Antenna arrangements for broadband antenna calibration using the Standard Antenna Method

Author

Sugiura, Akira ; Yamanaka, Yukio ; Iwasaki, Takashi ; Matsumoto, Yasushi

Author_Institution

Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

974

Abstract

Theoretical and experimental studies are made on calibration of EMI biconical antennas and log-periodic dipole array antennas. The method of calibration treated in this paper is the Standard Antenna Method. The errors in the calibration are categorized into two groups, one originated from the theoretical background of the calibration method and the other related to practical calibration measurements. The present paper gives the fundamental formula for the Standard Antenna Method in order to study the former group of errors. The most important error sources are found to be the nonuniformity of the field in which an antenna under calibration is immersed. In addition, serious errors are caused by the close coupling between a transmit antenna and a standard tuned dipole antenna. Based on these investigations, appropriate antenna arrangements are proposed for this calibration method

Keywords

calibration; conical antennas; dipole antenna arrays; electromagnetic interference; log periodic antennas; measurement errors; EMI biconical antennas; Standard Antenna Method; antenna arrangements; broadband antenna calibration; calibration errors; calibration measurements; error sources; field nonuniformity; log-periodic dipole array antennas; transmit/standard tuned dipole antennas coupling; ANSI standards; Antenna measurements; Antenna theory; Broadband antennas; Calibration; Dipole antennas; Log periodic antennas; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2001. EMC. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6569-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.2001.950525

Filename

950525