Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Frequency instability of antenna under test determined from measurement of phase deviation between outputs of two antennas. Fiber-optic system used to minimize spurious component of frequency instability contributed by propagation of signal from reference antenna to Allan-variance-measuring instrument. Intended primarily to reveal contributions of wind and air-temperature effects on antenna and beam-waveguide structures to overall frequency instabilities of received signals. Technique simpler, less expensive, potentially capable of providing instability data in shorter measuring times, and more precise.
Keywords:
ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS
Type:
NPO-18991
,
NASA Tech Briefs (ISSN 0145-319X); 18; 2; P. 46
Format:
text
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