A method of ground reflections reduction on the ground ranges

Author

Slobodzian, Piotr M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Telecommun. & Acoust., Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Poland

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

898

Abstract

A method to increase the accuracy of antenna gain and radiation pattern measurements on far-field ground ranges is presented. The method consists in ground reflections reduction by means of proper range configuration depending on the pattern shape of the source antenna used. The main idea of the method assumes that the first of the radiation pattern of the source antenna is directed toward the central point of the specular reflection zone. This results in a decrease in the illumination of the range surface and allows significant reduction of ground reflections.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; electromagnetic wave reflection; gain measurement; microstrip antennas; radiowave propagation; L-band; antenna gain measurement; antenna radiation pattern measurement; computer simulations; far-field ground ranges; ground ranges; ground reflections reduction; microstrip antenna; pattern shape; range configuration; source antenna; specular reflection zone; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Antennas and propagation; Aperture antennas; Gain measurement; Lighting; Reflection; Reflector antennas; Shape; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Radar and Wireless Communications, 2002. MIKON-2002. 14th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

83-906662-5-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2002.1017982

Filename

1017982