• DocumentCode
    1209307
  • Title

    An experimental study of antenna array calibration

  • Author

    Gupta, Inder J. ; Baxter, James R. ; Ellingson, Steven W. ; Park, Hyung-Geun ; Oh, Hyun Seo ; Kyeong, Mun Geon

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ohio State Univ. ElectroSci. Lab., Columbus, OH, USA
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    3/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    664
  • Lastpage
    667
  • Abstract
    The coupling matrix concept for predicting the radiation patterns of elements of an antenna array is studied. Measured data, as well as some numerical data, are used in the study. It is demonstrated that for some practical antennas of interest whose radiation patterns are affected by structure scattering, the coupling matrix concept may not work very well. As expected, the stronger the structure scattering, the greater the discrepancy between the predicted patterns and the actual patterns.
  • Keywords
    adaptive antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; calibration; electromagnetic wave scattering; matrix algebra; angle-of-arrival estimation; antenna array calibration; coupling matrix; radiation patterns; smart antenna; structure scattering; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Calibration; Frequency estimation; Geometry; Receiving antennas; Scattering; Voltage;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.2003.809870
  • Filename
    1201344