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System and method for performing measurements of antenna under test offset from center of quiet zone

US11879924B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 2020
Grant dateJan 23, 2024
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R29/105
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system and method are provided to determine at least one of equivalent isotropic radiated power (EIRP) or effective isotropic sensitivity (EIS) of an antenna under test (AUT) in a test chamber, the AUT including an antenna array with an array phase center that is offset from a center of a quiet zone of the test chamber. The method includes performing a local beam peak direction scan of an antenna pattern of the AUT using a probe antenna located at laterally offset positions at a near-field distance from the AUT to determine a beam peak direction; performing EIRP and/or EIS near-field measurements of the AUT in the determined beam peak direction using the probe antenna located at near-field distances from the AUT in a radial direction; deriving a far-field equivalent of the EIRP and/or EIS near-field measurement along the determined beam peak direction; and deriving the beam peak direction of the AUT.

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