Creating the Shielded Cable, Connections and Terminations
Create a cable path section with cable harness. Create the connections and terminations in the schematic view. Set the frequency.
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Create a cable path with the following (x, y, z) corners:
- Corner 1: (0, 2, 0.01)
- Corner 2: (10, 2, 0.01)
- Corner 3: (10, 5, 0.01)
- Corner 4: (7, 8, 0.01)
- Corner 5: (0, 8, 0.01)
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Create a cable harness.
A typical harness consists of multiple cables routed along the same cable path.
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Create two cable connectors for both ends of the cable path. Rename their
labels to startConnector and
endConnector.
Both connectors will have two pins; one that is live and one for ground (cable shield).
- Create a coaxial cable and select RG58 C/U from the list of predefined coaxial cable types.
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Create a cable instance that runs from startConnector to
endConnector.
- Connect the two live pins. Ensure the live pins connect to the centre conducting wire.
- Connect the two ground pins. Ensure the ground pins connect to the outer shielding of the cable.
- Verify that the connections are correct by looking at the labels in the preview.
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Open the CableHarness1 schematic view.
- Add a 50 Ω complex load to each connector to terminate the cable. The load must be connected between the live and ground pins.
- Connect the outer shields of the cables (ground pins) to the global ground in the schematic view.
- Set a continuous frequency range from fmin to fmax.