Title :
Innovative Antenna Chamber Characterization
Abstract :
This paper describes an innovative test approach to validate an anechoic Compact Range antenna indoor chamber. It documents the antenna chamber mmW characterization efforts and results for the Lockheed Martin Mission Systems & Training (MST) antenna chamber CR1 in Owego NY. The mmW characterization results indicate that the chamber amplitude performance is better than 0.8 dB RMS, and the chamber phase performance is better than 5 degree RMS. These errors are reasonably small compared with typical Electronic Support Measure (ESM) antenna calibration residual errors. Based on these characterization results, it is concluded that the Owego chamber CR1 is sufficient for mmW ESM antenna calibrations.
Keywords :
antenna testing; calibration; error analysis; millimetre wave antennas; MST antenna chamber CR1; Martin Mission Systems & Training; Owego chamber CR1; anechoic compact range antenna indoor chamber; antenna chamber mmW characterization; chamber amplitude performance; chamber phase performance; electronic support measure; innovative test approach; mmW ESM antenna calibration residual error; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Azimuth; Calibration; Frequency measurement; Measurement uncertainty; Phase measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Test Workshop (NATW), 2014 IEEE 23rd North Atlantic
Conference_Location :
Johnson City, NY
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5134-5
DOI :
10.1109/NATW.2014.13
