Analysis of iDEN reverberation chamber for antenna measurements

Author

Gonzalez, J. ; De Leon, L. Ponce ; Thodupunoorui, A. ; Babij, T.

Author_Institution

Motorola. Inc., Fort Lauderdale

fYear

2007

fDate

9-15 June 2007

Firstpage

529

Lastpage

532

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of a medium size reverberation chamber to be used for handset antenna efficiency measurements. The assessment is done by sampling the power received by a linearly polarized antenna at 14 locations in the working volume over one stirrer rotation. The general goal is to achieve a good correlation with anechoic chambers. Power uniformity and isotropy over the working volume are two of the main factors that affect this correlation. This paper addresses these issues with a simple structure of one stirrer and minimal loading.

Keywords

anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); antenna testing; reverberation chambers; anechoic chamber; antenna measurements; handset antenna efficiency measurements; iDEN reverberation chamber; linearly polarized antenna; medium size reverberation chamber; power uniformity; stirrer rotation; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Dipole antennas; Frequency measurement; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Resonance; Reverberation chamber; Telephone sets; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2007 IEEE

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0877-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0878-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2007.4395547

Filename

4395547