rf fields group - antenna metrology
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RF Fields Group - Antenna Metrology
1998 Internal Symposiumon Advanced Radio Technologies
September 9-11, 1998
Andrew G. [email protected]
Radio Frequency Technology DivisionNational Institute of Standards and Technology
Boulder, CO 80303 (303) 497-5703
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Selected Topics
1.Planar near-field theory
2.Array diagnostics
3.Low slidelobe Antennas
4.Quite zone evaluation
5.Thermal holography
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Planar Near-field Measurement
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PLANR NEAR-FIELD SCANNING
TRANSMISSION EQUATION
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COMPARISON OF ANTENNAMEASUREMENT METHODS
NEAR-FIELD METHOD
Advantages• Relatively small l space
• No weather problems
• No interference (security)
• Complete pattern (3-d), gain,polarization data obtained,vectorial data all at arbitrarydistances
• Antenna interactions treatable
• High accuracy
• Useful for arrays
• Much information during designstages
Disadvantages• Automated system required
• Large amounts of data to acquireand process
• Computer analysis required
• Large apertures and wide beamspose some scanning problems(many problems overcome withnon-planar scanning)
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COMPARISON OF ANTENNAMEASUREMENT METHODS
FAR-FIELD METHOD
Advantages• Relatively simple procedure
• No complicated analysisrequired
• Faster for limitedinformation requirements
• Good for comparison
Disadvantages• Large distances required
• High towers required
• Limited informationobtained
• Weather problems
• Interference and securityproblems
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Back Transform Techniques
• Can transform toward the source
• Must eliminate evanescent waves
• Spatial Resolution is about 1 wavelength(as in optics)
• Detect faulty elements
• Adjust excitation
• Merged spectrum
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PASS ArrayTesting
• Array consists of 18 sub-arrays each with 128 elements, 3 bitphase shifters.
• Sub-arrays had high element failure rate due to corrosionproblems.
• Gain of the array was not adequate to link up to the satellite.
• Complete repair from contractor would cost $230K and take 2years
• Sub-arrays were measured to identify faulty elements using theplanar near-field measurements at NIST.
• Air Force personnel performed on-site repairs.
• Planar near-field technology was transferred to Air Force.
• Complete repair by McClellan Air Force Base costs $80K andrequired only 3 months.
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Aperture Amplitude8 X 16 element sub-array
gain prior to repair 24.80 dBgain after faulty elements repaired 25.08 dBgain after bad sma connecter replaced 26.00 dB
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Low Slide-Lobe Antennas• ULSA
• AWACS
• Fire Finder
• THAAD
Measurement Goals• "5 dB at -55 dB rel peak
• "20 s beam steering
• "0.2 dB gain
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Comparison of NF and FF ResultsFrequency=3.0 GHz
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Quiet-Zonefield quality limits the accuracy of RCS and antenna
measurements on compact and far-field ranges.Incident field information can be used to
• assess measurement uncertainty• compensate measurements for nonideal illumination
• image sources of unwanted radiation
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Our SAR/SNF Configuration
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Comparison of True and Measured Patterns
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Comparison of True and Compensated Patterns
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Thermal Imaging/Holography
• “Phaseless measurements”
• Interference pattern recorded with a thermal camera
• Sensitivity is an issue
• Suitable for production testing?
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Holographic Recordingof Near Field
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Antenna, Reference Horn, and Resistive Screen
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Infrared Images of Antenna Near Fields
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Holograms of Patch Array with Horn Reference
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Comparison of Far-Field Patterns