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Installed Antenna and Large Structures

Antennas and arrays on platforms, infinite arrays and infinite ground plane, radar cross section (RCS)

Installed antenna analysis involves electrically large structures called platforms. These platforms can be a plane, ship, car and so on. Antennas and arrays are installed on these platforms. You can use Antenna Toolbox™ to understand the effects of platform on antenna performance.

Antenna Toolbox offers full-wave and hybrid electromagnetic solvers for port, surface, and field analysis, antenna placement studies, and radar cross section (RCS) calculations.

Use antenna elements to create infinite arrays, analyze the arrays over the desired range of scan angles, and calculate scan element patterns.

Objects

platformCreate platform object for installed antenna setup
installedAntennaInstalled antenna setup
infiniteArrayCreate infinite array of 2-D custom antenna in xy-plane

Functions

rcsCalculate and plot monostatic and bistatic radar cross section (RCS) of platform, antenna, or array
patternSystemVisualize radiation patterns of multiple antennas installed on platform (Since R2024a)

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