Import, Export, and Visualization

PCB file I/O, layout, visualization, Gerber file generation

Use the objects and functions in this category to:

Read printed circuit board (PCB) designs and specifications from Gerber files. You can then visualize and analyze the PCB design and specifications using the functions in Analysis and Verification.
Write the PCB design and specifications into Gerber files.
Convert PCB components into RF Toolbox™ circuit object using pcbElement.

Objects

`pcbComponent`	Create single or multifeed PCB component
`pcbElement`	Create RF Toolbox circuit element
`PCBReader`	Import and update Gerber files
`PCBWriter`	Create PCB board definitions from 2-D PCB designs
`PCBConnectors`	RF connector at RF PCB feedpoint
`PCBServices`	Customize PCB file generation for PCB manufacturing service

Functions

`gerberRead`	Create `PCBReader` object with specified Gerber and drill files
`gerberWrite`	Generate Gerber files
`show`	Display PCB component structure or PCB shape

Featured Examples

Create and Analyse Dual Characteristics of Complementary Split Ring Resonators from Gerber Files

Create a complementary split ring resonator (CSRR) from Gerber files and subsequently analyze the model. The Gerber file format is used in printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing and is available in two formats: RS-274D, which was the initial release standard, and RS-274X, which is the newer extended Gerber format. The RF-PCB Toolbox™ supports the newer RS-274X format both to generate Gerber files from a PCB model and to create the PCB model from a set of Gerber files.

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Design and Analyze Compact UWB Low Pass Filter Using pcbComponent

Design and analyze a compact low pass ultra-wide band (UWB) filter based on a U-shaped complementary split ring resonator using the pcbComponent object. The filter is designed to have very low insertion loss over a wide band of frequency from low 0.1 GHz to 10.8 GHz. The design of the filter is taken from the reference [1].

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Design and Analyze Band Stop Filter using pcbComponent

Design and analyze band stop filter using the pcbComponent object. Design the band stop filter with a fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 1.0 at a midband frequency f0 of 2.5 GHz for the band-edge frequencies of f1 = 1.25 GHz and f2 = 3.75 GHz as defined in Figure 6.11b of reference [1].

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Design and Analyze HighPass Filter Using pcbComponent

Design and analyze highpass filter using the pcbComponent object. A microstrip highpass filter is designed based on a three-pole (n = 3) Chebyshev highpass prototype with 0.1 dB passband ripple and cutoff frequency fc = 1.5 GHz.

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