Description:
Remcom’s Circuit Element Optimizer for XFdtd is a unique tool for full wave matching circuit optimization. This webinar introduces the capability and provides an example of how it is used. A GPS/Bluetooth antenna and an LTE antenna are used for the demonstration.
This introduction demonstrates the following capabilities:
Allowable L and C component values
Target system efficiency, radiation efficiency, and S-parameter goal functions
Optimization results
Publications
Full wave matching circuit optimization (FW-MCO) is a new technology that combines full wave, 3D EM simulation with circuit optimization into a novel approach for solving an age-old RF problem: determining which component values provide the desired match for a given matching network layout. This article describes the design process using the design of a matching circuit for a GPS-Bluetooth antenna.
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Brochures
Determining the final set of component values in a matching network can be a challenging process. At higher frequencies, especially VHF and above, significant EM effects on the real circuit (inter-connection transmission line effects and coupling between the antenna being tuned, other antennas, and other parts of the structure) are difficult to quantify and account for in circuit schematic simulators alone.
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Publications
XF’s Circuit Element Optimizer utilizes full wave analysis to select the component values for a given printed circuit board (PCB) layout. The tool allows design engineers to optimize matching circuit lumped element values directly in the EM layout where the coupling from multiple antennas and the ground return current paths are taken into account. This whitepaper gives an overview of how the Circuit Element Optimizer works and the benefits it provides.
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