US 12,287,359 B1
Using near-field testing to determine how a radome affects the RF characteristics of an antenna
Jonothan Pryor, Bellbrook, OH (US); Brent Collins, Bellbrook, OH (US); Nathan Thomas Kornbau, Beavercreek, OH (US); Jeremy Micah North, Dayton, OH (US); Kurt Strickler, Mansfield, OH (US); and Mark Scott, Decatur, GA (US)
Assigned to Resonant Sciences, LLC, Beavercreek, OH (US)
Filed by Resonant Sciences, LLC, Beavercreek, OH (US)
Filed on Nov. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/990,313.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/280,784, filed on Nov. 18, 2021.
Int. Cl. G01R 29/10 (2006.01); G01R 29/08 (2006.01)
CPC G01R 29/10 (2013.01) [G01R 29/0878 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining, by a processor, near field properties of a radome and antenna by combining near field measurement data of the radome and antenna with an electronic image representation of the radome;
the near field measurement data including (a) position identifiers that identify positions on the radome where the near field measurement data were measured and (b) RF parameters measured at the positions on the radome identified by the position identifiers; and
the electronic image representation of the radome including positions thereon corresponding to the position identifiers.