Design of metallic parabolic anechoic chamber for compact range measurement

Anechoic chambers are used for indoor antenna measurements. The common method for anechoic chamber construction is to cover all inside walls by the EM absorbers. A fully metallic parabolic chamber is presented in which the propagation of the EM waves inside the chamber is controlled and they are gui...

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Main Authors: A. Farahbakhsh, D. Zarifi
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-03-01
Series:Electronics Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2016.3411
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description Anechoic chambers are used for indoor antenna measurements. The common method for anechoic chamber construction is to cover all inside walls by the EM absorbers. A fully metallic parabolic chamber is presented in which the propagation of the EM waves inside the chamber is controlled and they are guided to an absorber. In the proposed method, an appropriate quiet zone with plane wave illumination is obtained, and unlike ordinary anechoic chambers the absorber usage is decreased greatly. The performance of the chamber is evaluated by simulation and the results showed that the proposed method could provide a useful technique for the compact range antenna measurements.
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spelling doaj-art-e64f6b87ca1c401d813241925128c97f2025-02-05T12:30:42ZengWileyElectronics Letters0013-51941350-911X2017-03-0153529429610.1049/el.2016.3411Design of metallic parabolic anechoic chamber for compact range measurementA. Farahbakhsh0D. Zarifi1The Electrical Engineering DepartmentGraduate University of Advanced TechnologyKermanIranThe School of Electrical and Computer EngineeringUniversity of KashanKashanIranAnechoic chambers are used for indoor antenna measurements. The common method for anechoic chamber construction is to cover all inside walls by the EM absorbers. A fully metallic parabolic chamber is presented in which the propagation of the EM waves inside the chamber is controlled and they are guided to an absorber. In the proposed method, an appropriate quiet zone with plane wave illumination is obtained, and unlike ordinary anechoic chambers the absorber usage is decreased greatly. The performance of the chamber is evaluated by simulation and the results showed that the proposed method could provide a useful technique for the compact range antenna measurements.https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2016.3411metallic parabolic anechoic chamberindoor antenna measurementsanechoic chamber constructionEM absorbersfully‐metallic parabolic chamberEM wave propagation
spellingShingle A. Farahbakhsh
D. Zarifi
Design of metallic parabolic anechoic chamber for compact range measurement
Electronics Letters
metallic parabolic anechoic chamber
indoor antenna measurements
anechoic chamber construction
EM absorbers
fully‐metallic parabolic chamber
EM wave propagation
title Design of metallic parabolic anechoic chamber for compact range measurement
title_full Design of metallic parabolic anechoic chamber for compact range measurement
title_fullStr Design of metallic parabolic anechoic chamber for compact range measurement
title_full_unstemmed Design of metallic parabolic anechoic chamber for compact range measurement
title_short Design of metallic parabolic anechoic chamber for compact range measurement
title_sort design of metallic parabolic anechoic chamber for compact range measurement
topic metallic parabolic anechoic chamber
indoor antenna measurements
anechoic chamber construction
EM absorbers
fully‐metallic parabolic chamber
EM wave propagation
url https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2016.3411
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