The bi-polar near-field antenna measuring system at Wroclaw University of Technology

Author

Kabacik, Pawel

Author_Institution

Inst. of Telecommun. & Acousti., Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Poland

Volume

45

Issue

5

fYear

2003

Firstpage

74

Lastpage

83

Abstract

This paper presents a near-field antenna measurement system that was developed in-house. The capabilities of our bi-polar system were extended by a backward-projection processing of data. The amplitude and phase distribution within the array elements can thus be reconstructed. Major applications of the presented near-field system are in research on advanced beamforming, and in investigations into large-scale integration of lightweight arrays. The results presented were obtained for planar microstrip arrays, and for a phased array operating between 5 GHz and 12 GHz.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; microstrip antenna arrays; planar antenna arrays; 5 to 12 GHz; Wroclaw University of Technology; antenna radiation pattern; bipolar scanning method; bipolar system; data backward-projection processing; near-field antenna measurement system; phased array; planar microstrip arrays; Acoustic measurements; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Large scale integration; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Modems; Phase measurement; Phased arrays;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2003.1252813

Filename

1252813