Compact Range, Near/Far-Field Conversion RCS Measurement System-01

Model No. RCS01

Features

• The measurement antenna attached on the mast, which is movable in EI direction, receives the plane wave transmitted by the compact range antenna in near-field after reflection on the target.
• Rotary motion of the target in Az direction enables omniazimuth measurement.
• Monostatic measurement is possible with receiving antenna placed in the center plane of the compact range antenna, and bistatic measurement also is possible with antenna placed off the center plane.
• Received data is converted to far-field mathematically to create RCS and images.
• Not only monostatic but bistatic RCS can be measured by integrating Cassegrain antenna.

Reference : Hirosuke Suzuki, Kenji Saitoh and Hirokazu Kobayashi, “Cylindrical RCS Far-fieldTransformation by using Array-factor” APMC2010, Yokohama, TH3G-36