Reducing the Measurement Time in a Reverberation Chamber to Less than 1 Second

Authors

  • Wenjun Xia College of Electronic and Information Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China
  • Wenjun Qi College of Electronic and Information Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China
  • Feng Fang College of Electronic and Information Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China
  • Chong Li College of Electronic and Information Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China
  • Lei Xing College of Electronic and Information Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China
  • Qian Xu College of Electronic and Information Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2023.ACES.J.380104

Keywords:

reverberation chamber, multi-probe system, measurement technique, OTA

Abstract

To increase the speed of the measurement, a time-efficient multi-probe system in a reverberation chamber (RC) is validated. The system consists of 4 printed circuit board (PCB) switches integrating with 128 probe antennas. By using solid-state switches, all antennas can be switched over in sequence in less than 1 second. Typical characteristics of the RC and the total radiated power (TRP) of the device under test (DUT) are performed to verify the validity of this configuration. Compared with the RC using mechanical stirrers, this system shows its superiority in terms of testing efficiency.

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Author Biographies

Wenjun Xia, College of Electronic and Information Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China

Wenjun Xia received his B.Eng. degree in Electronic Information Engineering from Suzhou University of Science and Technology, Suzhou, China in 2020. He is currently pursuing a M.Eng. degree in Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology at Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. His main research interests include reverberation chambers, spatial channel models, over-the-air testing, and electromagnetic compatibility.

Wenjun Qi, College of Electronic and Information Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China

Wenjun Qi received her B.Eng. degree and M.Eng. degree from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China in 2018 and 2021, respectively. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology. Her main research interests include reverberation chambers, computational electromagnetics and statistical electromagnetics, over-the-air testing, and electromagnetic compatibility.

Feng Fang, College of Electronic and Information Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China

Feng Fang received his B.Eng. degree in Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China in 2020, where he has been currently working toward his M.Eng. His main research interests include microwave measurement techniques, reverberation chambers, and wireless communication testing, especially over-the-air testing.

Chong Li, College of Electronic and Information Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China

Chong Li received his B.Eng. degree in Communication Engineering from Nanchang Hangkong University, Nanchang, China in 2021. He is currently pursuing a M.Eng. degree in Electromagnetic Field and Microwave Technology, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. His research interests include reverberation chambers, phased array systems, electromagnetic compatibility, and antenna design.

Lei Xing, College of Electronic and Information Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China

Lei Xing received her B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees from the School of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, in 2009 and 2012. She received her PhD in Electrical Engineering and Electronics at the University of Liverpool, U.K. in 2015. She is currently an Associate Professor at the College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China.

Qian Xu, College of Electronic and Information Engineering Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 211106, China

Qian Xu received his B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees from the Department of Electronics and Information, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China, in 2007 and 2010, and his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Liverpool, U.K. in 2016. He is currently an Associate Professor at the College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. He was a radio frequency (RF) engineer in Nanjing, China in 2011, an Application Engineer at CST Company, Shanghai, China in 2012. His work at the University of Liverpool was sponsored by Rainford EMC Systems Ltd (now part of the Microwave Vision Group) and the Centre for Global Eco-Innovation. He has designed many chambers for industry and is the author of the book Anechoic and Reverberation Chambers: Theory, Design, and Measurements (Wiley-IEEE, 2019). His research interests include statistical electromagnetics, reverberation chambers, electromagnetic compatibility, and over-the-air testing.

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Published

2023-05-30

How to Cite

[1]
W. . Xia, W. . Qi, F. . Fang, C. . Li, L. . Xing, and Q. . Xu, “Reducing the Measurement Time in a Reverberation Chamber to Less than 1 Second”, ACES Journal, vol. 38, no. 01, pp. 22–27, May 2023.

Issue

2023: Vol 38 Iss 1

Section

Antennas, Metasurfaces, and Testing Methodologies for 5G/6G Communication