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mesh

Mesh properties of metal or dielectric antenna or array structure

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Syntax

mesh(object)
mesh(shape)
mesh(object,Name,Value)
meshdata = mesh(___,Name,Value)

Description

mesh(object) plots the mesh used to analyze antenna or array element.

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mesh(shape) plots the mesh for the shapes.

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mesh(object,Name,Value) changes and plots the mesh structure of an antenna or array element, using additional options specified by the name-value pairs. You can also determine the number of unknowns from the number of basis functions in the output.

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meshdata = mesh(___,Name,Value) returns a mesh structure that specifies the properties used to analyze the antenna or array.

Examples

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Open Live Script

Create and view the mesh structure of a top-hat monopole antenna with Maximum edge length of 0.1 m.

h = monopoleTopHat;
i = impedance(h,75e6)
i = 2.4349e+02 + 5.9132e+02i

mesh(h)

Figure contains an axes object and an object of type uicontrol. The axes object with title Metal mesh contains 2 objects of type patch, surface.

m = mesh(h)
m = struct with fields:
     NumTriangles: 148
    NumTetrahedra: 0
         NumBasis: 203
    MaxEdgeLength: 0.4295
         MeshMode: 'auto'
Open Live Script

Radiation Pattern of Microstrip Patch Antenna

Create a microstrip patch antenna using 'FR4' as the dielectric substrate.

d = dielectric('FR4');
pm = patchMicrostrip('Length',75e-3, 'Width',37e-3,                 ...
        'GroundPlaneLength',120e-3, 'GroundPlaneWidth',120e-3, ...
        'Substrate',d);
show(pm)

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title patchMicrostrip antenna element contains 6 objects of type patch, surface. These objects represent PEC, feed, FR4.

Plot the radiation pattern of the antenna at a frequency of 1.67 GHz.

figure
pattern(pm,1.67e9)

Figure contains an axes object and other objects of type uicontrol. The axes object contains 6 objects of type patch, surface. This object represents FR4.

Mesh the whole antenna.

figure
mesh(pm)

Figure contains an axes object and an object of type uicontrol. The axes object with title Dielectric volume contains 5678 objects of type patch, surface.

Mesh only the dielectric surface of the antenna.

figure
mesh(pm,'View','dielectric surface')

Figure contains an axes object and an object of type uicontrol. The axes object with title Dielectric surface contains an object of type patch.

Open Live Script

Create a rectangular and circular shape, intersect them and mesh at a wavelength of 2 m.

r  = antenna.Rectangle;
c  = antenna.Circle; 
p = r&c;
mesh(p,2);

Figure contains an axes object. The axes object contains an object of type patch.

Open Live Script

Create a default horn antenna. Mesh the structure with the 'Slicer' argument set to 'on'.

ant = horn;
z = impedance(ant,70e6);
mesh(ant,'Slicer','on')

Figure contains an axes object and other objects of type uipanel. The axes object with title Metal mesh contains 2 objects of type patch, surface.

Select Enable slicer Mode. Then select a plane for the slice under Orientation.

Click on the plot and select a region to hide.

Click Hide Selected Region to view the desired slice.

Input Arguments

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Antenna or array element, specified as an object.

Shape created using custom elements and shape objects of Antenna Toolbox, specified as an object. You can create the shapes using antenna.Circle, antenna.Polygon, or antenna.Rectangle.

Example: c = antenna.Rectangle; mesh(c)

Name-Value Arguments

Example: ‘MaxEdgeLength’, 0.1

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

Maximum edge length of triangles in mesh, specified as a comma-separated pair consisting of 'MaxEdgeLength' and a scalar in meters. All triangles in the mesh have sides less than or equal to the 'MaxEdgeLength' value.

Data Types: double

Minimum edge length of triangles in mesh, specified as a comma-separated pair consisting of 'MinEdgeLength' and a scalar in meters. All triangles in the mesh have sides greater than or equal to the 'MinEdgeLength'.

Note

You can use this property only with the pcbStack object.

Data Types: double

Mesh growth rate, specified as a comma-separated pair consisting of 'GrowthRate' and a scalar. The default value of 0.7 states that the growth rate of the mesh is 70 percent. Growth rate values lie between 0 and 1.

Note

You can use this property only with the pcbStack object.

Data Types: double

Customize mesh view of antenna or array element, specified as a comma-separated pair consisting of 'View' and 'all', 'metal','dielectric surface', or 'dielectric volume'.

You choose 'dielectric surface' to view the boundary triangle mesh of the dielectric. You choose 'dielectric volume' to view the tetrahedral volume mesh of the dielectric.

Data Types: char

Flag to enable or disable plot interactivity, specified as 'on' or 'off', or as numeric or logical 1(true) or 0(false). Setting this flag to 1 or 'on' opens a plot with the Slicer panel, where you can slice and view the desired cross section of the plot along the XY-, YZ-, and XZ- planes. Setting this flag to 0 or 'off' opens a plot without the Slicer panel.

Data Types: string | logical

Version History

Introduced in R2015a

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