Initial SMA Launch Results

Michaels Work on the SMA Launch as of 1/26/2009

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Initial Model
This will contain many pictures of the model and explanation of what things are. Many questions results from this

Results
Results from the initial simulation.
I show transmission and reflection (as these are obviously important) I show power efficiency (to make sure that the S-Matrix is approximately lossless) I show phase because we want to make sure that phase doesnt have such a large slope that it could vary a lot with small differences with machining, etc.

Initial Model

These are a few views of the model that was given to us from Michael Enders. The only difference would be a change in the pinlength (I cut it for my model)

Initial Model

Shown here is what was done first I added the stackup to the model. The top and bottom layers are the Rogers3003 dielectric and the middle is the layer of Arlon. I added thru-holes so that the legs of the connector could go through. Those thru-holes are three dimensional objects defined as copper because on the actual board they will be filled with some sort of conductive material (I didnt know what to use at the time). The center pin of the connector was cut to coincide with the top layer of dielectric.

Initial Model
CENTER PIN

TOP DIELECTRIC ARLON 50 OHM LINE

BOTTOM DIELECTRIC

Next I added a 50 ohm transmission line just for something to have there for now. It is placed a little farther than the center pin to ensure 100% connection (as was shown in the PDF from Michael Enders). It is placed within the arlon as can be seen from the insert.

Initial Model
THRU-HOLE_TOP

THRU-HOLE_BOTTOM

DIELECTRIC BLOCK EPSILON = 3.62

I show three new objects here. I first placed the dielectric block (which is actually a cylinder) in the bottom layer of dielectric. I chose to fill this with the epoxy that had an 3.62 for epislon_r. I then added the center pins thru-hole. This is also a filled thru-hole that is defined as copper. It touches the copper trace on top and extends down to the epoxy filled dielectric block.

Initial Model

Lastly, because the signal pin cannot be shorted, I had to etch a cylinder of air around the pin. This meant that I had to make a physical ground on the top plane (as opposed to letting the solver assign the ground plane) as well as a physical cylinder of air. Both are as thick as the signal trace (seen in red, which is 0.7mil) as was seen from the initial project stackup information. The same ground plane could have been made on the bottom but for now, I chose not to do so.

Initial Model

These pictures show how the models wave ports were defined. The first port (for the fifty ohm line) was defined as usual. The second port was defined where it was because I couldnt define it anywhere else! That was the only surface on the pin that HFSS allowed me to define a waveport on maybe its right, maybe not. Note that there is no defined integration line for the second port. I dont know where I would define it from The wave ports were not normalized.

Initial Model

These show the analysis parameters for the initial simulation. I used a small amount of passes (just to get an idea of how it would work). I swept from DC to 18GHz with a fairly large step size (as this range was recommended by Michael Enders a while back). I began with a fast sweep.

Results

These show how well the simulation went. The delta S is large-ish, but this was expected with so few adaptive passes. Note the results for Port Impedance at 11GHz, though only 7.7131 ohms Im pretty sure it is a 50 ohm connector, so I show my results for Port 2 not normalized (as it was originally set) and normalized to 50 ohms.

Results Port 2 Not Normalized

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0.00
m1

S Parameters

59646-0001

m3 m2

Curve Info dB(S(1,1)) Setup1 : Sw eep1 dB(S(1,2)) Setup1 : Sw eep1 dB(S(2,1)) Setup1 : Sw eep1 dB(S(2,2)) Setup1 : Sw eep1 Name m1 m2 m3 m4 X 10.0000 12.0000 12.0000 10.0000 Y -0.9254 -3.1842 -2.9213 -7.6180 m4

Y1

-10.00

-20.00 0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 Freq [GHz] 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00

These are the S-Parameters for the un-normalized Port 2. Blue is transmission and the red are return loss. It is a weird curve with spikes from higher order modes. Not good at all (for seemingly ALL frequencies)

Results Port 2 Not Normalized

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Power Efficiency

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1.00
m1 m2

0.95

Curve Info mag(S(1,1))^2+mag(S(2,1))^2 Setup1 : Sw eep1

0.90
Name X 10.0000 12.0000 Y 0.9811 0.9710

mag(S(1,1))^2+mag(S(2,1))^2

m1 m2

0.85

0.80

0.75

0.70

0.65

0.60 0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 Freq [GHz] 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00

This is the power efficiency of the un-normalized Port 2. It is pretty okay (except for where the higher order modes propagate)

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Results Port 2 Not Normalized

Phase Difference

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Curve Info cang_deg(S(1,2)) Setup1 : Sw eep1

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-0.00

cang_deg(S(1,2)) [deg]

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-500.00 0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 Freq [GHz] 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00

Phase for the un-normalized Port 2. May be a useless graph

Results Port 2 Normalized

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S Parameters

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0.00

m1

m2

m3 m4

-10.00
Curve Info dB(S(1,1)) Setup1 : Sw eep1 dB(S(1,2)) Setup1 : Sw eep1 dB(S(2,1)) Setup1 : Sw eep1 Name m1 m2 m3 m4 X 10.0000 12.0000 12.0000 10.0000 Y -1.1429 -1.8707 -4.7384 -6.6421

Y1
-20.00

dB(S(2,2)) Setup1 : Sw eep1

-30.00

-40.00 0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 Freq [GHz] 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00

These are the S-Parameters for the normalized Port 2. Blue is transmission and the red are return loss. This makes a bit more sense but isnt as happy a graph as we would like. Michael Enders said that this connector has been used for lower frequencies (3-4GHz) which can kinda make sense from this graphhowever, results are not good for our frequency range.

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Results Port 2 Normalized

Power Efficiency
59646-0001
Curve Info mag(S(1,1))^2+mag(S(2,1))^2 Setup1 : Sw eep1 Name m1 m2 X 10.0000 12.0000 Y 0.9853 0.9801

1.02

1.00

mag(S(1,1))^2+mag(S(2,1))^2

m1

0.98

m2

0.96

0.94

0.92

0.90 0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 Freq [GHz] 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00

Power Efficiency for the normalized Port 2 doesnt change much from the unnormalized version. Still very little power is lost.

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Results Port 2 Normalized

Phase Difference
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Curve Info cang_deg(S(1,2)) Setup1 : Sw eep1

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0.00

-100.00

cang_deg(S(1,2)) [deg]

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-600.00 0.00 2.00 4.00 6.00 8.00 Freq [GHz] 10.00 12.00 14.00 16.00 18.00

This is the phase for the normalized Port 2. Not much difference from the unnormalized still probably not of much use.