A two probes scanning phaseless near-field far-field transformation technique

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 792-802

  Pierri, Rocco ^a   D'Elia, Giuseppe ^a   Soldovieri, Francesco ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antenna radiation patterns; Far field; Near field

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FREQUENCIES; INVERSE PROBLEMS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; STABILITY; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

FAR FIELD; NEAR FIELD; PLANE WAVE SPECTRA;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 0032672732     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.774132     Document Type: Article

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