Accuracy analyses of synthesized-reference-wave holography for determining antenna radiation characteristics

Abstract

Synthesized-reference-Wave holographic techniques offer relatively simple and cost-effective measurements of antenna radiation characteristics, and reconstruction of complex aperture fields using near-field intensity-pattern measurements. These methods allow utilization of the advantages of the methods for probe compensation for near-field amplitude and phase measurements for planar and cylindrical scanning, including accuracy analyses. Accuracy analyses using mathematical models considering random processes with correlation intervals are presented. Numerical simulations, taking into account random as well as deterministic errors and the processing of measurement statistics, are also presented. It is demonstrated that the given analyses correspond to our measurements and/or numerical simulations.