Design of a Near Field Measurement System for Bistatic Measurements in CATR

Bistatic measurements are required to obtain the reflection patterns from scatterers. This paper provides a design guideline for a near field measurement system to enable bistatic measurements in compact antenna test ranges. The measurement concept and the dimensioning of the system are discussed. In addition, a near field to far field transformation for calculating the reflection pattern is presented. Measurement results are presented to verify the proposed approach.