Title :
The complex antenna factor of broadband, wire-cage biconical dipoles
Author :
McLean, James ; Sutton, Robert ; Hill, Michael ; Sutton, Tina ; Hoffman, Rob
Author_Institution :
TDK RF Solutions, Cedar Park, TX, USA
Abstract :
Previous studies on wire-cage biconical dipoles including "calculable" biconical dipoles have considered only the scalar antenna factor. The complex antenna factor (CAF) allows determination of both amplitude and phase information for the incident field and is necessary for the recovery of nonsinusoidal waveforms from measured data. Here we present numerical simulations of the complex effective length and the CAF for a precision wire cage biconical design. Also, we present an extension to the widely-used standard site approach to allow accurate measurement of CAF.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; broadband antennas; conical antennas; dipole antennas; wire antennas; amplitude information; biconical dipoles; broadband wire-cage biconical dipoles; complex antenna factor; complex effective length; nonsinusoidal waveforms recovery; numerical simulations; phase information; scalar antenna factor; Antenna measurements; Broadband antennas; Dipole antennas; Frequency measurement; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic sensors; Numerical simulation; Receiving antennas; Time domain analysis; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2002. EMC 2002. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7264-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISEMC.2002.1032446
