• DocumentCode
    1006672
  • Title

    Accuracy considerations in the measurement of the power gain of a large microwave antenna

  • Author

    Kanda, Motohisa

  • Author_Institution
    Institute for Basic Standards, National Bureau Standards, Boulder, CO, USA
  • Volume
    23
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1975
  • fDate
    5/1/1975 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    407
  • Lastpage
    411
  • Abstract
    Accuracy considerations in the measurement of the power gain of a large microwave antenna are discussed. The analysis indicates that, using the power gain comparison method with a standard antenna of nominally 40-dB gain, a large antenna with a power gain of nominally 60 dB could be calibrated to within an error of 0.17 dB ( 3\\sigma ). The power gain of the standard antenna is considered to be determined via the generalized three-antenna extrapolation method. Individual sources of errors in both the generalized three-antenna extrapolation method and the power gain comparison method are discussed.
  • Keywords
    Antenna measurements; Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Calibration; Extrapolation; Gain measurement; Microwave antennas; Microwave measurements; Power measurement; Satellite antennas; Scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1975.1141072
  • Filename
    1141072
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1006672