DocumentCode
2183593
Title
An indoor measuring technique for antenna gain
Author
Tamas, Razvan D. ; Deacu, Daniela ; Caruntu, G. ; Petrescu, Teodor
Author_Institution
Maritime Univ. of Constanta, Constanta, Romania
fYear
2013
fDate
4-6 March 2013
Firstpage
219
Lastpage
222
Abstract
Antenna gain is generally measured either in an anechoic chamber or in an open test site. In this paper, we propose an indoor measuring technique based on averaging the magnitude of a normalized transfer function over a distance range. The effects of reflection and diffraction on the mean normalized transfer function are firstly investigated, prior to find the impact of the distance range on the measuring error. The method is then validated by measuring a low-gain, quasi non-directional antenna.
Keywords
antennas; electromagnetic wave diffraction; electromagnetic wave reflection; gain measurement; transfer functions; anechoic chamber; antenna gain; diffraction effect; distance range; indoor measuring technique; low-gain quasinondirectional antenna; mean normalized transfer function; measuring error; open test site; reflection effect; Antenna measurements; Gain measurement; Reflection; Reflector antennas; Transfer functions;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antenna Technology (iWAT), 2013 International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Karlsruhe
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-2830-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4673-2829-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IWAT.2013.6518337
Filename
6518337
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