MetalCatalog

Catalog of metals

Syntax

mc = MetalCatalog

Description

mc = MetalCatalog creates an object handle for the metal catalog.

• To open the metal catalog, use open(mc)

• To see the properties of a metal from the metal catalog, use s = find(mc,name).

Examples

Use Metal Catalog to Design Coplanar Waveguide

Open the metal catalog.

mc = MetalCatalog;
open(mc)

List the properties of the metal material Aluminium.

s = find(mc,'Aluminium')

s = struct with fields:
            Name: 'Aluminium'
    Conductivity: 37700000
       Thickness: 30
           Units: 'mil'
        Comments: ''

Use the above metal in a coplanar waveguide.

m = metal('Aluminium');
waveguide = coplanarWaveguide('Conductor',m)

waveguide = 
  coplanarWaveguide with properties:

              Length: 0.0231
               Width: 0.0039
             Spacing: 2.0000e-04
          ViaSpacing: [0.0011 0.0070]
         ViaDiameter: 5.0000e-04
              Height: 0.0016
    GroundPlaneWidth: 0.0300
           Substrate: [1×1 dielectric]
           Conductor: [1×1 metal]

View the waveguide using show function.

figure;
show(waveguide)

Input Arguments

name — Name of metal

'PEC' (default) | character vector

Name of the metal from the metal catalog, specified as a character vector.

Example: 'Copper'

Data Types: char

mc — Metal catalog

metal object

Metal catalog, specified as an object.

Data Types: char

Output Arguments

mc — Metal catalog

object

Metal catalog, returned as an object.

s — Parameters of metal

structure

Parameters of the specified metal from the metal catalog, returned as a structure.