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API APPLICATION STORY TM Appication Story: Antenna Measurement Antenna Measurement ORBIT/FR Antennas are used for the transition of guided electromagnetic waves into free space, and antenna metrology takes place at exactly this interface. ORBIT/FR offers turnkey solutions in this area for aerospace, automotive and telecommunication fields, as well as for the defence sector. Whichever of the solutions offered by ORBIT/FR comes into question for a specific application, the following applies: any measurement geometry sets high requirements on the 3D measurement technology that will be needed, in...

API APPLICATION STORY TM Appication Story: Antenna Measurement Quality feature: the smoothness of a wave As is also the case for the flatness of a surface in production measurement technology, which is often also determined with laser-based measurement systems, flatness - in this case of an electromagnetic wave – also plays a particularly important role in antenna metrology. The flatter the wave, the better the test environment, and thereby the quality of the results. In order to be able to optimally measure these flatnesses, antennae must be exactly positioned on gauges that run transversely...

API APPLICATION STORY TM Appication Story: Antenna Measurement Spherical near-field measurement systems These systems are frequently used in the automotive field. The object to be measured rotates around a vertical axis on a rotating table, while the measurement antenna describes a curve with the help of a moving gantry arm, and scans a spherical surface at a specific distance from the object to be measured (for example, a car with integrated antenna technology) within a predefined grid. If theodolites were used in such a case, the measurement of the antenna position would take much too long....