Title :
Measurement of phase center for antenna with the method of moving reference point
Author :
Shang, Jun-ping ; Fu, De-min ; Deng, Ying-bo ; Jiang, Shuai
Author_Institution :
Nat. Lab. of Antennas & Microwave Technol., Xidian Univ., Xi´´an
Abstract :
To locate or to measure antenna with high precision, the error of antenna phase center is the main error source, so it is necessary to locate antenna phase center accurately. In this paper, based on the measured data of an antenna phase pattern and amplitude pattern, using the least square method, we can compute the antenna phase center deviation. And with the measurement accuracy less than 1 mm, the proposed method can accurately and conveniently measure the phase center.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; least squares approximations; amplitude pattern; antenna phase center location; antenna phase pattern; least square method; moving reference point method; phase center measurement; Antenna measurements; Calibration; Equations; Horn antennas; Least squares methods; Microwave antennas; Microwave measurements; Microwave technology; Phase measurement; Position measurement; antenna phase center; phase center deviation; the least square method;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas, Propagation and EM Theory, 2008. ISAPE 2008. 8th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Kunming
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2192-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2193-0
DOI :
10.1109/ISAPE.2008.4735153
