Title :
Study on the application of wire mesh ground plane to an open-field antenna test site
Author :
Wibowo, Ignatius Agung ; Jenu, Mohammad Zarar bin Mohamed ; Kazemipour, Alireza ; Abidin, Hafizah Binti Zainool ; Bin Abdul Rahim, Ahmad Fathi
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Malaysia
Abstract :
This paper presents the preliminary result of a study on the application of wire mesh ground plane to an open-field antenna test site. Normalized site attenuation (NSA) measurements in the frequency of 30 MHz till 1 GHz for various conditions such as with and without ground plane, indoor and outdoor, and near to metal structures have been performed. The results are then compared and analyzed. It is shown that the wire mesh ground plane has a high potential to give an NSA within allowable range specified by the regulation for an open field antenna test site at the frequency of interest. Mesh ground plane is selected to be used for the test site due to practical and economical reasons.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; VHF antennas; frequency 30 MHz to 1 GHz; mesh ground plane; normalized site attenuation; open-field antenna test; open-field antenna test site; wire mesh ground; Antenna measurements; Attenuation; Calibration; Electromagnetic measurements; Electronic equipment testing; Frequency; Performance evaluation; Receiving antennas; Spectral analysis; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Precision Electromagnetic Measurements (CPEM), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Daejeon
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6795-2
DOI :
10.1109/CPEM.2010.5544075
