The use of radio-frequency simulation to measure the dynamic characteristics of antennas in the near field
Abstract
Theoretical and experimental results are presented concerning the feasibility of the radio-frequency simulation of the dynamic radiation pattern of a rapidly scanned array. The simulation involves the filter processing of the signal at the output of a fixed probe situated in the intermediate zone and the antenna aperture zone. In certain cases the use of radio-filter processing is preferable to the use of computer processing, since the implementation of compact measuring systems is facilitated. It is concluded that the proposed simulation method can be useful in studying the effect of various structural elements in the antenna aperture on the far field.
- Publication:
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Elektronnoe Modelirovanie
- Pub Date:
- February 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984ElMod...6...87M
- Keywords:
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- Analog Simulation;
- Antenna Arrays;
- Near Fields;
- Radio Filters;
- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Apertures;
- Computerized Simulation;
- Dynamic Characteristics;
- Phased Arrays;
- Signal Processing;
- Communications and Radar