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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 47 Number 10, October 1999

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On the Use of the Matrix-Pencil Method to Correlate Measurements at Different Test Sites

Benoît Fourestie, Zwi Altman, Senior Member, IEEE, Joe Wiart, Member, IEEE, and Alain Azoulay

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Abstract:

A new method for systematic correlation of measurements in semi-anechoic and anechoic chambers is presented. A signal measured in a semi-anechoic chamber is first processed using the matrix-pencil method which is applied sequentially on small frequency intervals. On each interval the measured signal is decomposed into its propagating wave components. The component corresponding to the wave reflected from the ground is identified and removed to fully retrieve the signal measured in an anechoic chamber. Three examples using log-periodic and Vivaldi antennas in different anechoic and semi-anechoic chambers for varying frequency ranges illustrate the method. The proposed decomposition algorithm can be utilized to characterize measurement test site imperfections.

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