The Single Antenna Method for the Measurement of Antenna Gain and Phase

Author

Krieger, J.D. ; Newman, E.H. ; Gupta, I.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH

Volume

54

Issue

11

fYear

2006

Firstpage

3562

Lastpage

3565

Abstract

The single antenna method is a technique for measuring the absolute gain of an antenna, involving only input impedance or reflection coefficient measurements for that antenna. Here we present a modification to the method which also yields the phase of the far zone electric field. The method is a variation of the two antenna method, in which the second identical antenna is obtained via the image of the antenna under test into a large reflecting plate. A time gating procedure is used to isolate the energy reflected from the plate

Keywords

antenna testing; electric impedance; electromagnetic wave reflection; gain measurement; phase measurement; antenna gain measurement; antenna phase measurement; antenna under test; far zone electric field; input impedance; reflection coefficient; single antenna method; Antenna measurements; Gain measurement; Impedance measurement; Phase measurement; Power measurement; Power transmission; Reflection; Reflector antennas; Testing; Transmitting antennas; Antenna gain; antenna measurements; gain measurements;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAP.2006.884309

Filename

4012444