Direct determination of PE and PAE of an Active patch antenna

Author

Ali, Nazar T. ; McEwan, Neil J. ; Elkhazmi, E.A.

Author_Institution

Khalifa Univ., Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

fYear

2010

fDate

26-28 April 2010

Firstpage

705

Lastpage

708

Abstract

In this paper, the power added efficiency and/or the power efficiency of an active antenna was measured using a specially devised setup. This was based on previous work by the authors whereby the power input to a radiating element of an active patch antenna was measured using a small sensing patch. Combined with an estimate of patch radiation efficiency, the method also yields a measurement of total radiated power. Because of weakly frequency-dependant calibration factor, the method has advantages of convenience and can be integrated with modern computer based measurement systems.

Keywords

active antennas; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; PAE; PE; active patch antenna; patch radiation efficiency; power added efficiency; power efficiency; small sensing patch; weakly frequency-dependant calibration factor; Collaborative work; Communication standards; Internetworking; Patch antennas; Protocols; Quality of service; Robustness; Routing; Telecommunication traffic; WiMAX; patch antenns; power added efficiency; power measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MELECON 2010 - 2010 15th IEEE Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference

Conference_Location

Valletta

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5793-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MELCON.2010.5475992

Filename

5475992