Far-Field Measurements
Far-Field Antenna Test Ranges
Far-Field
testing can be accomplished in either outdoor or indoor
configurations. The most common far-field test ranges are outdoor
facilities. In an outdoor far-field range, the test antenna is
installed on the test positioner located on a tower, roof or
platform outside the instrumentation control room. The receiver
front end (local oscillator) is usually located at the base of the
test positioner with the mixer connected directly to the test
antenna port. This configuration requires only a single RF path
through the positioner greatly simplifying system design.
MI Technologies
is a leading supplier of test and measurement instruments,
products, systems and software for all near-field and far-field
configurations.
Central to all
MI Technologies test and measurement systems is the MI-3001 Data
Acquisition and Measurement System and optional software packages
for acquisition, planar, cylindrical or spherical analysis.
Related Links:
MI-2097 Automated
Microwave Measurement
System,
MI-3000 Data Acquisition and
Analysis Workstation,
MI-3600 Cost Effective
Antenna Measurement Systems,
Test and
Measurement article
(Acrobat PDF
file),
Automotive
Telematics |
