Title :
Wideband experimental characterization of differential antennas
Author :
Pantoja, A.J.J. ; Peña, Néstor M. ; Roman, Francisco ; Vega, Félix ; Rachidi, Farhad
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Syst. of Telecommun. Group (GEST), Univ. of Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
Abstract :
A procedure to characterize the gain and the input impedance of differential antennas from a mixed S parameters measurement is presented. Measurements are performed with a differential probe to connect differential antennas under test and the single-ended ports of a vector network analyzer. This element is modeled with transmission lines in cascade and its effect in the measurement is corrected. Three wire antennas are characterized and a good agreement is found between experimental data and numerical results obtained using the Time Domain Integral Equation technique.
Keywords :
S-parameters; antenna testing; broadband antennas; integral equations; network analysers; probes; time-domain analysis; transmission lines; wire antennas; cascade; differential antennas under test; differential probe; input impedance; mixed S parameters measurement; single-ended ports; time domain integral equation technique; transmission lines; vector network analyzer; wideband experimental characterization; wire antennas; Adaptive arrays; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Gain; Impedance; Scattering parameters; Transmission line measurements; antenna gain; balanced antenna; de-embedding; differential antenna; mixed mode S parameters;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Prague
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0918-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0919-7
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206108
