eggCrate
Description
The eggCrate object creates an array of Vivaldi antenna elements arranged in a rectangular egg-crate structure. Egg crate arrays are used in phased array applications in radar systems.
Creation
Description
creates an array of Vivaldi
antenna elements arranged in a rectangular egg-crate structure in the X-Y plane at an
operating frequency of 825 MHz.array
= eggCrate
sets additional
Properties using name-value pairs. For example, array
= eggCrate(Name,Value)arr = eggCrate('Element',
vivaldiOffsetCavity)
creates an egg-crate array of offset Vivaldi antenna
elements.
Properties
Object Functions
show | Display antenna, array structures or shapes |
solver | Access FMM solver for electromagnetic analysis |
info | Display information about antenna or array |
beamwidth | Beamwidth of antenna |
charge | Charge distribution on antenna or array surface |
current | Current distribution on antenna or array surface |
EHfields | Electric and magnetic fields of antennas; Embedded electric and magnetic fields of antenna element in arrays |
impedance | Input impedance of antenna; scan impedance of array |
mesh | Mesh properties of metal, dielectric antenna, or array structure |
optimize | Optimize antenna or array using SADEA optimizer |
pattern | Radiation pattern and phase of antenna or array; Embedded pattern of antenna element in array |
patternAzimuth | Azimuth pattern of antenna or array |
patternElevation | Elevation pattern of antenna or array |
rcs | Calculate and plot radar cross section (RCS) of platform, antenna, or array |
returnLoss | Return loss of antenna; scan return loss of array |
sparameters | Calculate S-parameter for antenna and antenna array objects |
Examples
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References
[1] Chu, Hao-Lung, Ghanshyam Mishra, and Satish K. Sharma. “Dual Polarized Wideband Vivaldi 4x4 Subarray Antenna Aperture for 5G Massive MIMO Panels with Simultaneous Multiple Beams.” In 2018 18th International Symposium on Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics (ANTEM), 1–2. Waterloo, ON: IEEE, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/ANTEM.2018.8572871.
[2] R. Hahnel and D. Plettemeier, "Dual-polarized Vivaldi array for X- and Ku-Band," Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation,2012, pp. 1-2.
[3] Yan, J., S. Gogineni, Bruno Camps-Raga and J. Brozena. “A Dual-Polarized 2–18-GHz Vivaldi Array for Airborne Radar Measurements of Snow.” IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2016, vol. 64, pp. 781-785.
Version History
Introduced in R2021a