Far-field errors due to random noise in cylindrical near-field measurements

A full characterization of the far-field noise obtained from cylindrical near-field to far-field transformation, for a white Gaussian, space stationary, near-field noise is derived. A possible source for such noise is the receiver additive noise. The noise characterization is done by obtaining the a...

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Autores: Romeu Robert, Jordi|||0000-0003-0197-5961, Jofre Roca, Lluís|||0000-0002-0547-901X, Cardama Aznar, Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:1992
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/1763
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/1763
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Antennas (Electronics)
Antenna measurements
Antenna radiation patterns
Autocorrelation
Cylindrical near-field measurements
Error analysis
Far-field noise
Lower bounds
Measurement errors
Near-field noise
Near-field to far-field transformation
Random noise
Space stationary noise
Upper bounds
White Gaussian noise
Antenes (Electrònica) -- Models matemàtics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica
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Sumario:A full characterization of the far-field noise obtained from cylindrical near-field to far-field transformation, for a white Gaussian, space stationary, near-field noise is derived. A possible source for such noise is the receiver additive noise. The noise characterization is done by obtaining the autocorrelation of the far-field noise, which is shown to be easily computed during the transformation process. Even for this simple case, the far-field noise has complex behavior dependent on the measurement probe. Once the statistical properties of the far-field noise are determined, it is possible to compute upper and lower bounds for the antenna radiation pattern for a given probability. These bounds define a strip within the radiation pattern with the desired probability. This may be used as part of a complete near-field error analysis of a particular cylindrical near-field facility.