bowtieTriangular

Create planar bowtie dipole antenna

Description

The default bowtieTriangular object creates a planar bowtie antenna on the yz-plane, resonating around 398.1 MHz. The default planar bowtie dipole is center-fed. The feed point coincides with the origin. The origin is located on the yz-plane.

Creation

Syntax

btr = bowtieTriangular

btr = bowtieTriangular(Name=Value)

Description

btr = bowtieTriangular creates a half-wavelength planar bowtie antenna with default property values. The default dimensions are chosen for an operating frequency of around 398.1 MHz.

btr = bowtieTriangular(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, btr = bowtieTriangular(FlareAngle=100) creates a bowtie antenna with a flare angle of 100 and default values for other properties.

Properties

Length — Planar bowtie length

0.2 (default) | positive scalar

Planar bowtie length, specified as a positive scalar in meters.

Example: 3

Data Types: double

FlareAngle — Planar bowtie flare angle

90 (default) | numeric scalar within (5,175) range

Planar bowtie flare angle near the feed, specified as a numeric scalar in degrees. Flare angle must be within the (5,175) range.

Example: 80

Data Types: double

Conductor — Type of metal material

metal("PEC") (default) | metal object

Type of the metal used as a conductor, specified as a metal object. You can choose any metal from the MetalCatalog or specify a metal of your choice. 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

Create and View Center-Fed Planar Bowtie Antenna

Create and view a center-fed planar bowtie antenna that has a 60 degrees flare angle.

b = bowtieTriangular(FlareAngle=60)

b = 
  bowtieTriangular with properties:

        Length: 0.2000
    FlareAngle: 60
     Conductor: [1x1 metal]
          Tilt: 0
      TiltAxis: [1 0 0]
          Load: [1x1 lumpedElement]

show(b)

Impedance of Planar Bowtie Antenna

Calculate and plot the impedance of a planar bowtie antenna over a frequency range of 300 MHz-500 MHz.

b = bowtieTriangular(FlareAngle=60);
impedance(b,linspace(300e6,500e6,51))

References

[1] Balanis, C.A.Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design.3rd Ed. New York: Wiley, 2005.

[2] Brown, G.H., and O.M. Woodward Jr. “Experimentally Determined Radiation Characteristics of Conical and Triangular Antennas”. RCA Review. Vol.13, No.4, Dec.1952, pp. 425–452

Version History

Introduced in R2015a