Characterizing reverberation chambers by measurements of the enhanced backscatter coefficient

Author

Dunlap, C.R. ; Holloway, C.L. ; Pirkl, R. ; Ladbury, J. ; Kuester, E.F. ; Hill, D.A. ; van de Beek, S.

Author_Institution

Electromagn. Div., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol. (NIST), Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

6-10 Aug. 2012

Firstpage

210

Lastpage

215

Abstract

Reverberation chambers (RC) are becoming a popular alternative testing facility for a wide range of electromagnetic applications. In order for these tests to have any meaning, we need to ensure that the RC is performing in a desired manner. One common approach for characterizing the RC is based on a measurement of field uniformity in the chamber. In this paper, we present an alternative technique for characterizing a RC, based on the enhanced backscatter coefficient (a quantity analogous to the enhanced backscatter that has been derived for scattering by a random medium) measured in the chamber.

Keywords

reverberation chambers; alternative testing facility; electromagnetic applications; enhanced backscatter coefficient measurements; field uniformity measurement; reverberation chambers; Antenna measurements; Backscatter; Receiving antennas; Reverberation chamber; Standards; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

2158-110X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2061-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.2012.6351782

Filename

6351782