MetalCatalog

Catalog of metals

Since R2021a

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    Description

    Use the MetalCatalog to explore the types of metals and their properties.

    Creation

    Syntax

    catalog = MetalCatalog

    Description

    catalog = MetalCatalog creates an object handle for the metal catalog.

    • To open the metal catalog, use open.

    • To see the properties of a metal from the metal catalog, use find.

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    Object Functions

    findView properties of metals or dielectrics
    openOpen the metal or dielectric catalog

    Examples

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    Open Live Script

    Open the metal catalog.

    mc = MetalCatalog;
open(mc)

    Figure Metal Materials contains objects of type uimenu, uitoolbar, uitable.

    List the properties of the metal material Aluminium.

    s = find(mc,'Aluminium')
    s = struct with fields:
            Name: 'Aluminium'
    Conductivity: 37700000
       Thickness: 30
           Units: 'mil'
        Comments: ''

    Use the above metal in a coplanar waveguide.

    m = metal('Aluminium');
waveguide = coplanarWaveguide('Conductor',m)
    waveguide = 
  coplanarWaveguide with properties:

              Length: 0.0231
               Width: 0.0039
             Spacing: 2.0000e-04
          ViaSpacing: [0.0011 0.0070]
         ViaDiameter: 5.0000e-04
              Height: 0.0016
    GroundPlaneWidth: 0.0300
           Substrate: [1×1 dielectric]
           Conductor: [1×1 metal]
          IsShielded: 0

    View the waveguide using show function.

    figure;
show(waveguide)

    Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title coplanarWaveguide element, xlabel x (mm), ylabel y (mm) contains 48 objects of type patch, surface. These objects represent Aluminium, feed, Teflon.

    Version History

    Introduced in R2021a

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