A brief tutorial on antenna measurements.(TUTORIAL)

From: Microwave Journal | Date: August 1, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

This article covers the basic concepts of antenna measurements, including definitions of the reactive near-field, radiating near-field and radiating far-field; primary antenna measurement parameters; and the various types of antenna measurements, including pattern, gain and polarization measurements. The most common types of measurement range configurations are detailed, including far-field range configurations such as the elevated range, slant range, ground-reflection range and compact range; and near-field ranges such as planar, cylindrical and spherical. A future article will ...

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