plotResponse

System object: phased.OmnidirectionalMicrophoneElement
Package: phased

Plot response pattern of microphone

Syntax

plotResponse(H,FREQ) plotResponse(H,FREQ,Name,Value) hPlot = plotResponse(___)

Description

plotResponse(H,FREQ) plots the element response pattern along the azimuth cut, where the elevation angle is 0. The operating frequency is specified in FREQ.

plotResponse(H,FREQ,Name,Value) plots the element response with additional options specified by one or more Name,Value pair arguments.

hPlot = plotResponse(___) returns handles of the lines or surface in the figure window, using any of the input arguments in the previous syntaxes.

Input Arguments

`H`	Element System object™
`FREQ`	Operating frequency in Hertz specified as a scalar or 1–by-K row vector. `FREQ` must lie within the range specified by the `FrequencyVector` property of `H`. If you set the `'RespCut'` property of `H` to `'3D'`, `FREQ` must be a scalar. When `FREQ` is a row vector, `plotResponse` draws multiple frequency responses on the same axes.

Name-Value Pair Arguments

Specify optional comma-separated pairs of Name,Value arguments. Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name must appear inside quotes. You can specify several name and value pair arguments in any order as Name1,Value1,...,NameN,ValueN.

'CutAngle'

Cut angle specified as a scalar. This argument is applicable only when RespCut is 'Az' or 'El'. If RespCut is 'Az', CutAngle must be between –90 and 90. If RespCut is 'El', CutAngle must be between –180 and 180.

Default: 0

'Format'

Format of the plot, using one of 'Line', 'Polar', or 'UV'. If you set Format to 'UV', FREQ must be a scalar.

Default: 'Line'

'NormalizeResponse'

Set this value to true to normalize the response pattern. Set this value to false to plot the response pattern without normalizing it. This parameter is not applicable when you set the Unit parameter value to 'dbi'.

Default: true

'OverlayFreq'

Set this value to true to overlay pattern cuts in a 2-D line plot. Set this value to false to plot pattern cuts against frequency in a 3-D waterfall plot. If this value is false, FREQ must be a vector with at least two entries.

This parameter applies only when Format is not 'Polar' and RespCut is not '3D'.

Default: true

'Polarization'

'None' specifies plotting a nonpolarized response pattern
'Combined' specifies plotting a combined polarization response pattern
'H' specifies plotting the horizontal polarization response pattern
'V' specifies plotting the vertical polarization response pattern

For antennas that do not support polarization, the only allowed value is 'None'. This parameter is not applicable when you set the Unit parameter value to 'dbi'.

Default: 'None'

'RespCut'

Cut of the response. Valid values depend on Format, as follows:

If Format is 'Line' or 'Polar', the valid values of RespCut are 'Az', 'El', and '3D'. The default is 'Az'.
If Format is 'UV', the valid values of RespCut are 'U' and '3D'. The default is 'U'.

If you set RespCut to '3D', FREQ must be a scalar.

'Unit'

The unit of the plot. Valid values are 'db', 'mag', 'pow', or 'dbi'. This parameter determines the type of plot that is produced.

Unit value	Plot type
`db`	power pattern in dB scale
`mag`	field pattern
`pow`	power pattern
`dbi`	directivity

Default: 'db'

'AzimuthAngles'

Azimuth angles for plotting element response, specified as a row vector. The AzimuthAngles parameter sets the display range and resolution of azimuth angles for visualizing the radiation pattern. This parameter is allowed only when the RespCut parameter is set to 'Az' or '3D' and the Format parameter is set to 'Line' or 'Polar'. The values of azimuth angles should lie between –180° and 180° and must be in nondecreasing order. When you set the RespCut parameter to '3D', you can set the AzimuthAngles and ElevationAngles parameters simultaneously.

Default: [-180:180]

'ElevationAngles'

Elevation angles for plotting element response, specified as a row vector. The ElevationAngles parameter sets the display range and resolution of elevation angles for visualizing the radiation pattern. This parameter is allowed only when the RespCut parameter is set to 'El' or '3D' and the Format parameter is set to 'Line' or 'Polar'. The values of elevation angles should lie between –90° and 90° and must be in nondecreasing order. When you set the RespCut parameter to '3D', you can set the ElevationAngles and AzimuthAngles parameters simultaneously.

Default: [-90:90]

'UGrid'

U coordinate values for plotting element response, specified as a row vector. The UGrid parameter sets the display range and resolution of the U coordinates for visualizing the radiation pattern in U/V space. This parameter is allowed only when the Format parameter is set to 'UV' and the RespCut parameter is set to 'U' or '3D'. The values of UGrid should be between –1 and 1 and should be specified in nondecreasing order. You can set the UGrid and VGrid parameters simultaneously.

Default: [-1:0.01:1]

'VGrid'

V coordinate values for plotting element response, specified as a row vector. The VGrid parameter sets the display range and resolution of the V coordinates for visualizing the radiation pattern in U/V space. This parameter is allowed only when the Format parameter is set to 'UV' and the RespCut parameter is set to '3D'. The values of VGrid should be between –1 and 1 and should be specified in nondecreasing order. You can set the VGrid and UGrid parameters simultaneously.

Default: [-1:0.01:1]

Examples

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Plot Response and Directivity of Omnidirectional Microphone

Open Live Script

This example shows how to construct an omnidirectional microphone and how to plot its response and directivity. The microphone operating frequency spans the range 20 to 20000 Hz.

Construct the omnidirectional microphone.

sOmni = phased.OmnidirectionalMicrophoneElement(...
    'FrequencyRange',[20 20e3]);

Plot the microphone response at 200 Hz.

fc = 200;
plotResponse(sOmni,fc,'Unit','mag');

Plot the microphone directivity.

plotResponse(sOmni,fc,'Unit','dbi');

Plot 3-D Response of Omnidirectional Microphone

Open Live Script

This example shows how to construct an omnidirection microphone with response in the frequency range 20 - 20000 Hz and how to plot its 3-D response over a range of angles.

Construct the microphone element.

sOmin = phased.OmnidirectionalMicrophoneElement(...
    'FrequencyRange',[20 20e3]);

Plot the 3-D response at 500 Hz. Show the response between -30 to 30 degrees in both azimuth and elevation in 0.1 degree increments.

plotResponse(sOmin,500,'Format','Polar',...
    'RespCut','3D','Unit','mag',...
    'AzimuthAngles',[-30:0.1:30],...
    'ElevationAngles',[-30:0.1:30]);

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