In this paper we describe the cylindrical near-field setup developed for the calibration and testing of large size conformai antenna. The antenna under test considered in this work is a not-rotating array used for SSR (Secondary Surveillance Radar) made by elementary radiators disposed along the 360° in the azimuthal plane producing fan-fixed beam along elevation plane. The electronic scanning is achieved by activating a proper subset of elementary radiators along the ground plane generating antenna patterns related to their individual phase centers generally not coincident with the near-field scanning coordinate system. The mechanical position errors of the antenna under test are increased due to the large dimensions and the payload. The alignment procedure presented here, allows a near-field cylindrical scanning close to the antenna phase center reducing the distortions that can affect the measurements. The improvement is seen in terms of accuracy of the transformed far-field antenna pattern.


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    Title :

    Accurate cylindrical near-field measurements on large size conformal antennas


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    Publication date :

    2017-06-01


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    475724 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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