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getMaterialProperties

Calculate dielectric properties of material

Since R2025a

    Description

    [epsr,losstang,f] = getMaterialProperties(object) calculates and returns the dielectric properties of the specified material object at the analysis frequencies of the parent antenna catalog element.

    [___] = getMaterialProperties(___,frequency) calculates and returns the dielectric properties of the material object at the specified frequencies.

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    Examples

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    Calculate dielectric properties of Teflon at 1 GHz, 5 GHz, and 10 GHz.

    Create a Teflon material object with "DjordjevicSarkar" frequency model.

    d = dielectric("Teflon");
    d.FrequencyModel = "DjordjevicSarkar";
    

    Calculate dielectric properties of Teflon.

    [epsr,losstang,f] = getMaterialProperties(d,[1e9 5e9 10e9])
    epsr =
    
        2.0994
        2.0990
        2.0988
    
    
    losstang =
    
       1.0e-03 *
    
        0.1997
        0.1992
        0.1986
    
    
    f =
    
       1.0e+10 *
    
        0.1000    0.5000    1.0000

    Input Arguments

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    Material to calculate dielectric properties, specified as a dielectric object.

    Example: d = dielectric("FR4"); d.FrequencyModel = "DjordjevicSarkar"; [epsr,losstang,f] = getMaterialProperties(d,[70e6 100e6])

    Frequency to calculate dielectric properties, specified as a numeric scalar or vector.

    Example: 70e6

    Example: [70e6 100e6]

    Data Types: double

    Output Arguments

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    Relative permittivity of material, returned as a numeric M-by-F matrix. M is the number of materials in the dielectric object and F is the number of frequencies.

    The relative permittivity is calculated based on the specified frequency model of the dielectric object.

    For the Constant and MeanDjordjevicSarker frequency models, the matrix is of size M-by-1.

    For the DjordjevicSarker and TableDriven frequency models, the matrix is of size M-by-F.

    Data Types: double

    Loss tangent of the material, returned as a numeric M-by-F matrix. M is the number of materials in the dielectric object and F is the number of frequencies.

    The loss tangent is calculated based on the specified frequency model of the dielectric object.

    For the Constant and MeanDjordjevicSarker frequency models, the matrix is of size M-by-1.

    For the DjordjevicSarker and TableDriven frequency models, the matrix is of size M-by-F.

    Data Types: double

    Frequency used for dielectric property calculation, returned as a numeric scalar or vector.

    Example: 70e6

    Example: [70e6 100e6]

    Data Types: double

    Version History

    Introduced in R2025a

    See Also

    Objects