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dc.contributor.authorSmith, D.
dc.contributor.authorDavidson, David
dc.contributor.authorBester, A.
dc.contributor.authorAndriambeloson, J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-13T09:10:42Z
dc.date.available2018-12-13T09:10:42Z
dc.date.created2018-12-12T02:47:12Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationSmith, D. and Davidson, D. and Bester, A. and Andriambeloson, J. 2016. Modernising, upgrading and recommissioning the indoor antenna range at stellenbosch university. Transactions of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers. 107 (1): pp. 4-16.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71600
dc.description.abstract

Copyright © 2015 South African Institute of Electrical Engineers. This paper describes the upgrade to the indoor antenna range at Stellenbosch University. The previous measurement process relied upon obsolescent control equipment and undocumented software; it was critical that these be replaced. Now, the antenna range supports three measurement types using a commercial integrated measurement control system that provides support for high gain and low gain antennas over a wide frequency range. These are spherical near-field, planar near-field and conventional far-field measurements, with the potential to implement cylindrical near-field. The antenna range potentially supports operations from 1 GHz up to 26.5 GHz, though the currently available probes do not cover the full band. The main physical upgrade was performed during October 2014, though investigations had already begun in 2011, and some supplementary tasks were still ongoing at the time of writing. Several innovative commissioning tests have been undertaken, some of which are only possible with near-field metrology, and these are described in the paper.

dc.publisherBentham Open
dc.titleModernising, upgrading and recommissioning the indoor antenna range at stellenbosch university
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume107
dcterms.source.number1
dcterms.source.startPage4
dcterms.source.endPage16
dcterms.source.issn0038-2221
dcterms.source.titleTransactions of the South African Institute of Electrical Engineers
curtin.departmentCurtin Institute of Radio Astronomy (Engineering)
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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