Title :
Towards routine automated error assessment in antenna spherical near-field measurements
Author :
Pelland, Patrick ; Ethier, Jonathan ; Van Rensburg, Daniël Janse ; McNamara, Derek ; Shafai, Leili ; Mishra, Shantnu
Author_Institution :
SITE, Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
This paper describes a measurement process that permits an assessment of spherical near-field (SNF) measurement errors based on a set of tests that can be done as part of any SNF measurement. A test system has been implemented that, in an automated fashion, derives error bars for the measured radiation patterns.
Keywords :
Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Automatic testing; Bars; Electric variables measurement; Measurement errors; NIST; Probes; Reflection; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2010 Proceedings of the Fourth European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona, Spain
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6431-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-84-7653-472-4
