This work provides the experimental validation of a near field — far field (NF-FF) transformation technique with spherical scanning for electrically long antennas, which requires a nonredundant number of NF data. Such a technique is based on the nonredundant sampling representations of the electromagnetic fields and uses a prolate ellipsoid to shape an elongated antenna. A two-dimensional optimal sampling interpolation formula is employed to accurately recover the NF data required by the classical spherical NF-FF transformation from the acquired nonredundant NF data. It is so possible to obtain a remarkable reduction of the measurement time. Some experimental results, carried out at the UNISA Antenna Characterization Lab and assessing the effectiveness of the proposed technique, are shown.
Experimental verification of a nonredundant NF-FF transformation with spherical scanning for elongated antennas
D'AGOSTINO, Francesco;FERRARA, Flaminio;GENNARELLI, Claudio;GUERRIERO, ROCCO;MIGLIOZZI, MASSIMO
2013
Abstract
This work provides the experimental validation of a near field — far field (NF-FF) transformation technique with spherical scanning for electrically long antennas, which requires a nonredundant number of NF data. Such a technique is based on the nonredundant sampling representations of the electromagnetic fields and uses a prolate ellipsoid to shape an elongated antenna. A two-dimensional optimal sampling interpolation formula is employed to accurately recover the NF data required by the classical spherical NF-FF transformation from the acquired nonredundant NF data. It is so possible to obtain a remarkable reduction of the measurement time. Some experimental results, carried out at the UNISA Antenna Characterization Lab and assessing the effectiveness of the proposed technique, are shown.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
