Reverberation-Chamber Performance of the Oscillating-Wall Stirrer for Estimating Antenna Efficiency

A. Hubrechsen; Ad C.F. Reniers; A. Bart Smolders; Laurens A. Bronckers

doi:10.23919/EuMC50147.2022.9784313

Reverberation-Chamber Performance of the Oscillating-Wall Stirrer for Estimating Antenna Efficiency

A. Hubrechsen, Ad C.F. Reniers, A. Bart Smolders, Laurens A. Bronckers

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Mode-stirring mechanisms play a critical role in randomizing the fields in a reverberation chamber such that, on average, the chamber provides a uniform field everywhere in the working volume. Recently, a new type of quasi-wall stirring mechanism, the so-called oscillating-wall stirrer was introduced to increase the working volume, without reducing chamber performance. For the first time, we analyze the performance of that stirrer above 1 GHz, for the application of testing antenna efficiency. We investigate this by analyzing the coherence distance of the oscillating-wall stirrer, and the spatial uniformity. We conclude that, for the most stringent threshold, the oscillating-wall stirrer can provide sufficient samples for a single measurement of antenna efficiency above 1 GHz, with uncertainty due to lack of spatial uniformity better than 0.15 dB.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 51st European Microwave Conference (EuMC)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	506-509
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-2-87487-063-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/EuMC50147.2022.9784313
Publication status	Published - 2 Jun 2022
Event	51st European Microwave Conference (EuMC 2021) - London, United Kingdom Duration: 4 Apr 2022 → 6 Apr 2022 Conference number: 51

Conference

Conference	51st European Microwave Conference (EuMC 2021)
Abbreviated title	EuMC
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	4/04/22 → 6/04/22

Keywords

Antenna Efficiency
Coherence Distance
Oscillating-Wall Stirrer
Reverberation Chamber
Spatial Uniformity
Stirring Mechanisms
Wireless Testing
Stirrer Mechanisms

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Hubrechsen, A , Reniers, ACF , Smolders, AB & Bronckers, LA 2022, Reverberation-Chamber Performance of the Oscillating-Wall Stirrer for Estimating Antenna Efficiency. in 2021 51st European Microwave Conference (EuMC)., 9784313, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, pp. 506-509, 51st European Microwave Conference (EuMC 2021) , London, United Kingdom, 4/04/22. https://doi.org/10.23919/EuMC50147.2022.9784313

Reverberation-Chamber Performance of the Oscillating-Wall Stirrer for Estimating Antenna Efficiency. / Hubrechsen, A.; Reniers, Ad C.F.; Smolders, A. Bart et al.
2021 51st European Microwave Conference (EuMC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2022. p. 506-509 9784313.

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