Antenna measurement setups: Introduction

Abstract

Measurement is an important and necessary way to characterize the performance of an antenna and verify the design of an antenna. This chapter aims to give a brief overview on the basic setups of antenna measurement instead of detailed discussion of measurement techniques for each antenna parameter. The typical setups of far-field and near-field antenna measurements as well as the different antenna test ranges are reviewed. In particular, the setups for the impedance measurement of differential antennas, the on-wafer measurement of antennas, and the measurement of special absorption rate (SAR) are introduced.