Component Library Conventions

A set of naming conventions are used in the definition of antenna-specific variables, configurations, and units in components.

Variables

All antenna-specific variables start with the antenna name (for example, Dipole1). When a new antenna is added and one of its variable names is not unique, the antenna name is incremented (for example, Dipole1, Dipole2).

An underscore (“_”) is used as a delimiter.

Note: To change the centre frequency of an antenna after it was added to a model, modify the antenna_f_ctr variable (for example, Dipole1_f_ctr).

Configurations

All antenna-specific configurations start with the antenna name (for example, Dipole1).
  • A configuration specified at a single (centre) frequency is indicated by the _f_ctr suffix (for example, Dipole1_f_ctr).
  • A configuration specified over a frequency range is indicated by the _f_range suffix (for example, Dipole1_f_range). For a FDTD a discrete frequency configuration is added.

Units

When creating a component in a new model, the model unit is set to millimetres if the centre frequency is greater than 1 GHz.