fractalIsland
Description
The fractalIsland
object creates a Minkowski's loop fractal
antenna. These fractal antennas are used in mobile phone and Wi-Fi® communications.
A fractal antenna uses a self-similar design to maximize the length or increase the perimeter of a material that transmits or receives electromagnetic radiation within a given volume or area. The main advantage of fractal antennas is that they are compact, which is an important requirement for small and complex circuits. Fractal antennas also have more input impedance or resistance due to increased length or perimeter.
All fractal antennas are printed structures that are etched on a dielectric substrate.
Creation
Description
creates a
Minkowski's loop fractal antenna. The default fractal is centered at the
origin, and the number of iterations is set to 2. The length of the fractal
is for an operating frequency of 6 GHz.ant
= fractalIsland
sets properties using one or more name-value pairs. For example,
ant
= fractalIsland(Name,Value)ant = fractalIsland('NumIterations',4)
creates a
Minkowski's loop with four iterations.
Properties
Object Functions
show | Display antenna, array structures, shapes, or platform |
axialRatio | Axial ratio of antenna |
beamwidth | Beamwidth of antenna |
charge | Charge distribution on antenna or array surface |
current | Current distribution on antenna or array surface |
design | Design prototype antenna or arrays for resonance around specified frequency or create AI-based antenna from antenna catalog objects |
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 |
meshconfig | Change meshing mode of antenna, array, custom antenna, custom array, or custom geometry |
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
Version History
Introduced in R2019a