Dielectric field probes for very-near-field and compact-near-field antenna characterization

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 118-125

  Capozzoli, A ^a   Curcio, C ^a   D'Elia, G ^a   Liseno, A ^a   Vinetti, P ^a   Ameya, M ^b   Hirose, M ^b   Kurokawa, S ^b   Komiyama, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Compact range; Near field far field transformations; Photonic sensors; Singular value decomposition; Singular value optimization; Very near field

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; ANTENNA RADIATION PATTERNS; NEAR FIELDS; NEAR-FIELD/FAR-FIELD TRANSFORMATION; NEAR-FIELD/FAR-FIELD TRANSFORMATIONS; PHOTONIC SENSORS; SINGULAR VALUES;

ANTENNAS; CHARACTERIZATION; POWDERS; PROBES; SENSORS; SINGULAR VALUE DECOMPOSITION;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 77949902384     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2009.5432058     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. A. Capozzoli, R. Ciotola, C. Curcio, G. D'Elia, I. De Colibus, A. Liseno, and P. Vinetti, "Characterization of Real-World Steered-Beam Antennas from Amplitude-Only Near-Field Data," IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 49, 6, December 2007, pp. 113-122.
2. A. Capozzoli, C. Curcio, G. D'Elia, and A. Liseno, "Phaseless Antenna Characterization by Effective Aperture Field and Data Representations," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, AP-57, 1, January 2009, pp. 215-230.
3. A. Capozzoli, C. Curcio, G. D'Elia, and A. Liseno, "Millimeter-Wave Phaseless Antenna Characterization," IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, 57, 7, July 2008, pp. 1330-1337.
4. M. Hirose, K. Komiyama, J. Ichijoh, and S. Torihata, "Pattern Measurement of X-Band Standard Gain Horn Antenna Using Photonic Sensor and Planar Near-Field Scanning Technique," Proceedings of the 22nd AMTA Symposium, Cleveland, OH, November 3-8, 2002, pp. 284-288.
5. M. Hirose, K. Komiyama, T. Ishizone, "Antenna Pattern Measurement Using Photonic Sensor and Near-Field Scanning Techniques," Proceedings of the Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements, London, UK, June 27-July 2, 2004, pp. 78-79.
6. M. Hirose, T. Ishizone, and K. Komiyama, "Antenna Pattern Measurements Using Photonic Sensor for Planar Near-Field Measurement at X Band," IEICE Transactions on Communications, E87-B, 3, March 2004, pp. 727-734.
7. D. W. Hess, C. A. E. Rizzo, and J. Fordham, "Measurement of Antenna Performance for Active Array Antennas with Spherical Near-Field Scanning," Proceedings of the IET Seminar on Wideband, Multiband Antennas and Arrays for Defence or Civil Applications, London, UK, March 13, 2008.
8. A. D. Yaghjian, "An Overview of Near-Field Antenna Measurements," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, AP-34, 1, January 1986, pp. 30-45.
9. J. W. Odendaal and J. Joubert, "Using Hardware Gating to Improve Antenna Gain Measurements in Compact Antenna Range," Electronics Letters, 39, 22, October 1999, pp. 1894-1896.
10. O. M. Bucci, C. Gennarelli, and C. Savarese, "Representation of Electromagnetic Fields Over Arbitrary Surfaces by a Finite and Nonredundant Number of Samples," IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, AP-46, 3, March 1998, pp. 351-359.
11. P. Vinetti, A Non-Invasive, Near-Field and Very Near-Field Phaseless Antenna Characterization System, PhD dissertation, Universita di Napoli Federico II, November 2008 (available at http://www.fedoatd.unina.it/1343/2/Tesi- Dottorato-PV-v2.pdf).
12. A. Capozzoli and G. D'Elia, "Global Optimization and Antennas Synthesis and Diagnostics, Part One: Concepts, Tools, Strategies and Performances," Progress in Electromagnetics Research PIER, 56, 2006, pp. 195-232.
13. T. Kato, Perturbation Theory for Linear Operators, Berlin-Heidelberg, Springer Verlag, 1995.
14. J. C. Bolomey and F. E. Gardiol, Engineering Applications of the Modulated Scatterer Technique, Norwood, MA, Artech House, 2001.