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Open the metal or dielectric catalog

Since R2021a

    Description

    open(catalog) opens the catalog catalog.

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    Examples

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    Open the metal catalog.

    mc = MetalCatalog;
    open(mc)

    Figure Metal Materials contains objects of type uimenu, uitoolbar, uitable.

    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]
              IsShielded: 0
    
    

    View the waveguide using show function.

    figure;
    show(waveguide)

    Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title coplanarWaveguide element, xlabel x (mm), ylabel y (mm) contains 48 objects of type patch, surface. These objects represent Aluminium, feed, Teflon.

    Open the dielectric catalog.

    dc = DielectricCatalog;
    open(dc)

    Figure Dielectric Materials contains objects of type uimenu, uitoolbar, uitable.

    List the properties of the dielectric substrate Foam.

    s = find(dc,'Foam')
    s = struct with fields:
                         Name: 'Foam'
        Relative_Permittivity: 1.0300
                 Loss_Tangent: 1.5000e-04
                    Frequency: 50000000
                     Comments: ''
    
    

    Use the substrate Foam in coplanar waveguide.

    d = dielectric('Foam');
    waveguide = coplanarWaveguide('Substrate',d)
    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]
              IsShielded: 0
    
    

    View the waveguide.

    figure;
    show(waveguide)

    Figure contains an axes object. The axes object with title coplanarWaveguide element, xlabel x (mm), ylabel y (mm) contains 48 objects of type patch, surface. These objects represent PEC, feed, Foam.

    Input Arguments

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    Catalog, specified as either a MetalCatalog or DielectricCatalog object.

    Version History

    Introduced in R2021a