Accession Number:
ADA614347
Title:
An Algorithm to Calculate Phase-Center Offset of Aperture Antennas when Measuring 2-Dimensional Radiation Patterns
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. May-Aug 2014
Corporate Author:
ARMY RESEARCH LAB WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM SURVIVABILITY/LETHALITY ANALYSIS DIRECTORATE
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2015-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
20.0
Abstract:
Centering the phase center of an antenna onto the rotational axis used to measure its radiation pattern is an iterative and time- consuming process. To facilitate this, a MATLAB algorithm has been developed to calculate the phase-center offset from the axis of rotation of a 2-dimensional antenna pattern. The hybrid algorithm comprises a combination of the 2-point method to calculate the offset along the antenna s main beam and an antisymmetry method is used to calculate offset perpendicular to the main-beam direction. The MATLAB algorithm is tested on the E-plane radiation pattern of a cylindrical horn antenna calculated using the high-frequency structural simulator s electromagnetic simulation engine, radiating at 5 GHz. The algorithm calculates the phase-center offset to within 15. Because the algorithm analyzes the unwrapped phase of the radiation pattern, which it converts to offset distance, no ambiguity due to offsets greater than a wavelength exists. Using this algorithm, the phase center of the antenna can be placed coincident to the axis of rotation after the first antenna pattern is measured and analyzed.
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Subject Categories:
- Numerical Mathematics
- Radiofrequency Wave Propagation