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Method and equipment for picking up antenna patterns in near-fields

US4661820A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 2, 1984
Grant dateApr 28, 1987
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Expiry dateJul 2, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01R29/10
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Method and equipment are disclosed for picking up the radiation pattern of an antenna to be tested from measurements in near-field. The antenna to be tested is illuminated by a transmit antenna having wavefronts in the shape of circular cylinders. The radiation pattern of the antenna to be tested then is expressed by an integral transform of a unidimensional function which is solved by computing means.

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