Title :
Measurement Uncertainty of Antenna Efficiency in a Reverberation Chamber
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signals & Syst., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
Abstract :
Reverberation chambers have been used for measuring antenna efficiencies. In this letter, the measurement uncertainty of the efficiency measurement is analyzed and a simple uncertainty model is given. The model is verified by extensive measurements.
Keywords :
antennas; measurement uncertainty; reverberation chambers; antenna efficiency; efficiency measurement; measurement uncertainty; reverberation chamber; uncertainty model; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Loading; Measurement uncertainty; Reverberation chambers; Transfer functions; Uncertainty; Antenna efficiency; independent sample number; measurement uncertainty; reverberation chamber (RC);
Journal_Title :
Electromagnetic Compatibility, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEMC.2013.2265042