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Antenna pattern measurement method and device

US6031498A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 27, 1998
Grant dateFeb 29, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2018

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

Abstract

This invention relates to a process for measuring an antenna diagram in which: PA1 the antenna (30) is connected to a receiver (33) capable of supplying C/No measures (the ratio of the useful signal power to the noise power spectral density) and possibly phase variation measurements; PA1 the antenna (30) is placed at the end of a mast (32) or a carrier satellite facing towards the sky to track the satellites in a constellation, the antenna reception band being included in the satellite antenna transmission band; PA1 the C/No ratio and phase variations are automatically recorded for a given period; PA1 the diagram for the said antenna is deduced by calculation.

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