Title :
Polarization efficiency statistics
Author_Institution :
Aerosp. Corp., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
The mean and RMS (root-mean-square) statistics of the polarization efficiency between an incident wave and a receiving antenna are derived. The mean polarization efficiency equals or exceeds one-half when the handedness of the incident field and receiving antenna is similar and is less than or equal to one-half when the handedness is dissimilar. The standard deviation of the polarization efficiency has a significantly higher value than that anticipated from Gaussian statistics. These statistics provide estimates for the sensitivity loss in system operation and provide values for polarization mismatch loss needed in error budget projections of measurement accuracy or RF system performance.<>
Keywords :
antenna theory; electromagnetic wave polarisation; error statistics; receiving antennas; RF system performance; RMS statistics; error budget projections; handedness; incident wave; mean statistics; measurement accuracy; polarization efficiency; polarization mismatch loss; receiving antenna; sensitivity loss; Aerospace electronics; Antenna measurements; Laboratories; Loss measurement; Parametric statistics; Polarization; Receiving antennas; Shape measurement; Statistical analysis; Statistical distributions;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1988. AP-S. Digest
Conference_Location :
Syracuse, NY, USA
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1988.94276
