• DocumentCode
    2192709
  • Title

    Antenna characterization with multiple scatterers by means of equivalent currents and spherical wave expansion

  • Author

    López, Yuri Álvarez ; Laviada, Jaime ; González, Cebrián García ; Las-Heras, Fernando

  • Author_Institution
    Area de Teor. de la Senal y Comun., Univ. de Oviedo Edif. Polivalente, Gijon, Spain
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    26-30 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    2551
  • Lastpage
    2554
  • Abstract
    Field retrieval is analyzed in this paper for the case of an antenna measurement distorted by multiple scatterers. This retrieval is carried out by filtering the effect of the obstacles. Two techniques are considered: i) computing the equivalent currents on surfaces enclosing the obstacles and the antenna; ii) computing the spherical wave expansion corresponding to each object.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic wave propagation; antenna characterization; antenna measurement; equivalent currents; field retrieval; multiple scatterers; obstacle filtering; spherical wave expansion; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Arrays; Surface reconstruction; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206512
  • Filename
    6206512