Real-time spherical near-field handset antenna measurements

Author

Iversen, P.O. ; Garreau, P. ; Burrell, Dennis

Author_Institution

Satimo, Courtaboeuf, France

Volume

43

Issue

3

fYear

2001

fDate

6/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

90

Lastpage

94

Abstract

A new spherical near-field measurement system, dedicated to personal-communications applications, has been installed at e-tenna Corporation. The system, sold by Satimo, uses an electronically scanned probe array, and offers a dramatic reduction of the measurement time (by a factor ranging from 60 to 1,000) with respect to conventional mechanical scanners. This test range has undergone extensive acceptance testing, which has verified the specified measurement accuracy. The speed of the system, combined with the availability of full-sphere measurement data, enables rapid measurement of antenna efficiency. The system also enables the measurement of other parameters, such as the percentage of radiated power dissipated into the body of a human test subject operating a cellular telephone

Keywords

UHF antennas; UHF measurement; antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; biological effects of microwaves; cellular radio; mobile antennas; personal communication networks; real-time systems; receiving antennas; scanning antennas; 1900 MHz; 2 GHz; 2500 MHz; Satimo; acceptance testing; antenna efficiency; cellular telephone; e-tenna Corporation; electronically scanned probe array; human test subject; measurement accuracy; measurement time; personal-communications applications; radiated power; real-time spherical near-field handset antenna measurements; Antenna measurements; Humans; Mechanical variables measurement; Power measurement; Probes; System testing; Telephone sets; Telephony; Time measurement; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/74.934906

Filename

934906