Planar near-field antenna measurement method based on symplectic relation and reaction concept

Title & Authors
Planar near-field antenna measurement method based on symplectic relation and reaction concept
Cho, Yong-Heui;

Abstract
Using symplectic relation and reaction concept, we propose a planar near-field antenna measurement method. A generalized probe compensation equation is deduced to obtain the probe correction formulation. To verify our approach, a reflector antenna with $\small{1{\times}2}$ horn array is fabricated and measured in the near-field measurement facility. The near-field measurement results are compared with the physical optics (PO) simulation. The results of measurement and simulation agree very well near to the mainbeam.
Keywords
Communication system;antenna;measurement;symplectic relation;reaction concept;
Language
English
Cited by
References
1.
S.-S. Oh, J.-M. Kim, and J.-H. Yun, “Angle ${\phi}$-variation Fresnel-zone measurement method using far-field antenna measurement system,” International URSI Commission B - Electromagnetic Theory Symposium, July 2007.

2.
W.M. Leach Jr. and D.T. Paris, “Probe compensated nearfield measurements on a cylinder,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 21, no. 4, July 1973, pp. 435-445.

3.
D.T. Paris, W.M. Leach Jr., and E.B. Joy, “Basic theory of probe-compensated near-field measurements,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 26, no. 3, May 1978, pp. 373-379.

4.
D.M. Kerns, Plane-Wave Scattering-Matrix Theory of Antennas and Antenna-Antenna Interactions, Nat. Bur. Stand. Monograph 162, June 1981.

5.
Y.H. Cho, “The enhancement of antenna near-field measurements using near-field to far-field transform algorithms based on the Lorentz reciprocity theorem,” Journal of the Korea Contents Association (in Korean), vol. 6, no. 2, Feb. 2006, pp. 51-58.

6.
Y.H. Cho, “A probe compensation equation using symplectic form,” International Conference on Convergence Content, vol. 7, no. 2, Dec. 2009, pp. 597-599.

7.
V.H. Rumsey, “Reaction concept in electromagnetic theory,” Phys. Rev., vol. 94, no. 6, June 1954, pp. 1483-1491.

8.
H.-J. Li, T.-Y. Liu, and J.-L. Leou, “Antenna measurements in the presence of multipath waves,” Prog. in Electromag. Research, vol. 30, 2001, pp.157-178.