Re-evaluation of error terms for meaningful and practicable antenna and EMC calibration

Author

Enders, A.

Author_Institution

II. Phys. Inst., Koln Univ., Germany

fYear

1996

fDate

17-21 June 1996

Firstpage

199

Lastpage

200

Abstract

Electromagnetic field calibrations are always influenced by boundary conditions. Boundaries are established by imperfections (e.g. cables, finite ground-plane, absorber walls) and by the measurement definition (source/spl rlhar2/detector coupling, ground-plane). A detailed discussion of coupling effects between undesirable boundaries and the measurement set-up reveals unconsidered or underestimated errors.

Keywords

anechoic chambers; antenna radiation patterns; calibration; conical antennas; dipole antennas; electromagnetic compatibility; measurement errors; EMC calibration; antenna calibration; biconical antennas; boundary conditions; dipole antenna pairs; dual-antenna factor calibration; electromagnetic field calibrations; error terms; free-field reference site; ground-plane; radiation patterns; semi-anechoic chamber; source antenna; source-detector coupling; underestimated errors; undesirable boundaries; Antenna measurements; Boundary conditions; Cables; Calibration; Dipole antennas; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic measurements; Transfer functions; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 1996 Conference on

Conference_Location

Braunschweig, Germany

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3376-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.1996.546773

Filename

546773