarMetamaterials Advanced Member level 4 Joined Jun 13, 2012 Messages 1,457 Helped 404 Reputation 812 Reaction score 383 Trophy points 1,363 Location Edmonton, Canada Activity points 9,834 TXRX said: So i do not need to define boundary Perfect E ? Click to expand... No, it would be redundant if you've assigned a PEC material type.
TXRX said: So i do not need to define boundary Perfect E ? Click to expand... No, it would be redundant if you've assigned a PEC material type.