Development of Standard Antenna for DTV Signal Measurement

DTV 신호 측정용 표준 안테나 개발

  • Published : 2007.01.25

Abstract

In this paper, LPDA standard antenna for measuring DTV signal strength is developed. Duralumin material is used to fabricate antenna having mechanical strength and flexibility. Operating frequency of designed antenna is range from $450{\sim}850$MHz and its gain is greater than 10 dBd to satisfy FCC requirements. Experimental results show that the developed antenna has minimum 10 dBd gain (average 11.7 dBd) over the entire frequency region and has ${\pm}1.5$ dB pass band ripple characteristic, From the results, the developed antenna is well adequate for standard antenna to measure DTV signal strength.

본 연구에서는 DTV 전파환경 및 수신환경 측정용 기준 안테나를 LPDA 안테나를 이용하여 개발하였다. 안테나의 재질은 측정 장치 구성 및 해체 시의 기구적 견고성을 확보하고 가벼운 시스템 구성이 가능하도록 Element 및 본체를 두랄루민으로 제작하였으며, 동작 주파수 $450\;{\sim}\;850$ MHz에서 안테나 이득은 FCC 규정치인 10 dBd 이상이 되도록 설계하였다. 개발된 안테나는 전 대역에서 10 dBd 이상 (평균 11.7dBd)의 이득 특성과 ${\pm}1.5$ dB의 우수한 통과특성을 지녀 수신환경 측정용 표준안테나로 적합하다.

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