step

System object: phased.HeterogeneousConformalArray
Namespace: phased

Output responses of array elements

Syntax

RESP = step(H,FREQ,ANG)

Description

Note

Starting in R2016b, instead of using the step method to perform the operation defined by the System object™, you can call the object with arguments, as if it were a function. For example, y = step(obj,x) and y = obj(x) perform equivalent operations.

RESP = step(H,FREQ,ANG) returns the array elements’ responses RESP at operating frequencies specified in FREQ and directions specified in ANG.

Note

The object performs an initialization the first time the object is executed. This initialization locks nontunable properties and input specifications, such as dimensions, complexity, and data type of the input data. If you change a nontunable property or an input specification, the System object issues an error. To change nontunable properties or inputs, you must first call the release method to unlock the object.

Input Arguments

H

Array object

FREQ

Operating frequencies of array in hertz. FREQ is a row vector of length L. Typical values are within the range specified by a property of H.Element. That property is named FrequencyRange or FrequencyVector, depending on the type of element in the array. The element has zero response at frequencies outside that range.

ANG

Directions in degrees. ANG is either a 2-by-M matrix or a row vector of length M.

If ANG is a 2-by-M matrix, each column of the matrix specifies the direction in the form [azimuth; elevation]. The azimuth angle must lie between –180° and 180°, inclusive. The elevation angle must lie between –90° and 90°, inclusive.

If ANG is a row vector of length M, each element specifies the azimuth angle of the direction. In this case, the corresponding elevation angle is assumed to be 0°.

Output Arguments

RESP

Voltage responses of the phased array. The output depends on whether the array supports polarization or not.

If the array is not capable of supporting polarization, the voltage response, RESP, has the dimensions N-by-M-by-L. N is the number of elements in the array. The dimension M is the number of angles specified in ANG. L is the number of frequencies specified in FREQ. For any element, the columns of RESP contain the responses of the array elements for the corresponding direction specified in ANG. Each of the L pages of RESP contains the responses of the array elements for the corresponding frequency specified in FREQ.
If the array is capable of supporting polarization, the voltage response, RESP, is a MATLAB struct containing two fields, RESP.H and RESP.V. The field, RESP.H, represents the array’s horizontal polarization response, while RESP.V represents the array’s vertical polarization response. Each field has the dimensions N-by-M-by-L. N is the number of elements in the array, and M is the number of angles specified in ANG. L is the number of frequencies specified in FREQ. Each column of RESP contains the responses of the array elements for the corresponding direction specified in ANG. Each of the L pages of RESP contains the responses of the array elements for the corresponding frequency specified in FREQ.

Examples

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Compute Response of Circular Conformal Array

Open Live Script

Construct an 8-element uniform circular array using the phased.HeterogeneousConformalArray System object™. Assume the operating frequency is 1 GHz. Find the response of each element in this array in the direction of 30° azimuth and 5°.

antenna1 = phased.CosineAntennaElement('CosinePower',1.5);
antenna2 = phased.CosineAntennaElement('CosinePower',1.8);
N = 8;
azang = (0:N-1)*360/N-180;
array = phased.HeterogeneousConformalArray(...
    'ElementPosition',...
    [cosd(azang);sind(azang);zeros(1,N)],...
    'ElementNormal', zeros(2,N),...
    'ElementSet',{antenna1,antenna2},...
    'ElementIndices',[1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2]);
fc = 1e9;
ang = [30;5];
resp = array(fc,ang)