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DielectricCatalog

Catalog of dielectric materials

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Syntax

dc = DielectricCatalog

Description

dc = DielectricCatalog creates an object handle for the dielectric catalog.

  • To open the dielectric catalog, use open(dc)

  • To see the properties of a dielectric material from the dielectric catalog, use s = find(dc,name).

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Examples

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Open Live Script

Open the dielectric catalog.

dc = DielectricCatalog;
open(dc)

Figure Dielectric Materials contains objects of type uimenu, uitoolbar, uitable.

List the properties of the dielectric substrate Foam.

s = find(dc,'Foam')
s = struct with fields:
                     Name: 'Foam'
    Relative_Permittivity: 1.0300
             Loss_Tangent: 1.5000e-04
                Frequency: 50000000
                 Comments: ''

Use the substrate Foam in coplanar waveguide.

d = dielectric('Foam');
waveguide = coplanarWaveguide('Substrate',d)
waveguide = 
  coplanarWaveguide with properties:

              Length: 0.0231
               Width: 0.0039
             Spacing: 2.0000e-04
          ViaSpacing: [0.0011 0.0070]
         ViaDiameter: 5.0000e-04
              Height: 0.0016
    GroundPlaneWidth: 0.0300
           Substrate: [1x1 dielectric]
           Conductor: [1x1 metal]
          IsShielded: 0

View the waveguide.

figure;
show(waveguide)

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title coplanarWaveguide element, xlabel x (mm), ylabel y (mm) contains 48 objects of type patch, surface. These objects represent PEC, feed, Foam.

Input Arguments

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Name of a dielectric material from the dielectric catalog, specified as a character vector.

Example: 'FR4'

Data Types: char

Dielectric catalog, specified as an object handle.

Output Arguments

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Dielectric catalog, returned as an object handle.

Parameters of a dielectric material from the dielectric catalog, returned as a structure.

Version History

Introduced in R2016a

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