wireStack

Create single or multifeed wire antenna

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Description

The wireStack object converts all applicable elements in the antenna library to wire antennas with single or multiple feeds. You can now create cylindrical thin-wire antennas and analyze them using with the existing antenna analysis functions.

Note

For some antennas, the wire geometry may be altered to allow the placement of the feed. Please use the show function to view the resulting antenna and verify its shape.

Creation

Syntax

ant = wireStack
ant = wireStack(libant)

Description

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ant = wireStack creates a half-wavelength wire dipole antenna. The default wire dipole is center fed with the feedpoint at the origin, and it is located along the Z-axis. The antenna length is chosen for an operating frequency of 75 MHz.

ant = wireStack(libant) converts a strip-based antenna from the Antenna Toolbox™ library to a wire antenna for further analysis. Conversion is based on the equivalent radius using the strip2cylinder utility function.

Input Arguments

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Antenna elements, specified as any one of the following antenna element objects: dipole, dipoleFolded, dipoleMeander, dipoleVee, dipoleHelix, dipoleJ, dipoleCycloid, dipoleCrossed, loopCircular, and loopRectangular.

Output Arguments

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Wire antenna, returned as a wireStack object.

Properties

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Name of the wire antenna, specified as a string scalar.

Example: ant.Name = 'monopole'

Data Types: string

This property is read-only.

Antenna feed locations, specified as an N-by-3 array of Cartesian coordinates with each element unit in meters.

Example: ant.FeedLocation = [0 2 4]

Data Types: double

Magnitude of excitation voltage at each feed, specified as a 1-by-N array of doubles.

Example: ant.FeedVoltage = 2

Data Types: double

Phase shift applied to voltage at each feed, specified as a 1-by-M array of doubles.

Example: ant.FeedVoltage = 60

Data Types: double

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
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
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
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 and view a default dipole wire antenna.

ant = wireStack
ant = 
  wireStack with properties:

            Name: 'Dipole'
    FeedLocation: [0 0 0]
     FeedVoltage: 1
       FeedPhase: 0
            Tilt: 0
        TiltAxis: [1 0 0]


show(ant)

Plot the radiation pattern of the antenna at the specified frequency.

pattern(ant,75e6)

See Also

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Topics

Introduced in R2020a

Antenna Toolbox Documentation

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