Near-field Hybrid Test Range from 400 MHz to 50 GHz in the ESTEC Compact Payload Test Range with RF upgrade for high frequencies

Author

Burgos, Sara ; Iversen, P.O. ; Andersson, Tyrone ; Wagner, Ulrike ; Kozan, Thomas ; Jernberg, Anders ; Priemer, Bernhard ; Boumans, Marcel ; Pinchuk, Gennady ; Braun, Roland ; Shmidov, L.

Author_Institution

MVG, ORBIT/FR Eur. GmbH, Vaterstetten, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

1075

Lastpage

1079

Abstract

This paper deals with the upgrade of the ESTEC Compact Payload Test Range (CPTR) [1] to ensure that its capability in terms of measurement accuracy and frequency domain is adequate for complementing the ESTEC test centre facilities with state of the art antenna testing as requested by space projects. A near-field scanner has been incorporated in the existing ESA CPTR to establish a Hybrid Test Range in the frequency range from 400 MHz to 50 GHz. The main goals of this RF system upgrade are to increase the operational frequency range, to easy exchange the DUT transmit and receive modes and to improve the dynamic range. The system features are presented in this paper.

Keywords

antenna testing; frequency-domain analysis; near-field communication; DUT transmit modes; ESA CPTR; ESTEC compact payload test range; ESTEC test centre facilities; RF system upgrade; antenna testing; easy exchange; frequency 400 MHz to 50 GHz; frequency domain; hybrid test range; measurement accuracy; near-field scanner; operational frequency range; receive modes; space projects; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Europe; Frequency measurement; Orbits; Pollution measurement; Radio frequency; RF; antenna; measurement; receive; scanner; transmit;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901955

Filename

6901955