Resources for Antenna Metrology
Recent decades have seen a proliferation of wireless systems for higher data rates and greater capacity. Antennas are and continue to grow as a major component in wireless communication systems and monitoring systems for health, environmental concerns and realizing current and future wireless communications. Antenna Metrology refers to accurate measurement techniques for testing of antennas to ensure that the antenna meets specifications or simply to characterize it. Typical parameters of antennas are gain, radiation pattern, beamwidth, polarization, and impedance. Calibrated antennas are essential for applications such as satellite communications, Earth remote sensing, and Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) testing. There is a comprehensive range of facilities for calibrating antennas covering wide range of frequency. These include an open area test site, fully anechoic room (FAR), extrapolation range, spherical near-field scanner and microwave EMC chamber.
Training:
- European School of Antenna (http://www.esoa-web.org/courses.html)
- Computer Simulation Technology (https://www.cst.com/events/training#)
- Antenna Training Engineering, Theory, Analysis and Design (https://www.tonex.com/training-courses/antenna-training-engineering/)
- Antenna Engineering Certificate (https://pe.gatech.edu/certificates/defense-technology/antenna-engineering-certificate)
Professional Meetings:
- European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP (http://www.eucap.org/)
- IEEE International APS Symposium (https://www.amta.org/)
- International Symposium on Antenna and Propagation (http://www.isap.org/)
- URSI General Assemblies (www.ursi.org)
Web-Page Tutorials:
- Keysight Technologies Antenna Measurements (http://www.keysight.com/main/application.jspx?cc=GB&lc=eng&ckey=1000000019:epsg:igr&nid=-34953.0.00&id=1000000019:epsg:igr&cmpid=91072)
- Antenna Theory (http://www.antenna-theory.com/)
- National Instruments RF Academy (http://www.ni.com/rf-academy/)
- MathWorks Antenna Toolbox (https://uk.mathworks.com/help/antenna/?requestedDomain=www.mathworks.com)
Open Source Publications
- International Journal of Antennas and Propagation (https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijap/guidelines/)
- Advanced Electromagnetics (http://aemjournal.org/index.php/AEM)
- Progress In Electromagnetics Research (PIER http://www.jpier.org/PIER/)
- IEEE Antennas and Propagation Standards (https://standards.ieee.org/findstds/standard/antennas_and_propagation.html)
- Institutions whose web pages host an extensive set of open-source publications: NPL (http://www.npl.co.uk/publications/) NIST (www.nist.gov), BIPM (www.bipm.org)
- Orbit/Satimo Technical Papers: http://www.mvg-world.com/en/document-center
Books at Graduate Level and above
- Antenna Theory: Analysis and Design (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Antenna-Theory-Analysis-Constantine-Balanis/dp/1118642066/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492977600&sr=1-1&keywords=balanis+antenna)
- Antenna Theory and Design, 3rd Edition, Warren L. Stutzman, Gary A. Thiele, Wiley, NY, May 2012, ©2013
- “IEEE Standard for Definitions of Terms for Antennas,” IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, IEEE Std 145-2013, IEEE, NY, 2013.
- “IEEE Standard Test Procedures for Antennas,” ANSI/IEEE Std 149-1979, IEEE, NY, 1979.
- NSI Technical Papers: http://www.nearfield.com/aboutus/TechnicalPapers.aspx.
- MI Technology Papers: http://www.nsi-mi.com/library/technical-papers
- Modern Antenna Handbook (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Modern-Antenna-Handbook-Constantine-Balanis/dp/0470036346/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1492977681&sr=1-4&keywords=balanis+antenna)
- Orbit/Satimo Technical Papers: http://www.mvg-world.com/en/document-center
Refereed Professional Journals
- IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=8)
- IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=7727)
- IEEE Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation (http://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/iet-map)
Other Resources
- Antenna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_%28radio%29)
- The Virtual Physical Laboratory (http://www.npl.co.uk/educate-explore/virtual-physical-laboratory/)
- Precise antenna metrology at NPL from 1 GHz to 100 GHz (http://www.npl.co.uk/publications/precise-antenna-metrology-at-npl-from-1ghz-to-100ghz)
- Training on measurement uncertainty (http://www.npl.co.uk/training)
- Electromagnetics (http://www.npl.co.uk/electromagnetics/)