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pattern

Plot 3-D radiation pattern of antenna

Since R2021b

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Syntax

pat = pattern(tx)
pat = pattern(rx,freq)
pat = pattern(___,Name,Value)

Description

pat = pattern(tx) plots the 3-D radiation pattern of the antenna for each transmitter in vector tx. The signal gain value (in dBi) in a particular direction determines the color of the pattern. The function scales the pattern on the plot according to the Size name-value argument. The function plots the pattern for the transmitter frequency as specified by the Frequency property of tx.

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pat = pattern(rx,freq) plots the 3-D radiation pattern of the antenna for each receiver in vector, rx with frequency freq.

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pat = pattern(___,Name,Value) specifies options using one or more name-value arguments in addition to any of the input argument combinations in previous syntaxes. For example, 'ColorMap','jet' specifies the jet colormap for coloring the pattern plot.

Examples

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Open Live Script

Set up the satellite scenario.

startTime = datetime(2021,2,12,13,30,0);
stopTime = startTime + hours(5);
sampleTime = 60;                                      %seconds
sc = satelliteScenario(startTime,stopTime,sampleTime);

Create a satellite, ground station, transmitter, and receiver.

sat = satellite(sc,1e7,0,0,0,0,0);
gs = groundStation(sc,"Latitude",30,"Longitude",74);
tx = transmitter(sat,"Frequency",3e9);
rx = receiver(gs);

Visualize the scenario in the satellite scenario viewer.

viewer = satelliteScenarioViewer(sc);

Plot the radiation pattern of the transmitter antenna.

pat = pattern(tx);

Point the satellite at the ground station. The pattern rotates to reflect the new orientation of the antenna.

pointAt(sat,gs);

Increase the visual size of the radiation pattern.

pat.Size = 3000000;
pat.Colormap = "parula";

Open Live Script

Set up the satellite scenario.

sc = satelliteScenario;

Create a satellite, ground station, transmitter, and receiver.

sat = satellite(sc,1e7,0,0,0,0,0);
gs = groundStation(sc,"Latitude",30,"Longitude",74); 
tx = transmitter(sat,"Frequency",1e9);
rx = receiver(gs,MountingAngles=[0;180;0]);

Visualize the scenario in the satellite scenario viewer.

viewer = satelliteScenarioViewer(sc);

Plot the radiation pattern of the receiver antenna.

freq = 30e9;
pat = pattern(rx,freq);

Increase the visual size and specify the transparency of the radiation pattern.

pat.Size = 3000000;
pat.Colormap = 'autumn';

Input Arguments

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Transmitter object, specified as either a scalar or vector.

Receiver object, specified as either a scalar or vector.

Frequency to calculate radiation pattern, specified as a scalar or a vector.

  • If freq is scalar, its value is applied to the pattern of all receivers in rx.

  • If freq is vector, its length must equal to that of rx.

Each element in freq corresponds to the pattern of the antenna of the receiver in rx.

Data Types: double

Name-Value Arguments

Specify optional pairs of arguments as Name1=Value1,...,NameN=ValueN, where Name is the argument name and Value is the corresponding value. Name-value arguments must appear after other arguments, but the order of the pairs does not matter.

Before R2021a, use commas to separate each name and value, and enclose Name in quotes.

Example: 'Size',1000 sets the size of the radiation pattern plot to 1,000 meters.

Size of the radiation pattern plot, specified as a numeric scalar in meters. This value represents the distance between the antenna position and the point on the plot with the highest gain.

Data Types: double

Colormap for coloring the pattern plot, specified as a predefined colormap name or an M-by-3 matrix of red, green, blue (RGB) triplets that define M individual colors. For more information on the colormap names, see map.

Data Types: double | char | string

Transparency of the pattern plot, specified as a scalar in the range [0, 1]. A value of 0 means the plot is completely transparent, and a value of 1 means the plot is opaque.

Data Types: double

Resolution of the 3-D pattern, specified as 'low', 'medium', or 'high'. Use this argument to control the visual quality of the pattern and time the function takes to plot the pattern. 'low' corresponds to the fastest and least-detailed pattern.

Data Types: char | string

Satellite Scenario Viewer to visualize the satellite, specified as a scalar, row vector, or matrix of satelliteScenarioViewer objects that are associated with the satellite scenario.

Output Arguments

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Radiation pattern visualization for transmitter or receiver object, returned as either a scalar or vector.

Version History

Introduced in R2021b

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