This book introduces the design process using HFSS to realize practical antennas. An overview of the commercial software to solve antenna design problems is introduced. Choice of solver for the specific antenna type is also explored in this book. Insights about the applications of HFSS are also presented. Design flow with detailed reasoning for a generic antenna simulation is discussed, which gives a thorough understanding of the simulation settings. A simple antenna is investigated in detail to equip readers with the analytical skills required to solve challenging antenna problems. A software perspective of the antenna parameters and its practical significance is also elaborated in the book. A detailed presentation on transmission lines and its graphical analysis is included. Numerous variants of classic antennas are analyzed in-depth to solidify the readers design skills in these approaches. An exclusive chapter on fabrication and measurements is included to correlate the simulation results with those of the corresponding experimental results. Tips and tricks to ace simulations in High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) is presented toward the end of the book.
Introduction to Commercial Software.- Overview of EM Solvers.-
Applications of HFSS.- Design Flow of Radiating Systems in HFSS.- Fundamental
Antenna Parameters: A Software Perspective.- Anatomy of an Electric Dipole.-
Fundamental Transmission Line Studies.- Microstrip Based Antenna Examples.-
Phased Arrays.- Traveling Wave Antennas.- Pattern Diversity Antenna Systems.-
Advanced Antenna Designs.- Fabrication Procedure.- Simulation and
Experimental Worlds.- Tips and Tricks in HFSS.
Dr. Shiban K Koul is an honorary professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. His research interests include RF MEMS, High Frequency Wireless Communication, Microwave Engineering, Microwave Passive and Active Circuits, Device modeling, Millimeter wave IC Design, and Reconfigurable Microwave Circuits including Antennas. He is a life fellow of IEEE and fellow of INAE and IETE. He served as the chief editor of IETE Journal of Research and an associate editor of the International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, Cambridge University Press. He also served as a distinguished microwave lecturer of IEEE MTT-S for the period 2012-2014 and IEEE EMC-S for the period 2024-2025. He is recipient of numerous awards including IEEE MTT Society Distinguished Educator Award (2014) and Teaching Excellence Award (2012) from IIT Delhi, etc. Dr. Karthikeya G. S received his undergraduate degree in electronics and communication engineering, with distinction, in the year 2010 from Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum. He received his masters degree, with distinction, in Microwave engineering from University of Kerala in 2012. He worked as an assistant professor in affiliated colleges of Visvesvaraya technological university from 2013 to 2016, where he established the Antenna Architects lab. He joined the Center for applied Research in Electronics (CARE), IIT Delhi as a Ph.D. student in 2017 and defended his thesis in 2019. He worked as a Project Scientist at Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) in association with Synergy Microwave Corporation from 2019 to 2021. From 2021 to 2022, he served as an assistant professor at the Center for Antennas and Radio Frequency Systems (CARFS), Ramaiah Institute of Technology. Since 2023, he is serving as an assistant professor at the Advanced RF and Wireless communication lab, Department of Electronics and Communication, BMS College of Engineering.
