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isPolarizationCapable

System object: phased.ConformalArray
Package: phased

Polarization capability

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Syntax

flag = isPolarizationCapable(h)

Description

flag = isPolarizationCapable(h) returns a Boolean value, flag, indicating whether the array supports polarization. An array supports polarization if all of its constituent sensor elements support polarization.

Input Arguments

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Conformal array specified as a phased.ConformalArray System object™.

Output Arguments

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Polarization-capability returned as a Boolean value true if the array supports polarization or false if it does not.

Examples

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Open Live Script

Show that a circular conformal array of phased.ShortDipoleAntennaElement antenna elements supports polarization.

N = 8;
azang = (0:N-1)*360/N-180;
antenna = phased.ShortDipoleAntennaElement;
array = phased.ConformalArray(...
    'Element',antenna,'ElementPosition',[cosd(azang);sind(azang);zeros(1,N)],...
    'ElementNormal',[azang;zeros(1,N)]);
isPolarizationCapable(array)
ans = logical
   1

The returned value 1 shows that this array supports polarization.