International comparison of Ku-band standard gain horn characterization

Author

Guerrieri, Jeffrey R. ; Coder, Jason B. ; Francis, Michael H. ; Gordon, Josh ; Novotny, David R. ; Wittmann, Ronald C.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

2653

Lastpage

2654

Abstract

International comparison of antenna measurement results between national measurement laboratories supports interoperability of communication equipment in today´s world market. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the pilot National Measurement Institute (NMI) for an international comparison measurement of two Ku-band standard gain horn antennas that involved eleven other NMIs. A variety of measurement techniques such as extrapolation, far field, gain transfer and reciprocity, were used in this international comparison. The individual measurement techniques used by each NMI are indicated and the gain measurement results and associated uncertainties from each NMI are presented in this paper.

Keywords

antenna testing; gain measurement; horn antennas; Ku-band standard gain horn characterization; NIST; NMI; National Institute of Standards and Technology; antenna measurement results; communication equipment interoperability; extrapolation measurement; far field measurement; gain transfer measurement; international comparison; national measurement laboratories; pilot National Measurement Institute; reciprocity measurement; Antenna measurements; Frequency measurement; Gain; Gain measurement; NIST; Uncertainty; Ku-band; National Measurement Institute; antenna gain; fixed frequency gain; international comparison;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902369

Filename

6902369