Rectangular Antenna Pattern
A rectangular shaped antenna where the main lobe occurs within the range of Phi and Theta and the side lobe occurs everywhere else.
This antenna uses a rectangular coordinate system.
Parameter | Description |
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Design Frequency |
The frequency of the antenna. For an embedded antenna on a receiver, transmitter or radar, this value corresponds to the Frequency entered on the Model Specs tab for the transmitter or receiver and the Transmitter Specs tab for the Radar. For an antenna linked to a receiver, transmitter, or radar, the Antenna Design Frequency value gets overridden by the Frequency value set on the Model Specs tab for the transmitter or receiver, and the on the Transmitter Specs tab for the Radar. However, when computing the antenna's gain matrix (or a link budget, etc.) from one of the objects linking to the antenna, that other object's frequency settings override the antenna's Design Frequency setting. |
Main-lobe Gain | The maximum gain. If nothing is entered here, maximum gain defaults to zero. |
Phi Angle | Twice the angle in the Y direction off the boresight, where the boresight is the Z axis. (Range is 0.001 to 90 deg.) |
Theta Angle | Twice the angle in the X direction off the boresight, where the boresight is the Z axis. (Range is 0.001 to 90 deg.) |
Side-lobe Gain | The computed gain of the antenna outside the main lobe beamwidth. The value is absolute, not relative to the main-lobe gain. |