A novel measurement technique for amplifier-type active antennas

@inproceedings{citeulike:2762104, abstract = {A novel technique is proposed for the measurements of the transducer power gain and noise figure of the amplifier embedded in a receiving active antenna, where the direct measurements with traditional techniques are impossible. The bandwidth of the active antenna can be also determined with this technique. The good agreement between the measurements and calculations of a number of active receiving microstrip antennas shows the validity of the measurement technique. This makes it possible to characterize all the performance of receiving active antennas}, author = {An, H. and Nauwelaers, B. K. J. C. and Van de Capelle, A. R. and Bosisio, R. G. }, booktitle = {Microwave Symposium Digest, 1994., IEEE MTT-S International}, citeulike-article-id = {2762104}, doi = {10.1109/MWSYM.1994.335133}, journal = {Microwave Symposium Digest, 1994., IEEE MTT-S International}, keywords = {active, amplifier, antenna, measurement}, pages = {1473--1476 vol.3}, posted-at = {2008-05-06 18:20:55}, priority = {2}, title = {A novel measurement technique for amplifier-type active antennas}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.1994.335133}, year = {1994} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:2762104 TI - A novel measurement technique for amplifier-type active antennas T2 - Microwave Symposium Digest, 1994., IEEE MTT-S International JF - Microwave Symposium Digest, 1994., IEEE MTT-S International SP - 1473 EP - 1476 vol.3 N2 - A novel technique is proposed for the measurements of the transducer power gain and noise figure of the amplifier embedded in a receiving active antenna, where the direct measurements with traditional techniques are impossible. The bandwidth of the active antenna can be also determined with this technique. The good agreement between the measurements and calculations of a number of active receiving microstrip antennas shows the validity of the measurement technique. This makes it possible to characterize all the performance of receiving active antennas KW - active KW - amplifier KW - antenna KW - measurement AU - An, H AU - Nauwelaers, BKJC AU - Van de Capelle, AR AU - Bosisio, RG PY - 1994/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MWSYM.1994.335133 ER -