Converting a 1D antenna array to planar array in 3D space

Hello,

I am struggling to understand how I can convert a linear array code to a 2D by changing or adding some lines of code.Here is what I have got so far:

%Parameters

Fc=1255e6; %/Hz Carrier frequency

C=3e8;%/m/s Speed of light

Lambda=C/Fc;%/m Wavelength

ESepx=0.49*Lambda; %/m Element separation in the x direction

ESepz=0.49*Lambda;%/m Element separation in the z direction

Nx=4; % Number of Elements in the x direction

Nz=16;%Number of Elements in the z direction

% First lets define a planar array in 3D space

Elementpos=zeros(Nx,Nz);

Elementpos(1,:)=(-(Nx-1)/2:(Nx-1)/2)*ESepx;

Elementpos(:,1)=(-(Nz-1)/2:(Nz-1)/2)*ESepz;

figure(1)

plot(Elementpos(1,:), Elementpos(:,1), 'x')

xlabel('x axis (m)');

ylabel('z axis (m)');

title('element position');

[Mariya Mollova]

Thank you,very much! Makes much more sense now.

[Paul Hoffrichter]

Meant to put this as an answer, not a comment.

[Paul Hoffrichter]

I added a 3rd technique in the answer.

Do you have any other questions about the below answer? If not, could you hit the Accept Answer button below.

Answer 1

[Paul Hoffrichter]

Fc=1255e6; %/Hz Carrier frequency
C=3e8;%/m/s Speed of light
Lambda=C/Fc;%/m Wavelength
ESepx=0.49*Lambda; %/m Element separation in the x direction
ESepz=0.49*Lambda;%/m Element separation in the z direction
Nx=4; % Number of Elements in the x direction
Nz=16;%Number of Elements in the z direction
xPos = (-(Nx-1)/2:(Nx-1)/2)*ESepx;
zPos = (-(Nz-1)/2:(Nz-1)/2)*ESepz;
figure(101), hold on;
for z = zPos
   zs = repmat(z, 1, length(xPos));
   plot( xPos, zs, 'bx');
end
xlabel('x axis (m)');
ylabel('z axis (m)');
title('element position');

figure(102)
[X Y] = meshgrid( xPos, zPos );
plot(X, Y,'kx')
xlabel('x axis (m)');
ylabel('z axis (m)');
title('element position');

figure(103)
zP = repmat(zPos', 1, 4);
plot(xPos, zP, 'gx')