PROJECT TITLE :

Diversity Gain Measurement in a Reverberation Chamber Without Extra Antennas

ABSTRACT:

This study aims to simplify the diversity gain measurement in a reverberation chamber since the conventional method requires two extra antennas: a transmitting antenna and a reference antenna with known radiation efficiency. By incorporating the one- or two-antenna method for the radiation potency measurement in a very reverberation chamber and benefiting from the improved backscattering effect, the proposed method in this letter does not need extra antennas, and only the antenna beneath take a look at is enough to finish the measurement. A virtual antenna is introduced to assist understand the proposed method. The measurement results obtained from the proposed technique show a good match with the results obtained from the standard methodology; preconditions and limitations of the proposed method are identified and mentioned.