Design and simulation of a waveguide frequency meter with HFSS
Frequency meters, also called "wavemeters", are what our grandparents used to determine the frequency of an unknown signal source. Engineers will fight tooth and nail to get the $100,000 spectrum analyzer in their setup. But one can obtain similar accuracy with a frequency meter. Waveguide frequency meters use a short circuit resonant cavity, which resonates at half-wavelength, to determine the frequency of a given signal. To understand exactly how they work, please refer to [1].
In this project, a waveguide frequency meter for the X band (8-12 GHz) is designed and simulated with Ansys Electronics Desktop 2019 R3. The results of simulation are saved inside the simulation file; therefore, they can be observed even without running the analysis.
- This project is a computer assignment for the Microwave I course by Professor M. Kamarei in the fall of 2020 at the University of Tehran.
- The files provided in this page are created by me and my teammate F. Nikraftar.