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Add data to polar plot

Description

add(p,data) adds antenna pattern data based on the real amplitude values in data to the polar plot p.

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add(p,angle,magnitude) adds data sets of angle vectors and corresponding magnitude matrices to polar plot p.

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Examples

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Create a helix antenna that has 28 mm radius, 1.2 mm width, and 4 turns. Calculate the directivity of the antenna at 1.8 GHz.

hx = helix(Radius=28e-3, Width=1.2e-3, Turns=4);
H = pattern(hx,1.8e9,0,0:1:360);

Plot the polar pattern.

P = polarpattern(H);

Figure Polar Measurement contains an axes object. The hidden axes object contains an object of type line.

Create a dipole antenna and calculate the directivity at 270 MHz.

d = dipole;
D = pattern(d,270e6,0,0:1:360);

Add the directivity of the dipole to the existing polar plot of helix antenna.

add(P,D);

Figure Polar Measurement contains an axes object. The hidden axes object contains 2 objects of type line.

Create a dipole and plot the polar pattern of its directivity at a frequency of 75 MHz.

d = dipole;
D = pattern(d,75e6,0,0:1:360);
P = polarpattern(D);

Figure Polar Measurement contains an axes object. The hidden axes object contains an object of type line.

Create a cavity antenna. Calculate the directivity of the antenna at 1 GHz. Write the directivity of the antenna to cavity.pln using the msiwrite function.

c = cavity;
msiwrite(c,1e9,"cavity.pln", Name="Cavity Antenna Specifications");

Read the data from cavity.pln to Horizontal, Vertical, and Optional structures using the msiread function.

[Horizontal,Vertical,Optional] = msiread("cavity.pln")
Horizontal = struct with fields:
    PhysicalQuantity: 'Gain'
           Magnitude: [360x1 double]
               Units: 'dBi'
             Azimuth: [360x1 double]
           Elevation: 0
           Frequency: 1.0000e+09
               Slice: 'Elevation'

Vertical = struct with fields:
    PhysicalQuantity: 'Gain'
           Magnitude: [360x1 double]
               Units: 'dBi'
             Azimuth: 0
           Elevation: [360x1 double]
           Frequency: 1.0000e+09
               Slice: 'Azimuth'

Optional = struct with fields:
         name: 'Cavity Antenna Specifications'
    frequency: 1.0000e+09
         gain: [1x1 struct]

Add horizontal directivity data of the cavity antenna to the existing polar pattern of the dipole

add(P,Horizontal.Azimuth,Horizontal.Magnitude);

Figure Polar Measurement contains an axes object. The hidden axes object contains 2 objects of type line.

Input Arguments

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Polar plot, specified as a scalar handle.

Example: polarpattern

Antenna or array data, specified as one of the following:

  • A real length-M vector, where M contains the magnitude values with angles assumed to be (0:M1)M×360 degrees.

  • A real M-by-N matrix, where M contains the magnitude values and N contains the independent data sets. Each column in the matrix has angles taken from the vector (0:M1)M×360 degrees. The set of each angle can vary for each column.

  • A real N-D array, where N is the number of dimensions. Arrays with dimensions 2 and greater are independent data sets.

  • A complex vector or matrix, where data contains Cartesian coordinates ((x,y) of each point. x contains the real part of data and y contains the imaginary part of data.

When data is in a logarithmic form such as dB, magnitude values can be negative. In this case,polarpattern plots the lowest magnitude values at the origin of the polar plot and highest magnitude values at the maximum radius.

Example: pattern(dipole,70e6)

Set of angles, specified as a vector in degrees.

Set of magnitude values, specified as a vector or a matrix. For a matrix of magnitude values, each column is an independent set of magnitude values and corresponds to the same set of angles.

Version History

Introduced in R2016a