• DocumentCode
    846239
  • Title

    Accurate gain measurement of horn antennas in the shortened far field

  • Author

    Hollmann, Heinrich

  • Author_Institution
    Forschungsinst. der Deutschen Bundepost, Darmstadt, West Germany
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1989
  • fDate
    4/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    617
  • Lastpage
    618
  • Abstract
    A measurement technique is described which is well suited for experiments in anechoic chambers to determine the far-field gain of two identical pyramidal horn antennas with an uncertainty of ±0.1 dB. For this technique it is necessary to find out the location of the amplitude center of a horn for observation points within the far-field region. In addition, the amplitude center leads to the phase center in the 45° plane of the radiation field
  • Keywords
    anechoic chambers; antenna radiation patterns; antennas; gain measurement; amplitude center; anechoic chambers; far-field gain; pyramidal horn antennas; shortened far field; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Frequency; Gain measurement; Horn antennas; Measurement techniques; Power measurement; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9456
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/19.192361
  • Filename
    192361