AMTA corner: Simplified spherical near-field accuracy assessment

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 233-240

  Schneiderf, Stephen W ^a   Hindman, Greg ^b   Newell, Allen C ^b  

^a AFRLJSND   (United States)

^b Applications Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Echo suppression; Electromagnetic reflection; Error analysis; Interference suppression; Near field measurement; Spherical measurement range

Indexed keywords

ECHO SUPPRESSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ERROR ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; PLANAR NEAR-FIELD MEASUREMENT; SPHERICAL NEAR-FIELD RANGE;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 34250807704     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2007.371031     Document Type: Article

References (8)

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2. J. E. Hansen (ed.), "Spherical Near-Field Antenna Measurements," London, Peregrines, 1988.
3. D. W. Hess, "An Expanded Approach to Spherical Near-Field Uncertainty Analysis," AMTA 24th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Cleveland, OH, October 2002.
4. G. Hindman and A. C. Newell, "Reflection Suppression to Improve Anechoic Chamber Performance," AMTA Europe 2006, Munch, Germany, March 2006.
5. G. Hindman and A. C. Newell, "Spherical Near-Field Self-Comparison Measurements," AMTA 26th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Atlanta, GA, October 2004.
6. A. C. Newell and G. Hindman, "The Alignment of a Spherical Near-Field Rotator Using Electrical Measurements," AMTA 19th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Boston, MA, 1997.
7. A. C. Newell and G. Hindman, "Quantifying the Effect of Position Errors in Spherical Near-Field Measurements," AMTA 20th Annual Meeting and Symposium, Montreal, Canada, 1998.
8. A. C. Newell, "The Effect of Measurement Geometry on Alignment Errors in Spherical Near-Field Measurements," AMTA 21st Annual Meeting and Symposium, Monterey, California, October 1999.