• DocumentCode
    1008215
  • Title

    Visualizing the 3D polar power patterns and excitations of planar arrays with Matlab

  • Author

    Brégains, J.C. ; Ares, F. ; Moreno, E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys., Santiago de Compostela Univ., Spain
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    108
  • Lastpage
    112
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses the use of Matlab to create three-dimensional polar plots of the power patterns of planar arrays together with 3D plots of the amplitudes and phases of their excitations. A few lines of Matlab M-code suffice to create complex plots.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; data visualisation; electrical engineering computing; planar antenna arrays; three-dimensional displays; 3D polar power patterns; M code; Matlab; planar array excitation; three-dimensional polar plots; Antenna radiation patterns; Functional programming; Linear antenna arrays; MATLAB; Modems; Packaging; Phased arrays; Physics; Planar arrays; Visualization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1045-9243
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MAP.2004.1305553
  • Filename
    1305553