Compact Range Improvements and Performance at 30 GHz

Authors: Doren W. Hess, F.G. Willwerth, Richard C. Johnson
Publication: Digest of International Symposium IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society

During the past two years the compact range has emerged from the research laboratory into the field for use by the engineer in antenna and radar cross section measurements. During the development of the compact range, experience has been gained on how to handle many of the problems identified in the early work. This paper describes successful results on the areas of improvement of surface accuracy and the design of the reflector edges; also reported are antenna measurements made at 30 GHz using the compact range.