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2014-06-20
Antenna Pattern Retrieval from Reflection Coefficient Measurements with Reflective Loads
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 148, 15-22, 2014
Abstract
This paper presents a new method for antenna pattern retrieval from reflection coefficient measurements. A reflective load with known reflective properties is placed close to the aperture of the antenna under test. The reflection coefficient of the antenna is measured at the antenna feed with multiple different reflective loads. The antenna pattern is then solved from the measurements with an inversion method. This paper derives and verifies the analytical foundations needed to implement the method, and demonstrates the method both by simulations and experiments for a pyramidal horn antenna at 30 GHz.
Citation
Zhou Du, Ville Viikari, Juha Ala-Laurinaho, Aleksi Tamminen, and Antti V. Räisänen, "Antenna Pattern Retrieval from Reflection Coefficient Measurements with Reflective Loads," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 148, 15-22, 2014.
doi:10.2528/PIER14050902
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