Creating the Model

Create the model in CADFEKO. Define any ports and sources required for the model. Specify the operating frequency or frequency range for the model.

  1. Define the following variables.
    • freq = 900e6 (The operating frequency.)
    • f_min = 100e6 (The minimum frequency.)
    • f_max = 1e9 (The maximum frequency.)
    • d = 0.1 (Distance between the dipole and muscle sphere.)
    • rA = 0.03 (Radius of the outer sphere.)
    • rM = 0.025 (Radius of the inner sphere.)
    • lambda = c0/freq (The wavelength in free space.)
    • wireRadius = 1e-3 (Radius of the wire.)
  2. Add the medium, Muscle_Parallel_Fibers_Ovine from the media library to the model.
  3. Create a dielectric medium.
    • Dielectric loss tangent: 0
    • Relative permittivity: 1
    • Label: air
  4. Create the inner sphere.
    • Definition method: Centre, radius
    • Centre: (0, 0, 0)
    • Radius: rM
    • Label: Muscle
  5. Create the outer sphere.
    • Definition method: Centre, radius
    • Centre: (0, 0, 0)
    • Radius: rA
    • Label: Air
  6. Union the spheres, Muscle and Air.
  7. Set the region of the inner sphere to Muscle_Parallel_Fibers_Ovine.
  8. Set the region between the inner and outer sphere to air.
  9. Set the solution method for the regions to FEM.
  10. Create the dipole.
    1. Create a line.
      • Start point: (0, -lambda/4, -d)
      • End point: (0, lambda/4, -d)
  11. Add a wire port to the middle of the line.
  12. Add a voltage source to the port. (1 V, 0°, 50 Ω).
  13. Set the total source power (no mismatch) to 1 W.
  14. Set a continuous frequency range from f_min to f_max.