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
creates an array
of Vivaldi antenna elements, with additional Properties specified by one or
more name-value arguments. array
= eggCrate(Name=Value)Name
is the property name and
Value
is the corresponding value. You can specify several
name-value pair arguments in any order as Name1=Value1
,
...
, NameN=ValueN
. Properties you do not specify
retain their default values.
Properties
Object Functions
show | Display antenna, array structures, shapes, or platform |
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 |
efficiency | Radiation efficiency of antenna |
EHfields | Electric and magnetic fields of antennas or embedded electric and magnetic fields of antenna element in arrays |
impedance | Input impedance of antenna or scan impedance of array |
mesh | Mesh properties of metal, dielectric antenna, or array structure |
optimize | Optimize antenna or array using SADEA optimizer |
pattern | Plot radiation pattern and phase of antenna or array or embedded pattern of antenna element in array |
patternAzimuth | Azimuth plane radiation pattern of antenna or array |
patternElevation | Elevation plane radiation pattern of antenna or array |
rcs | Calculate and plot radar cross section (RCS) of platform, antenna, or array |
returnLoss | Return loss of antenna or scan return loss of array |
sparameters | Calculate S-parameters for antennas and antenna arrays |
vswr | Voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of antenna or array element |
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