A novel and instructive antenna characterization setup design is introduced in this article. The setup is designed to reduce the cost to antenna characterization and proliferate the knowledge of antennas. The characterization setup introduced does not employ off-the-shelf antenna characterization equipment and software, instead it innovates a technique that can be replicated by students in a classroom environment with minimum equipment overhead. The designed system has a measurement capability ranging from 47 MHz to 6 GHz owing to the wide operational bandwidth of the transceiver and can measure and validate the fundamental properties of an antenna. The system performance was validated by characterizing a patch antenna designed using CST Microwave Studio. The experimental results obtained from the designed system are compared to the results obtained from industry specification equipment. The operational design, advantages of the system explained in detail and the drawbacks are discussed.

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DIY Antenna Studio：一种经济高效的天线分析工具[教育专区]

本文介绍了一种新颖且具有启发性的天线表征设置设计。该设置旨在减少天线表征的成本并增加天线知识。引入的表征设置没有使用现成的天线表征设备和软件，而是创新了一种技术，可以使学生在教室环境中以最少的设备开销进行复制。由于收发器的宽工作带宽，设计的系统具有47 MHz至6 GHz的测量能力，并且可以测量和验证天线的基本特性。通过表征使用CST Microwave Studio设计的贴片天线来验证系统性能。从设计的系统获得的实验结果与从工业规格设备获得的结果进行比较。讨论了操作设计，系统的优点以及缺点。