Mythbusting antenna testing – your best spent 30 mins in OTA

Presented by Dr. Benoît Derat, Senior Director for Systems & Antenna-Based Solutions, Rohde & Schwarz

With the trend of wireless connectivity expanding across new applications, protocols and frequency bands, in all kinds of products, an increasingly large amount of product development scenarios requires antenna and OTA testing.

A typical challenge in daily antenna and OTA measurement work, is to understand if the test facilities are capable to perform the needed measurements, and at what accuracy. Is my chamber big enough to perform a far-field measurement of a particular device? How close of a distance can I use, and still avoid unpredictable near-field effects? What are the uncertainty contributors that I have to take care of, particularly at shorter range lengths? Is there a way to compensate some of these errors? What can I do when my chamber is way too small but I still need far-field assessment?

In a lively discussion, Aleksis and Benoit will take you through practical and applicable answers to technical questions such as these, that you may already have experienced or will face in your work.

After the session, you might realize that some traditional assumptions in the antenna test industry are not necessarily valid - enabling you to more efficiently deal with OTA and antenna testing, saving time and money while gaining confidence in the accuracy of the test results.