To help with familiarization with CST, several tutorial videos were created. They can also be used to independently analyze some parts of the course program.

The following list enumerates the videos and briefly describes their contents:

• Video 1: Introduction to CST and dipole antenna modeling

  • How to create a CST project

  • Familiarization with CST

  • Dipole antenna modeling and sizing

  • How to create monitors

  • How to use symmetry planes

  • How to analyze results

• Video 2: Patch antenna modeling and simulation

  • Microstrip line design

  • Patch antenna design and modeling

  • Excitation using a waveguide port

  • Printed line impedance analysis

  • Quarter-wave transformer design and modeling

  • SMA connector modeling

• Video 3: Horn antenna modeling and simulation

  • Horn antenna modeling

  • Electric field analysis

  • Use of post-processing templates: field calculation along a line and gain vs. frequency calculation

• Video 4: Antenna array simulation

  • Array factor calculation

  • Full array simulation (combination of far-field results)

• Video 5: RF printed circuit modeling and simulation – Marchand BALUN

  • Design of a power divider called Marchand BALUN

  • Time-domain vs. frequency-domain solvers

  • Scattering matrix analysis of a 3-port circuit