Title :
Control of microwave aerospace antenna service condition
Author :
Gimpilevich, Yu.B. ; Shirokov, I.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Radio Eng., Sevastopol Nat. Tech. Univ., Ukraine
Abstract :
A device and algorithm for measuring the microwave antenna impedance and input power level are presented. A compact six-port microwave reflectometer, p-i-n diode switch, single microwave detector are used. The first harmonic and DC component of the output detector signal are processed. This results in the elimination of instrument components nonideality and enables the reaching of high equipment accuracy.
Keywords :
aerospace testing; antenna testing; electric impedance measurement; microwave antennas; microwave reflectometry; multiport networks; satellite antennas; test equipment; DC component; first harmonic; impedance; input power level; microwave aerospace antenna service condition; microwave detector; output detector signal; p-i-n diodes switch; six-port microwave reflectometer; Aerospace control; Antenna measurements; Detectors; Impedance measurement; Microwave antennas; Microwave devices; Microwave measurements; P-i-n diodes; Power measurement; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2002. IGARSS '02. 2002 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7536-X
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2002.1027277
