Example5 Cavity Resonator

General

The model is a cavity resonator (1/4 wavelength coaxial).
The filtering characteristics of the resonator are solved.
Unless specified in the list below, the default conditions will be applied.
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Analysis Space

Item	Settings
Analysis Space	3D
Model unit	mm

Analysis Conditions

Item	Settings
Solver	Electromagnetic Analysis [Hertz]
Analysis Type	Harmonic analysis
Options	Select “Ignore the influence of face/edge electrode thickness” *

* This is the default setting. There are no face electrodes with this model. Therefore it is irrelevant to select it or not.

The harmonic analysis is set up as follows.

Tabs	Setting Item	Settings
Mesh Tab	Element type	2nd-order element
	Multigrid/Adaptive Mesh Method	Select “Use the adaptive mesh method”.
	Frequency-Dependent Meshing	Reference frequency: 1×10^9[Hz] Select “The conductor bodies thicker than the skin depth constitute the boundary condition.” The surface of Metal is treated as the boundary condition having some loss, as Metal is thicker than the skin depth.
Harmonic analysis	Frequency	Minimum: 0.95×10^9[Hz] Maximum: 1.05×10^9[Hz]
	Sweep Type	Select “Linear step” Division number: 40
	Sweep Setting	Select Fast sweep
	Input	1.0[W}

Model

The model consists of 2 cavity resonators with one end open. The resonators are coupled through the coupling window and also with the magnetic loop externally.

It is a 2-stage filter.

The whole model

The detail around I/O port

Body Attributes and Materials

The boolean operation is not performed for CAV and METAL,

even though they are overlapping. The boolean will be done automatically during meshing.
Body #4 is an imprinting body to apply the “electric wall” boundary condition on.

Body Number/Type	Body Attribute Name	Material Name
0/Solid	CAV	000_Air(*)
1/Solid	METAL	008_Cu *
2/Solid	METAL	008_Cu *
3/Solid	CAV	000_Air(*)
4/Sheet	Imprinting body
5/Solid	METAL	008_Cu *
6/Solid	METAL	008_Cu *
8/Solid	CAV	000_Air(*)
9/Solid	METAL	008_Cu *
10/Solid	METAL	008_Cu *
11/Solid	METAL	008_Cu *
14/Solid	METAL	008_Cu *
15/Solid	CAV	000_Air(*)

* Available from the Material DB

Boundary Conditions

The I/O port boundary conditions (PORT1, PORT2) are set on the I/O ports of the filter.
The integral path is required between the hot and the ground for two-conductor ports.

The integral path is used to calculate the characteristic impedance of the port.

S-parameters can be converted based on the characteristic impedance.

Boundary Condition Name/Topology	Tab	Boundary Condition Type	Settings
PORT1/Face	Electric	I/O Port	Reference Impedance: Select “Specify” and enter 50[Ohm]. Number of Modes Number of precalculated modes: 5 Number of modes used in the actual analysis: 1 Select modes: none
PORT2/Face	Electric	I/O Port	Same as PORT1
EW/Face	Electric	Electric wall
MW/Face	Electric	Magnetic wall
Outer Boundary Condition	Electric	Electric wall

The outer boundary of air:

The outer boundary of air is set as the electric wall, which is the perfect conductor.

Results

The S-parameters plots are shown below.

The pass band is around 1.01[GHz].

See other Electromagnetic Analysis examples.