Spatial vector measurement based on six-port concept

Author

Adler, Viktor ; Hoffmann, Karel

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electromagn. Field, Czech Tech. Univ. in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

fYear

2013

fDate

7-7 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

A new vector measurement method of electromagnetic field distribution in space based on a scalar measurement similar to the six-port concept is presented. In addition to transmitting and receiving, the antenna system utilizes a reference antenna continuously irradiating the receiving antennas via a coherent signal with several phase shifts. The functionality of the method was verified experimentally using three antennas in the 8 - 12 GHz frequency band. The method is applicable to imaging systems or for measuring the near field of antennas, etc.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; electromagnetic fields; microwave measurement; receiving antennas; spatial variables measurement; coherent signal; electromagnetic field distribution; frequency 8 GHz to 12 GHz; microwave imaging; phase shift; receiving antenna; reference antenna; six port concept; spatial vector measurement; Antenna measurements; Microwave imaging; Microwave measurement; Microwave theory and techniques; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Vectors; Microwave imaging; microwave measurements; phase measurement; six-port; uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Measurement Conference (ARFTG), 2013 81st ARFTG

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4981-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ARFTG.2013.6579045

Filename

6579045