patchMicrostripElliptical

Create regular or AI-based elliptical microstrip patch antenna

Since R2020a

Description

Use the default patchMicrostripElliptical object to create a probe-fed elliptical microstrip patch antenna resonating around 5.37 GHz. The default patch is centered at the origin. Elliptical microstrip patch antennas are used in high-performance applications such as spacecraft, aircraft, missiles, and satellites. Elliptical microstrip patch antennas with optimum dimensions act as circularly polarized wave radiators.

You can perform full-wave EM solver based analysis on the regular patchMicrostripElliptical antenna or you can create a patchMicrostripElliptical type AIAntenna and explore the design space to tune the antenna for your application using AI-based analysis.

Elliptical microstrip patch antenna

Creation

Syntax

ant = patchMicrostripElliptical

ant = patchMicrostripElliptical(Name=Value)

Description

ant = patchMicrostripElliptical creates a probe-fed elliptical microstrip patch antenna with default property values. The default dimensions are chosen for an operating frequency of around 5.37 GHz.

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ant = patchMicrostripElliptical(Name=Value) sets properties using one or more name-value arguments. Name is the property name and Value is the corresponding value. You can specify several name-value arguments in any order as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN. Properties that you do not specify, retain their default values.

For example, ant = patchMicrostripElliptical(MajorAxis=0.0878) creates an elliptical microstrip patch antenna with a major axis of 0.0878 meters.

You can also create a patchMicrostripElliptical antenna resonating at a desired frequency using the design function.
You can also create a patchMicrostripElliptical antenna from a microstrip patch type AIAntenna object using the exportAntenna function.
A patchMicrostripElliptical type AIAntenna has some common tunable properties with a regular patchMicrostripElliptical antenna for AI-based analysis. Other properties of the regular patchMicrostripElliptical antenna are retained as read-only in its AIAntenna equivalent. To find the upper and lower bounds of the tunable properties, use tunableRanges function.

Properties

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`MajorAxis` — Major axis length
`0.0300` (default) | positive scalar | tunable for `patchMicrostripElliptical` type `AIAntenna`

Major axis length of the ellipse, specified as a scalar in meters. Conventionally, the major axis length is specified along the x-axis. This property is tunable for patchMicrostripElliptical type AIAntenna object created using the design function.

Example: 0.0989

Data Types: double

`MinorAxis` — Minor axis length
`0.0200` (default) | positive scalar | tunable for `patchMicrostripElliptical` type `AIAntenna`

Minor axis length of the ellipse along the y-axis, specified as a scalar in meters. Conventionally, the minor axis length is specified along the y-axis. This property is tunable for patchMicrostripElliptical type AIAntenna object created using the design function.

Example: 0.0898

Data Types: double

`Height` — Patch height
`0.0016` (default) | positive scalar | tunable for `patchMicrostripElliptical` type `AIAntenna`

Patch height above the ground plane along the z-axis, specified as a scalar in meters. This property is tunable for patchMicrostripElliptical type AIAntenna object created using the design function.

Example: 0.001

Data Types: double

`Substrate` — Type of dielectric material
`dielectric("Air")` (default) | `dielectric` object

Type of dielectric material used as a substrate, specified as a dielectric object. You can choose any dielectric material from the DielectricCatalog or specify a dielectric material of your choice. The substrate dimensions must be equal to the ground plane dimensions. For more information on dielectric substrate meshing, see Meshing.

Note

The substrate dimensions must be less than the ground plane dimensions.

Example: Substrate=dielectric("FR4")

Example: antenna.Substrate = dielectric("FR4")

`GroundPlaneLength` — Ground plane length
0.0450 (default) | positive scalar

Ground plane length along the x-axis, specified as a scalar in meters. Setting 'GroundPlaneLength' to Inf, uses the infinite ground plane technique for antenna analysis.

Example: 120e-3

Data Types: double

`GroundPlaneWidth` — Ground plane width
0.0450 (default) | positive scalar

Ground plane width along the y-axis, specified as a scalar in meters. Setting 'GroundPlaneWidth' to Inf, uses the infinite ground plane technique for antenna analysis.

Example: 120e-3

Data Types: double

`PatchCenterOffset` — Signed distance of patch from origin
`[0 0]` (default) | two-element real vector

Signed distance of the patch from the origin, specified as a two-element real vector with each element unit in meters. Use this property to adjust the location of the patch relative to the ground plane. Distances are measured along the length and width of the ground plane.

Example: [0.01 0.01]

Data Types: double

`FeedOffset` — Signed distance of feed from origin
`[0.0047 0.0045]` (default) | two-element real vector

Signed distance of the feed from the origin, specified as a two-element real vector with each element unit in meters. Use this property to adjust the location of the feed relative to the ground plane and patch.

Example: [0.01 0.01]

Data Types: double

`Conductor` — Type of metal material
`"PEC"` (default) | `metal` object

Type of the metal used as a conductor, specified as a metal material object. You can choose any metal from the MetalCatalog or specify a metal of your choice. For more information, see metal. For more information on metal conductor meshing, see Meshing.

Example: metal("Copper")

`Load` — Lumped elements
`[1x1 lumpedElement]` (default) | `lumpedElement` object

Lumped elements added to the antenna feed, specified as a lumpedElement object. You can add a load anywhere on the surface of the antenna. By default, the load is at the feed.

Example: Load=lumpedElement(Impedance=75)

Example: antenna.Load = lumpedElement(Impedance=75)

`Tilt` — Tilt angle of antenna
`0` (default) | scalar | vector

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

Example: 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.

Data Types: double

`TiltAxis` — Tilt axis of antenna
`[1 0 0]` (default) | three-element vector | 2-by-3 matrix | `"X"` | `"Y"` | `"Z"`

Tilt axis of the antenna, specified as one of these values:

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, specified as a 2-by-3 matrix corresponding to two three-element vectors of Cartesian coordinates. In this case, the antenna rotates around the line joining the two points.
"x", "y", or "z" to describe a rotation about the x-, y-, or z-axis, respectively.

For more information, see Rotate Antennas and Arrays.

Example: [0 1 0]

Example: [0 0 0;0 1 0]

Example: "Z"

Data Types: double | string

Object Functions

`axialRatio`	Calculate and plot axial ratio of antenna or array
`bandwidth`	Calculate and plot absolute bandwidth of antenna or array
`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`	Calculate and plot radiation efficiency of antenna or array
`EHfields`	Electric and magnetic fields of antennas or embedded electric and magnetic fields of antenna element in arrays
`feedCurrent`	Calculate current at feed for antenna or array
`impedance`	Calculate and plot input impedance of antenna or scan impedance of array
`info`	Display information about antenna, array, or platform
`memoryEstimate`	Estimate memory required to solve antenna or array mesh
`mesh`	Mesh properties of metal, dielectric antenna, or array structure
`meshconfig`	Change meshing mode of antenna, array, custom antenna, custom array, or custom geometry
`msiwrite`	Write antenna or array analysis data to MSI planet file
`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
`peakRadiation`	Calculate and mark maximum radiation points of antenna or array on radiation pattern
`rcs`	Calculate and plot monostatic and bistatic radar cross section (RCS) of platform, antenna, or array
`resonantFrequency`	Calculate and plot resonant frequency of antenna
`returnLoss`	Calculate and plot return loss of antenna or scan return loss of array
`show`	Display antenna, array structures, shapes, or platform
`sparameters`	Calculate S-parameters for antenna or array
`stlwrite`	Write mesh information to STL file
`vswr`	Calculate and plot voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) of antenna or array element

Examples

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Default Elliptical Microstrip Patch Antenna

Open Live Script

Create and view a default elliptical microstrip patch antenna.

ant = patchMicrostripElliptical

ant = 
  patchMicrostripElliptical with properties:

            MajorAxis: 0.0300
            MinorAxis: 0.0200
               Height: 0.0016
            Substrate: [1x1 dielectric]
    GroundPlaneLength: 0.0450
     GroundPlaneWidth: 0.0450
    PatchCenterOffset: [0 0]
           FeedOffset: [0.0047 0.0045]
            Conductor: [1x1 metal]
                 Tilt: 0
             TiltAxis: [1 0 0]
                 Load: [1x1 lumpedElement]

show (ant)

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title patchMicrostripElliptical antenna element, xlabel x (mm), ylabel y (mm) contains 5 objects of type patch, surface. These objects represent PEC, feed.

Visualize the radiation pattern of the antenna at 5.45 GHz.

pattern(ant,5.45e9)

Figure contains 2 axes objects and other objects of type uicontrol. Axes object 1 contains 5 objects of type patch, surface. Hidden axes object 2 contains 17 objects of type surface, line, text, patch.

Create AI Model Based Elliptical Microstrip Patch Antenna

This example uses:

Open Live Script

This example shows how to create an AI model based elliptical microstrip patch antenna at 5.45 GHz and calculate its resonant frequency.

pAI = design(patchMicrostripElliptical,5.45e9,ForAI=true)

pAI = 
  AIAntenna with properties:

   Antenna Info
               AntennaType: 'patchMicrostripElliptical'
    InitialDesignFrequency: 5.4500e+09

   Tunable Parameters
                 MajorAxis: 0.0303
                 MinorAxis: 0.0263
                    Height: 0.0024

Use 'showReadOnlyProperties(pAI)' to show read-only properties

Vary its major and minor axis length and calculate its resonant frequency.

pAI.MajorAxis = 0.032;
pAI.MinorAxis = 0.0285;
resonantFrequency(pAI)

ans = 
5.1807e+09

Convert the AIAntenna to a regular elliptical microstrip patch.

pmC = exportAntenna(pAI)

pmC = 
  patchMicrostripElliptical with properties:

            MajorAxis: 0.0320
            MinorAxis: 0.0285
               Height: 0.0024
            Substrate: [1x1 dielectric]
    GroundPlaneLength: 0.0578
     GroundPlaneWidth: 0.0578
    PatchCenterOffset: [0 0]
           FeedOffset: [0.0103 0.0044]
            Conductor: [1x1 metal]
                 Tilt: 0
             TiltAxis: [1 0 0]
                 Load: [1x1 lumpedElement]

Version History

Introduced in R2020a

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R2023b: AI model based antenna analysis

Design, tune, and analyze this antenna using an AI model. Using AI-based antenna models over conventional full-wave solvers significantly reduces the simulation time required to fine-tune the antenna to meet your design goals. Set the ForAI argument in the design function to true to create a patchMicrostripElliptical type AIAntenna. To use this feature, you need license to the Statistics and Machine Learning Toolbox™ in addition to the Antenna Toolbox™.

patchMicrostripElliptical

Description

Creation

Syntax

Description

Properties

`MajorAxis` — Major axis length
`0.0300` (default) | positive scalar | tunable for `patchMicrostripElliptical` type `AIAntenna`

`MinorAxis` — Minor axis length
`0.0200` (default) | positive scalar | tunable for `patchMicrostripElliptical` type `AIAntenna`

`Height` — Patch height
`0.0016` (default) | positive scalar | tunable for `patchMicrostripElliptical` type `AIAntenna`

`Substrate` — Type of dielectric material
`dielectric("Air")` (default) | `dielectric` object

`GroundPlaneLength` — Ground plane length
0.0450 (default) | positive scalar

`GroundPlaneWidth` — Ground plane width
0.0450 (default) | positive scalar

`PatchCenterOffset` — Signed distance of patch from origin
`[0 0]` (default) | two-element real vector

`FeedOffset` — Signed distance of feed from origin
`[0.0047 0.0045]` (default) | two-element real vector

`Conductor` — Type of metal material
`"PEC"` (default) | `metal` object

`Load` — Lumped elements
`[1x1 lumpedElement]` (default) | `lumpedElement` object

`Tilt` — Tilt angle of antenna
`0` (default) | scalar | vector

`TiltAxis` — Tilt axis of antenna
`[1 0 0]` (default) | three-element vector | 2-by-3 matrix | `"X"` | `"Y"` | `"Z"`

Object Functions

Examples

Default Elliptical Microstrip Patch Antenna

Create AI Model Based Elliptical Microstrip Patch Antenna

Version History

R2023b: AI model based antenna analysis

See Also

Functions

Objects

Topics

patchMicrostripElliptical

Description

Creation

Syntax

Description

Properties

MajorAxis — Major axis length 0.0300 (default) | positive scalar | tunable for patchMicrostripElliptical type AIAntenna

MinorAxis — Minor axis length 0.0200 (default) | positive scalar | tunable for patchMicrostripElliptical type AIAntenna

Height — Patch height 0.0016 (default) | positive scalar | tunable for patchMicrostripElliptical type AIAntenna

Substrate — Type of dielectric material dielectric("Air") (default) | dielectric object

GroundPlaneLength — Ground plane length 0.0450 (default) | positive scalar

GroundPlaneWidth — Ground plane width 0.0450 (default) | positive scalar

PatchCenterOffset — Signed distance of patch from origin [0 0] (default) | two-element real vector

FeedOffset — Signed distance of feed from origin [0.0047 0.0045] (default) | two-element real vector

Conductor — Type of metal material "PEC" (default) | metal object

Load — Lumped elements [1x1 lumpedElement] (default) | lumpedElement object

Tilt — Tilt angle of antenna 0 (default) | scalar | vector

TiltAxis — Tilt axis of antenna [1 0 0] (default) | three-element vector | 2-by-3 matrix | "X" | "Y" | "Z"

Object Functions

Examples

Default Elliptical Microstrip Patch Antenna

Create AI Model Based Elliptical Microstrip Patch Antenna

Version History

R2023b: AI model based antenna analysis

See Also

Functions

Objects

Topics

`MajorAxis` — Major axis length
`0.0300` (default) | positive scalar | tunable for `patchMicrostripElliptical` type `AIAntenna`

`MinorAxis` — Minor axis length
`0.0200` (default) | positive scalar | tunable for `patchMicrostripElliptical` type `AIAntenna`

`Height` — Patch height
`0.0016` (default) | positive scalar | tunable for `patchMicrostripElliptical` type `AIAntenna`

`Substrate` — Type of dielectric material
`dielectric("Air")` (default) | `dielectric` object

`GroundPlaneLength` — Ground plane length
0.0450 (default) | positive scalar

`GroundPlaneWidth` — Ground plane width
0.0450 (default) | positive scalar

`PatchCenterOffset` — Signed distance of patch from origin
`[0 0]` (default) | two-element real vector

`FeedOffset` — Signed distance of feed from origin
`[0.0047 0.0045]` (default) | two-element real vector

`Conductor` — Type of metal material
`"PEC"` (default) | `metal` object

`Load` — Lumped elements
`[1x1 lumpedElement]` (default) | `lumpedElement` object

`Tilt` — Tilt angle of antenna
`0` (default) | scalar | vector

`TiltAxis` — Tilt axis of antenna
`[1 0 0]` (default) | three-element vector | 2-by-3 matrix | `"X"` | `"Y"` | `"Z"`