Transceiver testing apparatus

• US 5,016,020 A
• Filed: 04/19/1989
• Issued: 05/14/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Gec-Ferranti Defence Systems Limited
• Original Assignee: Marconi Holdings Company Limited
• Inventors: Simpson, Iain F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wimer, Michael C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): BROWN, PETER T
• Application Number:
  US07/340,436
• Time in Patent Office: 755 Days
• Field of Search: 343/702, 343/703, 174/35 R, 174/35 MS
• US Class Current: 343/703
• CPC Class Codes: G01R 29/10 Radiation diagrams of antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/52 Means for reducing coupling between antennas; Means for reducing coupling between an antenna and another structure absorbing means H01Q17/00

Abstract

Apparatus for testing a radio transceiver installation having an antenna includes a screening hood (20) adapted to be fitted over the antenna (10) of an installation to be tested; and a hood antenna (21) mounted within said hood (20) so that when the hood is in its operative position the two antennae (10, 21) form an over-coupled bandpass filter. The position of said hood antenna (21) is within adjustable hood (20) which should normally have a diameter which is approximately 0.15 wavelengths of the resonant frequency of an antenna (10) to be tested.

Claims

1. Apparatus for testing a radio transceiver installation having an installation antenna that normally resonates at a resonant frequency, the apparatus comprising:

(a) a grounded hood mounted on the installation and surrounding the installation antenna in a test mode, said hood being dimensioned to be non-resonant at the resonant frequency of the installation antenna, thereby lowering the resonant frequency of the installation antenna when the hood alone surrounds the installation antenna;

(b) a hood antenna that normally resonates at a higher resonant frequency greater than said resonant frequency of the installation antenna, said hood antenna being mounted within the hood and being coupled to the installation antenna in the test mode to form an over-coupled bandpass filter having lower and higher frequency poles; and

(c) means to adjust the higher frequency pole of the filter to be substantially coincident with said resonant frequency of the installation antenna in the test mode by varying said higher resonant frequency of the hood antenna.

2. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hood antenna has a movable part adjacent the installation antenna, and wherein said movable part is moved relative to the installation antenna.

3. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hood antenna has a radiating length, and wherein the adjusting means is a movable screen to adjust the radiating length of the hood antenna.

4. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hood is constituted of a non-magnetic material.

5. Apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the hood is constituted of aluminum treated with a conductive finish.

6. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hood is filled with an electro-magnetically inert substance.

7. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the hood is dimensioned to have a diameter which is approximately 0.15 wavelengths of said resonant frequency of the installation antenna.