Measurement of electrically large array antennas in small anechoic chambers

Journal article (2007)

Authors

M. Simeoni International Research Centre for Telecommunication and Radar

I.E. Lager International Research Centre for Telecommunication and Radar

CI Coman International Research Centre for Telecommunication and Radar

Research Group

International Research Centre for Telecommunication and Radar

To reference this document use:

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:6bd57250-e9fb-422b-a4f1-bef59ebf103e

More Info

expand_more

Published Date

2007

Language

Undefined/Unknown

Reuse Rights

Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download, forward or distribute the text or part of it, without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license such as Creative Commons.

Research Group

International Research Centre for Telecommunication and Radar

Abstract

A post-processing procedure that yields accurate array-antenna radiation-pattern estimaions is described. By resorting to this strategy, measurements of large array antennas inside small anechoic chambers become feasible. The method employs an adequate phase-correction derived from an optical ray approach, under the assumption that teh elementary radiators themselves are electrically small and van be measured under far-field conditions inside the relevant anechoic chamber. The effectiveness of the proposed thecnique is demonstrated by examing the case of nonuniform linear array antenna.