State of the art spherical near-field antenna test systems for full vehicle testing

Author

Noren, P. ; Foged, L.J. ; Garreau, Ph

Author_Institution

Microwave Vision Group, Courtaboeuf, France

fYear

2012

fDate

26-30 March 2012

Firstpage

2244

Lastpage

2248

Abstract

A multi-probe technology for fast spherical near field scanning of automotive antennas is presented, together with the major building blocks for such facilities. Examples of existing test ranges based on this technology are shown. Software tools for post processing of the acquired data are introduced, as well as typical reference antennas used for validation of test range performance. The current trends of wireless communications, such as diversity and MIMO antenna systems, and the resulting implications for automotive antenna testing are also discussed.

Keywords

MIMO communication; antennas; data acquisition; near-field communication; testing; vehicles; MIMO antenna systems; automotive antenna testing; automotive antennas; data acquisition; fast spherical near field scanning; full vehicle testing; multiprobe technology; spherical near-field antenna test systems; wireless communications; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Arrays; Automotive engineering; Frequency measurement; Probes; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EUCAP), 2012 6th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0918-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0919-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2012.6206695

Filename

6206695