Title :
Measurement of UWB antenna efficiency
Author :
Schantz, Hans Gregory
Author_Institution :
Time Domain Corp., Huntsville, AL, USA
Abstract :
The usual narrowband or resonant techniques, for measuring antenna efficiency are ill-suited for use with ultra-wideband (UWB) or aresonant antennas. This paper develops an extension of the classic "Wheeler (1959) cap" technique that can be applied to UWB antennas. The theory of UWB antenna efficiency is developed, and the techniques of the paper are applied to measure the efficiency of a Time Domain BroadSec UWB antenna
Keywords :
antenna testing; Time Domain BroadSpec-UWB antenna; UWB antenna efficiency; Wheeler cap technique; aresonant antennas; narrowband techniques; resonant techniques; time domain broadspec UWB antenna; ultra-wideband antennas; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Containers; Loss measurement; Narrowband; Propagation losses; Reflection; Reflector antennas; Resonance; Ultra wideband antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Spring. IEEE VTS 53rd
Conference_Location :
Rhodes
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6728-6
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2001.944569
