Time Domain Antenna Measurements: Implementation and Verification of a Novel Technique

Author

de Jongh, R.V. ; Hajian, M. ; Ligthart, L.P.

Author_Institution

Delft University of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering, International Research Centre for Telecommunications-transmission and Radar (IRCTR), Mekelweg 4, 2628 CD Delft, The Netherlands. Phone: +31-15-2782496 Fax: +31-15-2782496, E-mail: R.V.d

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

8-12 Sept. 1997

Firstpage

470

Lastpage

475

Abstract

The results of an experimental study in which time domain pulses are used to measure the far-field characteristics of an antenna are presented. Pulses with duration and rise times in the order of 50 ps are generated in order to characterize the behavior of an antenna in the frequency range 1-18 GHz. An X-band Standard Gain Horn (SGH) has been used to verify the overall performance of the measurement system. An excellent agreement between the time domain and the frequency domain measurements has been observed. This novel antenna measurement technique offers advantages over the traditional techniques for wideband measurements in frequency domain in reducing the measurement time and has great potentials. The paper describes the Antenna Time Domain Measurement (ATDM) system, including the potentials of time gating and summarizes the error sources, advantages and disadvantages of such a measurement technique.

Keywords

Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Character generation; Frequency domain analysis; Frequency measurement; Measurement standards; Measurement techniques; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 1997. 27th European

Conference_Location

Jerusalem, Israel

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMA.1997.337844

Filename

4138885