Lower uncertainty PCB-LPDA antenna measurement on open area test site

Author

Wiid, Pieter Gideon

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., Stellenbosch, South Africa

fYear

2013

fDate

9-13 Sept. 2013

Firstpage

911

Lastpage

914

Abstract

This paper describes the continued characterization of a printed-circuit-board log periodic dipole-array (PCB-LPDA) antenna used for radio frequency interference (RFI) measurements for the South African Square Kilometer Array (SA SKA) project. Earlier measurements in an anechoic chamber showed levels of uncertainty in the VHF and C bands. Measurements on an open area test site (OATS) show lower uncertainty results for these frequency ranges. Simulations using the computational electromagnetic code FEKO give more insight into the differences between measurement results below 150 MHz.

Keywords

VHF antennas; anechoic chambers (electromagnetic); computational electromagnetics; dipole antenna arrays; log periodic antennas; microwave antenna arrays; microwave measurement; printed circuits; radiofrequency interference; radiotelescopes; C band uncertainty; FEKO code; OATS; PCB-LPDA antenna; RFI measurements; SA SKA project; South African Square Kilometer Array project; VHF band uncertainty; anechoic chamber; computational electromagnetic code; lower uncertainty PCB-LPDA antenna measurement; open area test site; printed circuit board log periodic dipole array antenna; radiofrequency interference measurements; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Extraterrestrial measurements; Frequency measurement; Gain; Measurement uncertainty; Open area test sites;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Torino

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5705-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2013.6632372

Filename

6632372