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Antenna Measurement Implementations and Dynamic Positional Validation Using a Six Axis Robot

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David R. Novotny, Josh Gordon, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Alexandra Curtin, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri

Abstract

We have performed spherical and extrapolation scans of two antennas at 118 GHz using a commercial 6-axis robot. Unlike spherical scanning, linear extrapolations do not precisely conform to the native circular movement of the individual robot axes. To characterize the quality of the data, we performed dynamic position and orientation characterization of the robotic systems. Using laser tracker feedback, we measure the desired, actual and corrected position of the probe antenna relative to the antenna under test while the probe is moving. We correlated the laser tracker data with the mmWave insertion phase to validate dynamic measurement position results at speeds up to 11 mm/s. We previously demonstrated spherical measurements with this system, we present results for extrapolation measurements which require a more stringent accuracies for pointing that general pattern analysis.
Proceedings Title
Proceedings of the 2015 Antenna Measurement Techniques Association
Conference Dates
October 12-16, 2015
Conference Location
Long Beach, CA, US
Pub Type
Conferences

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Wireless (RF), Metrology, Electromagnetics and Dimensional metrology

Citation

Novotny, D. , Gordon, J. , Francis, M. , Wittmann, R. , Curtin, A. and Guerrieri, J. (2015), Antenna Measurement Implementations and Dynamic Positional Validation Using a Six Axis Robot, Proceedings of the 2015 Antenna Measurement Techniques Association, Long Beach, CA, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=919195 (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created October 11, 2015, Updated April 12, 2022
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