Compact range for variable-zone measurements

Patent · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:875215

Burnside, Walter D. ^[1]; Rudduck, Roger C. ^[1]; Yu, Jiunn S. ^[2]

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1. Columbus, OH
2. Albuquerque, NM

A compact range for testing antennas or radar targets includes a source for directing energy along a feedline toward a parabolic reflector. The reflected wave is a spherical wave with a radius dependent on the distance of the source from the focal point of the reflector.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): H000514
• Application Number: 07/019836
• OSTI ID: 875215
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 1987 Feb 27
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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