Title :
Error Corrections in Outdoor Cylindrical near Field Radar Antenna Measurement System
Author :
Martin, F. ; Burgos, Sara ; Sierra-Castaner, M. ; Pou, C.V. ; Besada, Jose Luis
Author_Institution :
Indra Sist. S.A. Ctra de Loeches, Torrejon de Ardoz
Abstract :
An outdoor cylindrical near field antenna measurement system was designed and fabricated in Guadalajara (Spain) for measuring large L-band RADAR antennas. This design was presented in EuCap 2006 by Martin, F., et al. (2006), where the theoretical error analysis and the main description of the complete system were presented. This paper presents the solutions adopted for solving some of the problems presented in the outdoor design: the first of them due to temperature variations, the second one to the effect of the wind and the third one to the reflections in the ground.
Keywords :
error analysis; error correction; measurement systems; microwave measurement; radar antennas; Guadalajara; L-band RADAR antennas; error analysis; error corrections; outdoor cylindrical near field radar antenna measurement system; temperature variations; RADAR antenna; antenna measurement; cylindrical measurement system;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation, 2007. EuCAP 2007. The Second European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-842-6
