Title :
Radome design and measurements
Author :
Audone, Bruno ; Delogu, Andrea ; Moriondo, Paola
Author_Institution :
Aeritalia-Gruppo Equipaggiamenti, Caselle Torinese, Italy
fDate :
6/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Radome performance (transmission loss and boresight error) is evaluated by means of a computer code the input data of which are the geometry (radome shape, layered structure configuration, and antenna/radome relative position) and the antenna aperture magnetic current distribution. The latter is measured directly, thus avoiding the difficulty of characterizing the antenna under test. The spherical near field (SNF) measuring technique is applied. A radome has been designed using this approach and then manufactured and tested by means of a compact range. The comparison between experimental and theoretical results is quite good
Keywords :
CAD; antenna accessories; field strength measurement; telecommunications computing; antenna/radome relative position; boresight error; computer code; field strength measurement; layered structure configuration; magnetic current distribution; radome shape; spherical near field; transmission loss; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Computational geometry; Computer errors; Distributed computing; Magnetic field measurement; Performance loss; Propagation losses; Testing; Transmitting antennas;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE Transactions on
