SimulationAdvances forRF,Microwaveand AntennaApplications

PresentedbyMartinVogel,PhD ApplicationEngineer
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Overview
AdvancedIntegratedSolverTechnologies
FiniteArrayswithDomainDecomposition Hybridsolving:FEBI,IERegions PhysicalOpticsSolverinHFSSIE ImprovedMultiPhysicsflowinWorkbench

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AdvancedSolvers: FiniteArrayswithDDM

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FiniteArrayswithDomainDecomposition
Efficientsolutionforrepeating geometries(array)with domaindecomposition technique(DDM)

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AReview:DomainDecomposition
Distributesmeshdomainsto networkofprocessors Significantlyincreases simulationcapacity Highlyscalabletolargenumbers ofprocessors
Automaticgenerationofdomains bymeshpartitioning
Distributes mesh sub-domains to networked processors and memory

Userfriendly Loadbalance

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FiniteAntennaArrays
Defineunitcellandarray dimensions EfficientDomainDecomposition solution Leveragesrepeatingnatureof arraygeometries Onlymeshunitcell Virtuallyrepeatmesh throughoutarray PostprocessfullSparameter Couplingsincluded Edgeeffectsincluded 3Dfieldvisualization Farfieldpatternsforfullarray
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Memory efficient Enabled with the HFSS HPC product

FiniteArraysbyDomainDecomposition
Eachelementinarraytreatedassolution
domain Onecomputeenginecansolvemultiple elements/domainsinseries
Distributes element sub-domains to networked processors and memory

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Example:SkewedWaveguideArray
16X16(256elementsand excitations) SkewedRectangular Waveguide(WR90)Array 1.3MMatrixSize Using8cores 3hrs.solutiontime 0.4GBMemorytotal Using16cores 2hrs.solutiontime 0.8GBMemorytotal AdditionalCores Fastersolutiontime Morememory.
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Unit cell shown with wireframe view of virtual array

SkewedWaveguideArray
Patternsfrom 8X8Array Dashedis idealized infinitearray analysis Solidfrom finitearray analysis Twosimulations useidentical mesh Noteedge effectsdueto finitearraysize

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RunningFiniteArray
UseMaster/Slaveunitcell designtoadaptthe mesh
Meshinginimage

CalledUnitCellforAdaptive
Copy/PasteDesign

Called8X8Arrayinimage
Createasinglepasssetupin finitearraydesign OnAdvancedtabuse SetupLinktolink meshfromunitcell design Doingadaptivemeshingin finitearraydesignwill betimeconsumingand notasefficient

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Efficient:8X8ArrayPatchArray

Directsolverwith12cores 5:05:14 60.8GBRAM

FiniteArrayDDMwith12 cores 00:44:53 1.8GB

6.8Xfaster 33.8Xlessmemory
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HPC:Fasterwithadditionalcores
Linuxcluster

16XDellPowerEdgeR610
DualsixcoreXeonX5760,8GBpercore

Same8X8arrayofprobefeedpatchantennas 3M+matrixsize,64excitations Studyperformedusing101,51,26,11,6and3engines.*

101simulationtime=17min.,20Xfasterthandirectsolver *Threeenginesusedasbaseline
speedfactor
7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 12 50 100 150 speedfactor

Number of cores
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HybridSolving: FiniteElement BoundaryIntegral

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FiniteElementBoundaryIntegral SolvingLargerProblemswithRigor
AntennaPlacementStudy:UHFAntennaonApacheUH64airframe
FiniteElementswithDDM BoundaryIntegral(3DMethodofMoments) HybridFiniteElementBoundaryIntegral(FEBI)

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HybridSolving:FiniteElement Boundary Integral FiniteElementswithDDM

Apachehelicopter

UHFantennaplacement
study@900MHz

Solutionvolume

1,250m3 33,7503
SolutionSpecs

72engines Matrixsize=47M 6adaptivepasses 300GBRAM 5hr 30min

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HybridSolving:FiniteElement Boundary Integral

Apachehelicopter

UHFantennaplacement
study@900MHz

BoundaryIntegral,3DMoMwithHFSSIE

Solutionsurface

173m2 15572
SolutionSpecs

12coreMP 680kunknowns 9adaptivepasses 83GBRAM 5hr 28min

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HybridSolving:FiniteElement Boundary Integral

Apachehelicopter
900MHz

UHFantennaplacementstudy@
FEMsolutionvolume

HybridFiniteElement BoundaryIntegral

69m3 18633 236m2 21242

IEsolutionsurface

SolutionSpecs

12corestotalusingDDMwith
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MP MatrixSize=2.9M 6adaptivepasses 21GBRAM 1 hr 3min

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Compared to 72 core FEM solution 14X less memory, 5.5 times faster

SummaryofFEBIperformance

Type FEM +DDM IE FEBI

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Time, Ratio 5hr30min, 1 5hr28min, 1 1hr3min,5.5

Memory, Ratio 300GB, 1 83GB, 3.6 21GB,14.3

FEBIandDistributedSolving
Distributesmeshsubdomainsto networkofprocessors FEMvolumecanbesub dividedintomultiple domains IEDomainisdistributedto secondnode inmachinelist Significantlyincreasessimulation capacity Multiprocessornodes canbe utilized

HPC distributes mesh sub-domains, FEM and IE domains, to networked processors and memory

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FEM Domain 1

FEM Domain 2

FEM Domain 3

FEM Domain 4

IE Domain

HybridSolving: IERegions

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FEBIandPhysicallySeparateDomains
ReflectorwithmultipleFEBIdomains ConductingreflectorandfeedhorneachsurroundedbyairwithFEBIappliedto
surfaceofairvolumes But3DMoMsolutionfromintegralequationscouldbeapplieddirectlyto reflectorsconductingsurfaceonly

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HFSSHybridSolving IERegions
Parallelized
IEregions solvedin parallel. Analogousto FEMdomains

Rigorous
Multiple reflections

Automated

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HFSSIERegions Example

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PhysicalOptics

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HFSSIEPO
Asymptoticsolverforverylarge geometries InHFSSIE Currentsareapproximatedin illuminatedregions Settozeroinshadowregions Noraytracingormultiplebounces Targetapplications: Largereflectorantennas RCSoflargeobjectssuchassatellites OptioninsolutionsetupforHFSSIE Sourcedbyincidentwaveexcitations PlanewavesorlinkedHFSSdesigns asasource
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Physical Optics Solver in HFSS-IE

PEC

Where: JPO = 2(n x Hinc )

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For illuminated surfaces Jsurf 2(n x Hinc ) if perfect conductor. For non-illuminated surfaces Jsurf 0. No need to solve a large matrix equation.
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PO Examples

Notice the shadowing of the gun barrel on the tank and of the tank on the ground.

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HFSSIEPO Example
Offset reflector 50 0 in diameter fed by a horn HFSS far field link

Simulated with 8 cores IE: 48.3min and 11.9GB PO: 23S and 286MB Note > 120x speedup
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ANSYSWorkbench
Geometryandmaterialtransfer

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AnsofttoANSYSGeometryTransfer
Geometryandmaterialassignment transferfrom
electromagnetictoolstoANSYSThermalandMechanical

CADtool

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Highlights
Newtechniqueforfinitephasedarrayantennas IERegions PhysicalOpticsSolverinHFSSIE

ImprovedMultiphysicsflow

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