MetalCatalog

Catalog of metals

Since R2021a

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Syntax

mc = MetalCatalog

Description

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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

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Use Metal Catalog to Design Coplanar Waveguide

Open Live Script

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: [1x1 dielectric]
           Conductor: [1x1 metal]

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.