Dielectric Editor dialog box

Dielectric Layers dialog box

The Dielectric Editor dialog box may be opened in one of two modes: Adding/Editing a dielectric layer and Adding/Editing a dielectric material. When you click on the Above, Below or Edit button in the Dielectric Layers dialog box or click on the Add or Edit button in the Dielectrics Library dialog box, the Dielectric Editor is opened in layer mode. When you click on the Add or Edit button in the Brick Materials dialog box, the Dielectric Editor is opened in brick mode. This dialog box allows you to enter the parameters of a dielectric in order to define a dielectric material for use in your circuit. See the appropriate section below.

Layer Mode

The dielectric defined here is to be used for a dielectric layer in your circuit.

Name: Enter the desired name for the dielectric material to be used in the layer here.

Thickness: Enter the desired thickness of the dielectric layer here. It is possible to also edit this value in the Dielectric Layers dialog box.

Number of Copies: Enter the number of dielectric layers you wish to add to your circuit. This field allows you to enter multiple identical layers to your circuit. Each layer will be of the specified thickness and use the same loss parameters. The default value is one layer. This field only appears when you are adding a new dielectric layer to your circuit.

Erel: Enter the relative dielectric constant here.

Dielectric Loss Tan: Enter the dielectric loss tangent here.

Diel Cond: Enter the dielectric conductivity here.

Mrel: Enter the relative magnetic permeability here. This is only used for defining dielectric layers.

Mag Loss Tan: Enter the magnetic loss tangent here. This is only used for defining dielectric layers.

Enter the appropriate value for each parameter in its text entry box. For more information on how the parameters are used to model loss in the dielectric, see How do I specify loss in a dielectric layer?

Select Dielectric from Library: Click on this button to select a dielectric material from your dielectric library to use in a dielectric layer. The Dielectric Library dialog box is opened.

Brick Mode

The dielectric defined here is to be used for a dielectric brick in your circuit. Note that a dielectric brick uses the Mrel and Mag Loss Tan parameters of the dielectric layer in which it is embedded. Therefore, there are no fields present for these two values.

Name: Enter the desired name for the dielectric material to be used in a dielectric brick here.

Pattern: Use the arrow buttons to step through the available display patterns you may assign to this brick material. This pattern is used to identify this dielectric brick material when it is used in your circuit.

Anisotropic: If you wish the brick material to be anisotropic, indicating that its parameters are different in each dimension, click on this checkbox. The dialog box is updated with three sets of entries; one for each direction. You can then enter the parameters of the brick material by editing the entries in the row.

Erel: Enter the relative dielectric constant here.

Dielectric Loss Tan: Enter the dielectric loss tangent here.

Diel Cond: Enter the dielectric conductivity here.

Enter the appropriate value for each parameter in its text entry box. For more information on how the parameters are used to model loss in a dielectric brick, see How do I specify loss in a dielectric brick?