Analysis and Performance Verification of Advanced Compensated Compact Ranges

Author

Hartmann, J. ; Fasold, D.

Author_Institution

Fachhochschule MÃ¿nchen, University of Applied Sciences, Electrical and Electronics Eng. Dept., Laboratory for Satellite Communications, Dachauer StraÃ\x9fe 98 b, 80323 MÃ¿nchen, Germany. Phone: +49 89 / 1265 - 1246 Fax: +49 89 / 1265 - 1299, e-mail: hart

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

Oct. 1999

Firstpage

146

Lastpage

149

Abstract

In the field of satellite communications, Compensated Compact Ranges represent the standard in high precision antenna measurements within a large firequency range. A test facility of this type was installed at the Fachhochschule MÃ¿nchen 3 years ago. Since this time, performance tests with specific test antennas and a polar plane wave scanner as well as developments and investigations for a further improvement of the measurement accuracy were performed. Within this paper, the achieved performance characteristics and the actually developed hardware solutions as a high resolution hardgating system and a SERAP structure for suppression of distorting fields will be described and analyzed. The quality of the quiet zone field will be verified with results of radiation pattern measurements and plane wave probing data in several frequency bands.

Keywords

Antenna measurements; Communication standards; Distortion measurement; Measurement standards; Performance analysis; Satellite antennas; Satellite communication; Test facilities; Testing; Time measurement; Antenna Measurement; Compact Range; Hardgating; Measurement Accuracy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 1999. 29th European

Conference_Location

Munich, Germany

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMA.1999.338549

Filename

4139572