A reliable low-cost method for accurate characterization of antennas in time domain

Metrology and Measurement Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 571-583

  Cataldo, A ^a   de Benedetto, E ^a   Cannazza, G ^a   Monti, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; Frequency domain measurements; Reflection scattering parameter; Time domain measurements; Time domain reflectometry (TDR)

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA CHARACTERISTICS; ANTENNA CHARACTERIZATION MEASUREMENTS; ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY DOMAIN MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY DOMAINS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; OPERATING FREQUENCY BANDS; OPTIMAL TIME; TEST CASE; TIME DOMAIN; TIME DOMAIN MEASUREMENT; TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZERS;

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ANTENNAS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; FREQUENCY BANDS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENTS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957663833     PISSN: 08608229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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