waveguide

Create rectangular waveguide

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Description

The waveguide object is an open-ended rectangular waveguide. The default rectangular waveguide is the WR-90 and functions in the X-band. The X-band has a cutoff frequency of 6.5 GHz and ranges from 8.2 GHz to 12.5 GHz.

Creation

Syntax

wg = waveguide
wg = waveguide(Name,Value)

Description

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wg = waveguide creates an open-ended rectangular waveguide.

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wg = waveguide(Name,Value) creates a rectangular waveguide 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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Height of feed, specified as a scalar in meters. By default, the feed height is chosen for an operating frequency of 12.5 GHz.

Example: 'FeedHeight',0.0050

Data Types: double

Width of feed, specified as a scalar in meters.

Example: 'FeedWidth',5e-05

Data Types: double

Rectangular waveguide length, specified as a scalar in meters. By default, the waveguide length is 1λ, where:

λ=c/f

  • c = speed of light, 299792458 m/s

  • f = operating frequency of the waveguide

Example: 'Length',0.09

Data Types: double

Rectangular waveguide width, specified as a scalar in meters.

Example: 'Width',0.05

Data Types: double

Rectangular waveguide height, specified as a scalar in meters.

Example: 'Height',0.0200

Data Types: double

Signed distance of feedpoint from center of ground plane, specified as a two-element vector in meters. By default, the feed is at an offset of λ/4 from the shortened end on the X-Y plane.

Example: 'FeedOffset',[–0.0070 0.01]

Data Types: double

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

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

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

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

Example: 'Tilt',90

Example: ant.Tilt = 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.

Note

The wireStack antenna object only accepts the dot method to change its properties.

Data Types: double

Tilt axis of the antenna, specified as:

  • 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, each specified as three-element vectors of Cartesian coordinates. In this case, the antenna rotates around the line joining the two points in space.

  • A string input describing simple rotations around one of the principal axes, 'X', 'Y', or 'Z'.

For more information, see Rotate Antennas and Arrays.

Example: 'TiltAxis',[0 1 0]

Example: 'TiltAxis',[0 0 0;0 1 0]

Example: ant.TiltAxis = 'Z'

Note

The wireStack antenna object only accepts the dot method to change its properties.

Data Types: double

Object Functions

showDisplay antenna or array structure; display shape as filled patch
infoDisplay information about antenna or array
axialRatioAxial ratio of antenna
beamwidthBeamwidth of antenna
chargeCharge distribution on metal or dielectric antenna or array surface
currentCurrent distribution on metal or dielectric antenna or array surface
designDesign prototype antenna or arrays for resonance at specified frequency
EHfieldsElectric and magnetic fields of antennas; Embedded electric and magnetic fields of antenna element in arrays
impedanceInput impedance of antenna; scan impedance of array
meshMesh properties of metal or dielectric antenna or array structure
meshconfigChange mesh mode of antenna structure
optimizeOptimize antenna or array using SADEA optimizer
patternRadiation pattern and phase of antenna or array; Embedded pattern of antenna element in array
patternAzimuthAzimuth pattern of antenna or array
patternElevationElevation pattern of antenna or array
returnLossReturn loss of antenna; scan return loss of array
sparametersS-parameter object
vswrVoltage standing wave ratio of antenna

Examples

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Open Live Script

Create a rectangular waveguide using default dimensions. Display the waveguide.

wg = waveguide
wg = 
  waveguide with properties:

        Length: 0.0240
         Width: 0.0229
        Height: 0.0102
     FeedWidth: 6.0000e-05
    FeedHeight: 0.0060
    FeedOffset: [-0.0060 0]
          Tilt: 0
      TiltAxis: [1 0 0]
          Load: [1x1 lumpedElement]


show(wg)

Open Live Script

Create a WR-650 rectangular waveguide and display it. 

wg = waveguide('Length',0.254,'Width',0.1651,'Height',0.0855,...
    'FeedHeight',0.0635,'FeedWidth',0.00508,'FeedOffset',[0.0635 0]);
show(wg)

Plot the radiation pattern of this waveguide at 1.5 GHz.

figure
pattern(wg,1.5e9)

References

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

See Also

Topics

Introduced in R2016a

Antenna Toolbox Documentation

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