Accurate experimental phaseless antenna characterization via a prolate functions based algorithm

Author

Capozzoli, A. ; D´Elia, G. ; Liseno, A.

Author_Institution

Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica e delle Telecomunicazioni, Univ. di Napoli Federico II

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

951

Lastpage

954

Abstract

This paper presents a phaseless near-field antenna characterization algorithm exploiting an "effective" representation of the aperture field and of the plane wave spectrum (PWS), based on the prolate spheroidal wave function (PSWF) series expansion. Indeed, as long as aperture antennas are involved, due to the Fourier transform relationship connecting aperture field and PWS, the PSWFs span "at best", namely with the least possible number of functions, the space of finite-supported aperture fields corresponding to "essentially" finite-supported PWS\´

Keywords

Fourier transforms; aperture antennas; series (mathematics); wave functions; Fourier transform relationship; accurate experimental phaseless antenna characterization; aperture antennas; aperture field; essentially finite-supported PWS; finite-supported aperture fields; phaseless near-field antenna characterization algorithm; plane wave spectrum; prolate functions based algorithm; prolate spheroidal wave function series expansion; Amplitude estimation; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Fourier transforms; Frequency measurement; Information retrieval; Measurement standards; Phase estimation; Phase measurement; Telecommunication standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1710688

Filename

1710688