phaseless spherical near-field antenna measurements for low and medium gain antennas
;C. H. Schmidt;S. F. Razavi;T. F. Eibert;Y. Rahmat-Samii
neuropsychiatrie : klinik, diagnostik, therapie und rehabilitation : organ der gesellschaft osterreichischer nervenarzte und psychiater2010Vol. 8pp. 43-48
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Abstract
The characterisation of antenna radiation patterns by measurements in the
near-field and a following near-field far-field transformation require
accurate amplitude and phase data. Especially at higher frequencies phase
measurements are demanding in terms of instrumentation and measurement
accuracy. Phaseless techniques which require amplitude only data on one or
more measurement surfaces are therefore of special interest. In this paper a
phaseless spherical algorithm based on spherical modal expansion is
presented. The algorithm works with amplitude only near-field data measured
on two spheres of different radii and is therefore not restricted to certain
types of antennas as for planar measurements for example. Simulated as well
as measured results of low and medium gain antennas are shown.