Plane Wave Generation Within A Small Volume Of Space For Evaluation of Wireless Devices
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of antennas disposed in relation to a region of space;
logic which calculates excitation coefficients which are applied to at least one signal provided to the antennas to approximate a single plane wave in the region; and
transmission circuitry which applies the excitation coefficients to at least one signal transmitted via the antennas to generate the approximated single plane wave in the region.
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Abstract
Small anechoic chambers for evaluating a wireless device under test (DUT) are characterized by a set of antennas to which a test signal is applied and for which excitation coefficients are applied such that the test signal approximates a single plane wave or a preselected superposition of plane waves in the near field of the antennas. The test-equipment antennas in the chamber may be as close as one wavelength from the boundary of a test zone in which the DUT is disposed. Hence, the test zone can be in the near field of the test-equipment antennas and the test zone can be less than a wavelength from the chamber walls. Consequently, it is possible to perform tests in a small anechoic chamber that previously required a large anechoic chamber, e.g., advanced spatial channel-model tests and antenna-pattern measurements.
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60 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of antennas disposed in relation to a region of space; logic which calculates excitation coefficients which are applied to at least one signal provided to the antennas to approximate a single plane wave in the region; and transmission circuitry which applies the excitation coefficients to at least one signal transmitted via the antennas to generate the approximated single plane wave in the region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of antennas disposed in relation to a region of space; and logic which records outputs due to a field transmitted from a device under test in the region, and creates a weighted sum of the recorded outputs and adjusts the weights such that a far field of the device under test is determined in a desired direction. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method comprising:
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calculating excitation coefficients for application to at least one signal provided to a plurality of antennas disposed in relation to a region of space to approximate a single plane wave in the region; and applying the excitation coefficients to at least one signal transmitted via the antennas to generate the approximated single plane wave in the region. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A method comprising:
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using a plurality of antennas disposed in relation to a region of space, recording outputs of a field transmitted from a device under test in the region; creating a weighted sum of the recorded outputs; and adjusting weightings such that a far field of the device under test is determined in a desired direction. - View Dependent Claims (40)
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41. A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program comprising:
logic which calculates excitation coefficients which are applied to at least one signal provided to a plurality of antennas disposed in relation to a region of space to approximate a single plane wave in the region, and applies the excitation coefficients to at least one signal transmitted via the antennas to generate the approximated single plane wave in the region. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program comprising:
logic which records, with of a set of antennas disposed in relation to a region of space, outputs due to a field transmitted from a device under test in the region, and creates a weighted sum of the recorded outputs and adjusts the weights such that a far field of the device under test is determined in a desired direction. - View Dependent Claims (60)
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