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dipoleMeander

Create meander dipole antenna

Description

The dipoleMeander class creates a meander dipole antenna with four dipoles. The antenna is center fed and it is symmetric about its origin. The first resonance of meander dipole antenna is at 200 MHz.

The width of the dipole is related to the diameter of an equivalent cylindrical dipole by the equation

w=2d=4r

, where:

  • d is the diameter of equivalent cylindrical dipole.

  • r is the radius of equivalent cylindrical dipole.

For a given cylinder radius, use the cylinder2strip utility function to calculate the equivalent width. The default strip dipole is center-fed. The feed point coincides with the origin. The origin is located on the xy- plane.

Creation

Description

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dm = dipoleMeander creates a meander dipole antenna with four dipoles.

dm = dipoleMeander(Name,Value) creates a meander dipole antenna with four dipoles, with additional properties specified by one or more name-value pair arguments. 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 not specified retain their default values.

Properties

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Dipole width, specified as a scalar in meters.

Example: 'Width',0.05

Data Types: double

Length of individual dipole arms, specified as a vector in meters. The total number of dipole arms generated is :

2N1

where N is the number of specified arm lengths.

Example: 'ArmLength',[0.6000 0.5000 1 0.4000]

Data Types: double

Notch length along the length of the antenna, specified as a scalar in meters.

For example, in a dipole meander antenna with seven stacked arms there are six notches.

Example: 'NotchLength',1

Data Types: double

Notch width perpendicular to the length of the antenna, specified as a scalar in meters.

Example: 'NotchWidth',1

Data Types: double

Type of the metal used as a conductor, specified as a metal material object. You can choose any metal from the MetalCatalog or specify a metal of your choice. For more information, see metal. For more information on metal conductor meshing, see Meshing.

Example: m = metal('Copper'); 'Conductor',m

Example: m = metal('Copper'); ant.Conductor = m

Lumped elements added to the antenna feed, specified as a lumped element object. For more information, see lumpedElement.

Example: 'Load',lumpedelement. lumpedelement is the object for the load created using lumpedElement.

Example: dm.Load = lumpedElement('Impedance',75)

Tilt angle of the antenna in degrees, specified as a scalar or vector. For more information, see Rotate Antennas and Arrays.

Example: 90

Example: Tilt=[90 90],TiltAxis=[0 1 0;0 1 1] tilts the antenna at 90 degrees about the two axes defined by the vectors.

Data Types: double

Tilt axis of the antenna, specified as one of these values:

  • Three-element vector of Cartesian coordinates in meters. In this case, each coordinate in the vector starts at the origin and lies along the specified points on the x-, y-, and z-axes.

  • Two points in space, specified as a 2-by-3 matrix corresponding to two three-element vectors of Cartesian coordinates. In this case, the antenna rotates around the line joining the two points.

  • "x", "y", or "z" to describe a rotation about the x-, y-, or z-axis, respectively.

For more information, see Rotate Antennas and Arrays.

Example: [0 1 0]

Example: [0 0 0;0 1 0]

Example: "Z"

Data Types: double | string

Object Functions

showDisplay antenna, array structures, shapes, or platform
infoDisplay information about antenna or array
axialRatioAxial ratio of antenna
beamwidthBeamwidth of antenna
chargeCharge distribution on antenna or array surface
currentCurrent distribution on antenna or array surface
designDesign prototype antenna or arrays for resonance around specified frequency or create AI-based antenna from antenna catalog objects
efficiencyRadiation efficiency of antenna
EHfieldsElectric and magnetic fields of antennas or embedded electric and magnetic fields of antenna element in arrays
impedanceInput impedance of antenna or scan impedance of array
meshMesh properties of metal, dielectric antenna, or array structure
meshconfigChange meshing mode of antenna, array, custom antenna, custom array, or custom geometry
optimizeOptimize antenna or array using SADEA optimizer
patternPlot radiation pattern and phase of antenna or array or embedded pattern of antenna element in array
patternAzimuthAzimuth plane radiation pattern of antenna or array
patternElevationElevation plane radiation pattern of antenna or array
rcsCalculate and plot radar cross section (RCS) of platform, antenna, or array
returnLossReturn loss of antenna or scan return loss of array
sparametersCalculate S-parameters for antennas and antenna arrays
vswrVoltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of antenna or array element

Examples

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Create and view the default meander dipole antenna.

dm = dipoleMeander
dm = 
  dipoleMeander with properties:

          Width: 0.0040
      ArmLength: [0.0880 0.0710 0.0730 0.0650]
    NotchLength: 0.0238
     NotchWidth: 0.0170
      Conductor: [1x1 metal]
           Tilt: 0
       TiltAxis: [1 0 0]
           Load: [1x1 lumpedElement]

show(dm)

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title dipoleMeander antenna element, xlabel x (mm), ylabel y (mm) contains 3 objects of type patch, surface. These objects represent PEC, feed.

Plot the radiation pattern of meander dipole antenna at a 200 MHz frequency.

dm = dipoleMeander;
pattern(dm,200e6)

Figure contains an axes object and other objects of type uicontrol. The axes object contains 3 objects of type patch, surface.

References

[1] Balanis, C.A. Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design. 3rd Ed. New York: Wiley, 2005.

Version History

Introduced in R2015a