MATLAB Antenna Toolbox Users Guide

Antenna Concepts
	Port Analysis
		Input Impedance
		Resonance
		Reflection Coefficient
		Return Loss
		Voltage Standing Wave Ratio
		Bandwidth
	Surface Analysis
		Charge Distribution
		Current Distribution
	Meshing
		Automatic Meshing Mode
		Manual Meshing Mode
		Strip Meshing
		Surface Meshing
		Meshing a Dielectric Substrate
	Field Analysis
		Radiation Pattern
		Beamwidth
		E-Plane and H Plane
		Polarization
		Axial Ratio
	Rotate Antennas and Arrays
		Rotate Single Antenna Element
		Rotate Single Antenna Element About Multiple Axes
		Rotate Dipole-Backed Reflector
		Rotate Antenna Array
	Infinite Ground Plane
		Image Theory
		Formulate the Image Theory Technique
	Model Infinite Ground Plane for Balanced Antennas
	Model Infinite Ground Plane for Unbalanced Antennas
	Electrical Length of Antenna
		Elevation Patterns of Dipole Antennas
		Elevation Patterns of Rectangular Waveguides at Different Frequencies
		Effect of Materials and Reactance on Electrical Length
		Mesh at Various Frequencies
Array Concepts
	Mutual Coupling
		Active or Scan Impedance
		Mutual Impedance
		Coupling Matrix
		Array Factor and Pattern Multiplication
		Isolated Element Pattern
		Embedded Element Pattern
	Beamforming
		Side Lobe Control
		Beam Scanning
	Grating Lobes
	Correlation Coefficient
		Far-Field Radiation Pattern
		S-Parameter Characterization
	Infinite Arrays
		What Are Infinite Arrays?
		Infinite Array Analysis
		Create Infinite Array Using Antenna Toolbox
		Choose a Unit Cell
		Scan Infinite Arrays
		Scan Impedance and Scan Element Pattern
		Compare Scan Element Pattern of Finite and Infinite Arrays
		Impact of Infinite Double Summation
	Manipulate Array Elements
Computational Techniques
	Method of Moments Solver for Metal Structures
		MoM Formulation
		Neighbor Region
		Singularity Extraction
		Finite Arrays
		Infinite Array
	Method of Moments Solver for Metal and Dielectric Structures
		MoM Formulation
		Neighbor Region
		Singularity Extraction
		Finite Arrays
		Infinite Array
	Hybrid MoM-PO Method for Metal Antennas with Large Scatterers
		Subdomain RWG Basis Functions and Extra Dimensions
		MoM Region and PO Region
		MoM Solution and PO Solution
		Finding ZPO
		Direct Solution Method
	Physical Optics Solver
		Subdomain RWG Basis Functions and Extra Dimensions
		Finding IPO
		Determination of Illuminated or Shadow Regions
	Feed Model
		Delta-Gap Source Feed Model
		Single-Edge Delta Source Feed Models
		Multi-Edge Delta Source Feed Models
	Antenna Optimization Algorithm
		Algorithm Outline
	Wire Solver
	Fast Multipole Method for Large Structures
		Direct Solvers
		Relation Between Memory Used and Problem Size
		Fast Multipole Method (FMM)
RF Propagation
	Site Viewer
		Introduction
		Dimension Picker
		Basemaps
		View Latitude and Longitude Coordinates of Location
		Limitations for Terrain and Buildings
	Troubleshooting Site Viewer
		Internet Connection Failure
		Graphics Environment
	Access Basemaps and Terrain in Site Viewer
		Access and Download Basemaps
		Access Terrain
	Access TIREM Software
	Choose a Propagation Model
		Introduction
		Atmospheric
		Empirical
		Terrain
		Ray Tracing
Antenna Toolbox Examples
	Port Analysis of an Antenna
	Current Visualization on the Antenna Surface
	Antenna Far-Field Visualization
	Antenna Near-Field Visualization
	Wave Impedance
	Antenna Array Analysis
	Modeling Infinite Ground Plane in Antennas and Arrays
	Infinite Array Analysis
	Parallelization of Antenna and Array Analyses
	Analysis of Monopole Impedance
	Analysis of Dipole Impedance
	Monopole Measurement Comparison
	Equiangular Spiral Antenna Design Investigation
	Archimedean Spiral Design Investigation
	Patch Antenna on Dielectric Substrate
	Sector Antenna for 2.4 GHz WiFi™
	Designing a PIFA for WLAN WiFi™ Applications
	Helical Antenna Design
	Reflector Backed Equiangular Spiral
	Impedance Matching of a Non-resonant(Small) Monopole
	Direct Search Based Optimization of a Six-element Yagi-Uda Antenna
	Antenna Diversity Analysis for 800 MHz MIMO
	Polarization Analysis for an X-band Microstrip Patch Antenna
	FMCW Patch Antenna Array
	Modeling Mutual Coupling in Large Arrays Using Infinite Array Analysis
	Modeling Mutual Coupling in Large Arrays Using Embedded Element Pattern
	Modeling Resonant Coupled Wireless Power Transfer System
	Crossed-Dipole (Turnstile) Antenna and Array
	Visualize Antenna Field Strength Map on Earth
	RFID Antenna Design
	Wideband Blade Dipole Antenna and Array
	Analysis of an Inset-Feed Patch Antenna on a Dielectric Substrate
	Read, Visualize and Write MSI Planet Antenna Files
	Custom Radiation Pattern and Fields
	Double-Slot Cavity Patch on TMM10 Substrate
	Effect of Mutual Coupling on MIMO Communication
	Switched Beam Array With Butler Matrix
	Antenna Model Generation and Full-Wave Analysis From A Photo
	Visualize Antenna Coverage Map and Communication Links
	Modeling and Analysis of Single Layer Multi-band U-Slot Patch Antenna
	Antenna Array Beam Scanning Visualization on a Map
	Modeling Planar Photonic Band Gap Structure
	Plane Wave Excitation - Scattering solution
	Design, Analysis, and Prototyping of Microstrip-Fed Wide-Slot Antenna
	Comparison of Antenna Array Transmit and Receive Manifold
	Verification of Far-Field Array Pattern Using Superposition with Embedded Element Patterns
	Metasurface Antenna Modeling
	Modeling and Analysis of Probe-Fed Stacked Patch Antenna
	Design Internally Matched Ultra-wideband Vivaldi Antenna
	Planning a 5G Fixed Wireless Access Link over Terrain
	SINR Map for a 5G Urban Macro-Cell Test Environment
	Surrogate Based Optimization Design of a Six-element Yagi-Uda Antenna
	Model and Analyze Dual Polarized Patch Microstrip Antenna
	Installed Antenna Analysis - Modelling Antennas with Platforms
	3D Reconstruction of Radiation Pattern From 2D Orthogonal Slices
	Loading Using Lumped Elements
	Planning Radar Network Coverage over Terrain
	Subarrays in a Large Finite Array For Hybrid Beamforming
	Pattern Analysis of the Symmetric Parabolic Reflector
	Radar Cross Section Benchmarking
	Design and Analyze Cassegrain Antenna
	Discone antenna for TV broadcasting system
	Analysis of biquad Yagi for WIFI applications
	Analysis of Broad-wall Slotted Array Waveguide for High Frequency Applications
	Urban Link and Coverage Analysis using Ray Tracing
	Maximizing Gain and Improving Impedance Bandwidth of E-Patch Antenna
	Optimization of Antenna Array Elements Using Antenna Array Designer App
	Import and Analyze Custom 3-D Antenna Geometry
	Model, Analyze and Compare Horn Antennas
	Multiband Nature and Miniaturization of Fractal antennas
	ISM Band Patch Microstrip Antennas and Mutually Coupled Patches
	Design and Analyze Curved Reflectors
	VHF/UHF Biconical Antenna for Testing Applications
	Ultrawideband (UWB) Planar Monopole Antennas
	Maximize Impedance Bandwidth of Triangular Patch Antenna
	Create Antenna Model from Gerber Files
	Design Log-Periodic Sawtooth Planar Antenna for UHF Ultra Wideband Applications
	Radiation Efficiency of Antenna
	Design 77 GHz Patch Microstrip for Automotive Radar Receiver