Open AccessValid angle criterion and radiation pattern estimation via singular value decomposition for planar scanning
Author(s) -
Maisto Maria Antonia,
Solimene Raffaele,
Pierri Rocco
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iet microwaves, antennas and propagation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.555
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1751-8733
pISSN - 1751-8725
DOI - 10.1049/iet-map.2018.5240
Subject(s) - radiation pattern , singular value decomposition , mathematics , aperture (computer memory) , rule of thumb , fourier transform , antenna (radio) , optics , mathematical analysis , algorithm , computer science , physics , telecommunications , acoustics
Planar near‐field antenna measurement techniques are addressed with particular reference to the error in the radiation pattern estimation due to the finiteness of the observation aperture. The valid angle (VA) concept is a commonly used rule‐of‐thumb for predicting the region of validity of the calculated far‐field pattern according to observation domain, the aperture antenna size and the distance between the two. However, it is based on simple asymptotic arguments which often lead to erroneous estimations. In this contribution, a new VA criterion and related radiation pattern representation are derived by exploiting the singular value decomposition of the radiation operator. Numerical examples show the goodness of the new VA criterion and the greatest stability of the proposed radiation pattern estimation compared to the classical Fourier transform.