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Over-The-Air Measurements of Electrically Large Beamforming Antenna Arrays

Presented by Dr. Benoît Derat, Rohde & Schwarz and Guenter Pfeifer, Rohde & Schwarz

Active antenna arrays with beamforming capabilities have reached a technical maturity and scale to be suitable for a wide range of applications such as mobile devices and mobile networks, as well as satellite communications and radars. How do these antenna arrays work? How can they be designed and calibrated to achieve certain radiation characteristics? And how are they characterized to provide complete transceiver performance? This webinar will take you on a short yet intense tour through the underlying theory behind antenna arrays and appropriate over-the-air measurement techniques using the latest in compact antenna test ranges.

In this webinar, you will learn more about:

  • Active antenna array physics and principles of operation
  • Antenna array calibration and measurement
  • Over-the-air characterization of active antenna systems, including transceiver performance
  • State-of-the-art Compact Antenna Test Range technology