Design of small reverberation chamber for handsets testing

This paper presents the design procedures and 3-D full-wave simulations of the electromagnetic field inside a small-sized reverberation chamber. The electric field inside the chamber is computed and the influence of small geometric details and asymmetries is investigated as well as the effect of different excitations and stirrers, and thus represents a reliable tool facilitating reverberation chamber optimization. The small reverberation chamber having dimensions 1.16times0.75times1.1 m³ is designed for investigations of handset antenna terminals.