<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> This manuscript analyzes the omni-directivity error of an electromagnetic field (EM) probe and its dependence on frequency. The global directional characteristic of a whole EM probe consists of three independent directional characteristics of EM sensors - one for each coordinate. The shape of particular directional characteristics is frequency dependent and so is the shape of the whole EM probe’s global directional characteristic. This results in systematic error induced in the measurement of EM fields. This manuscript also contains quantitative formulation of such errors caused by the shape change of directional characteristics for different types of sensors depending on frequency and their mutual arrangement.</p></abstract>

This manuscript analyzes the omni-directivity error of an electromagnetic field (EM) probe and its dependence on frequency. The global directional characteristic of a whole EM probe consists of three independent directional characteristics of EM sensors - one for each coordinate. The shape of particular directional characteristics is frequency dependent and so is the shape of the whole EM probe’s global directional characteristic. This results in systematic error induced in the measurement of EM fields. This manuscript also contains quantitative formulation of such errors caused by the shape change of directional characteristics for different types of sensors depending on frequency and their mutual arrangement.

Analysis of Omni-directivity Error of Electromagnetic Field Probe using Isotropic Antenna

Institute of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak Technical University, Ilkovicova 3, 81219 Bratislava,

Measurement Science Review

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This manuscript analyzes the omni-directivity error of an electromagnetic field (EM) probe and its dependence on frequency. The global directional...

Analysis of Omni-directivity Error of Electromagnetic Field Probe using Isotropic Antenna

Publié en ligne: 13 déc. 2016

Pages: 287 - 293

Reçu: 30 juin 2016

Accepté: 22 nov. 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2016-0036

Mots clés
Electromagnetics, field sensor, error of measurement, Cartesian coordinates, spherical coordinates, coordinates transformation

© by Rene Hartansky

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Analysis of Omni-directivity Error of Electromagnetic Field Probe using Isotropic Antenna

Publié en ligne: 13 déc. 2016

Pages: 287 - 293

Reçu: 30 juin 2016

Accepté: 22 nov. 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2016-0036

Mots clésElectromagnetics, field sensor, error of measurement, Cartesian coordinates, spherical coordinates, coordinates transformation

© by Rene Hartansky

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Mots clés
Electromagnetics, field sensor, error of measurement, Cartesian coordinates, spherical coordinates, coordinates transformation