Title :
Measuring the Impedance and Efficiency of Differentially Driven Microstrip Antenna by Two Balun Methods
Author :
Zhang, Yue Ping ; Tu Zhihong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
Two balun methods for measuring the impedance and efficiency of a differentially driven microstrip antenna with a two-port vector network analyzer are evaluated. It is shown that the non-ideal nature of real baluns will cause measurement errors. This paper proposes and describes the new calibration techniques for the removal of the effects of actual baluns. The balun methods and obtained experimental results are discussed and validated.
Keywords :
baluns; calibration; electric impedance measurement; measurement errors; microstrip antennas; network analysers; balanced antenna; balun; impedance measurement; measurement errors; microstrip antenna; two-port vector network analyzer; Antenna measurements; Calibration; Impedance matching; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Scattering parameters; Standards; Balanced antenna; balun; impedance measurements; microstrip antenna;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2013.2294020