Summary
URSI Commission B 2013 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory EMTS 2013
2013
Session Number:21PM1E
Session:
Number:21PM1E-03
A Radiation Assessment Apparatus Applicable to mmWave Antennas based on a 2D Scanner
Yun-Tsung Tu, Wen-Jiao Liao, Yuan-Kai Shih, Guo-Wei Huang, Yu-Shao Shiao,
pp.203-206
Publication Date:2013/5/20
Online ISSN:2188-5079
DOI:10.34385/proc.30.21PM1E-03
Summary:
Advances in solid state technology have helped realizing wireless communications using millimeter waves and so does the need for antenna measurement in this band. This paper reviewed several antenna measurement range designs. Their pros and cons are studied. A measurement apparatus, which is crafted to co-work with large, heavy mixer modules of an E-band network analyzer, was proposed. The measurement range contains a 2D scanner, which takes samples on a planar surface in the farfield. Collected data can be transformed to provide antennas’ farfield patterns. Preliminary experiments were taken in the X-band to verify the effectiveness of the proposed measurement configuration.