HFSS15: Assigning Anisotropic Impedance Boundaries

Planar screens or grids of large extent with periodic geometry can be replaced by an Anisotropic impedance boundary. The boundary applies a homogeneous characteristic impedance to the surface in an effort to create an equivalent electrical representation of the geometric grid pattern. For legacy designs, this boundary replaces the Screening Impedance boundary.

To assign an Anisotropic Impedance boundary

1. Select a surface on which to assign the boundary and click HFSS >Boundaries>Assign>Anisotropic Impedance to bring up the Anisotropic Impedance Boundary dialog..

2. The Coordinate System drop-down menu lists the Global Coordinate system and any relative coordinate systems if you have defined them in the design. Select the Coordinate System that defines the anisotropic characteristic of the impedance boundary. (See Creating a Relative Coordinate System.)

3. Select Infinite Ground Plane if you want the surface to represent an electrically large ground plane when the radiated fields are calculated during post processing.

4. If you want to use an external design to define the impedance, click the Get Impedance from External Design checkbox to enable the Setup Link button. If you defining an anisotropic impedance, there will be two buttons: Setup X Direction Link and Setup Y Direction Link.

5. If you have not selected Use External Design, the Resistance and Reactance fields are enabled.

In these fields, you set the Resistance and Reactance. If Anisotropic Impedance is checked, the wizard shows Resistance and Reactance fields for X Axis alignment and Y axis alignment. These values can be numeric or can reference variables. Isotropy will be inferred if Zxy and Zyx are left as zero.