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The New Large Antenna Positioning System for Over-The-Air Testing at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

April 8, 2018
Author(s)
Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, David R. Novotny, Josh Gordon, Alexandra Curtin, Michael S. Allman, Kim Hassett, Quang Ton
This paper introduces the new Large Antenna Positioning System (LAPS) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). For the last eight years NIST has been pioneering the use of robotics for antenna measurements. Starting with the

The Multi-Robot Large Antenna Positioning System for Over-The-Air Testing at the National Institute of Standards and Technology1

December 31, 2017
Author(s)
David R. Novotny, Josh Gordon, Michael S. Allman, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Alexandra Curtin, Kim Hassett, George McAdams, Quang Ton
To address dynamic testing requirements of new communications systems and RF processes that use non-static beam forming, NIST proposed the Large Antenna Positioning System (LAPS). The LAPS consists of two kinematically-linked six axis robotic arms, one of

Three Antenna Ranges Based on Articualted Robotic Arms at the National Institute of Standards and TechnologyDescribing Usability for Over-the-Air and Standard Near-Field Measuremnts

December 3, 2017
Author(s)
David R. Novotny, Josh Gordon, Michael S. Allman, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Alexandra Curtin
NIST has developed an antenna range that uses coordinated industrial robotic systems for measuring milli-meter wave (mmWave) antenna patterns and gain. The Configurable Robotic milli-meter Antenna (CROMMA) facility employs a multi-axis articulated serial

Validation of Robotics for Antenna Measurements

March 18, 2017
Author(s)
Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
This paper presents recent measurements using the newly developed Configurable Robotic Millimeter-Wave Antenna (CROMMA) facility by the Antenna Metrology Lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST set out to develop an antenna

Characterization of Millimeter-wave 3D-printed Antennas For CubeSat Applications Using a Robotic Antenna Range

February 21, 2017
Author(s)
Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Ronald C. Wittmann, Michael H. Francis, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Alexandra Curtin, Miranda L. Butler, Albin Gasiewski, Lavanya Periasamy
3D printing is finding applications across many areas and may also be a useful technology for antenna fab- rication for CubeSats. However, the quality of an antenna produced using 3D printing must be well understood if this technology can be relied upon

Assessment of a 3D-Printed Aluminum Corrugated Feed Horn at 118.7503 GHz

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Josh Gordon, David R. Novotny, Ronald C. Wittmann, Michael H. Francis, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Periasamy Lavanya, Albin Gasiewski
All-metal 3D printing is investigated as a viable option for millimeter wave applications. 3D printing is finding applications across many areas and may be a useful technology for antenna fabrication. The ability to rapidly fabricate custom antenna

RF Characterization of Latex Coated Pyramidal Absorber

October 20, 2016
Author(s)
Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
We present a test procedure and results comparing RF performance of traditional pyramidal absorber to that with latex coating. Measurements are performed from 4-12 GHz, but the same measurement methodology can be applied other frequency bands. Absorber

Antenna Metrology 100-500 GHz: A New Approach

May 16, 2016
Author(s)
Perry F. Wilson, Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
A typical near-field scanning range for antenna measurements is based on simple translation stages (planar) or stacked rotators (spherical), or both (cylindrical). Above 100 GHz problems arise in both specialized waveguide components, such as precision

Multi-purpose Configurable Range for Antenna Testing Up To 220 GHz*

April 9, 2016
Author(s)
David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Josh Gordon, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Alexandra Curtin
NIST has developed a multi-purpose test range for performing several types of antenna testing including spherical, cylindrical and planar near-field scanning as well as extrapolation measurements. This range uses a commercial, offthe- shelf, six-axis robot

Millimeter-Wave Near-Field Measurements Using Coordinated Robotics

December 1, 2015
Author(s)
Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Ronald C. Wittmann, Michael H. Francis, Miranda L. Butler, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
The National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST) recently developed a new robotic scanning system for performing near-field measurements at millimeter-wave (mm-wave)frequencies above 100 GHz, the configurable robotic millimeterwave antenna (CROMMA)

Millimeter-Wave Near-Field Measurements Using Coordinated Robotics

October 29, 2015
Author(s)
Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Alexandra Curtin, Miranda L. Butler, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
The National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology (NIST) recently developed a new robotic scan- ning system for performing near-field measurements at millimeter-wave frequencies above 100 GHz, the CROMMA (Configurable Robotic Millimeter-Wave Antenna)

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

October 11, 2015
Author(s)
David R. Novotny, Josh Gordon, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Alexandra Curtin, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
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

Consensus Value Method to Compile On-Axis Gain Measurement Results

October 10, 2015
Author(s)
Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann
This paper shows that a consensus value method can be used to compile on-axis gain measurement data that have a large range of values and uncertainties. A variety of methods are used to analyze multiple data sets such as un-weighted averages, weighted

Configurable Robotic Millimeter-Wave Antenna Facility

April 13, 2015
Author(s)
Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Miranda L. Butler
This paper introduces the Configurable Robotic Millimeter-Wave Antenna (CROMMA) facility by the Antenna Metrology Lab at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST set out to develop an antenna measurement facility that would be

Widebend CTL cell to measure operating range of UHF RFID

March 5, 2015
Author(s)
Jehoon Yun, YongChae Jeong, David R. Novotny, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
A wideband coupled transmission line (CTL) cell to measure the operating range of an UHF RFID (ORUR) is presented. Also, an ORUR test system is proposed to increase the isolation to more than 55 dB. It is shown that the ORUR measured by this proposed cell

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON OF KU-BAND STANDARD GAIN HORN CHARACTERIZATION

April 11, 2014
Author(s)
Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Jason B. Coder, Joshua A. Gordon
International comparison of antenna measurement results between national measurement laboratories supports interoperability of communication equipment in today’s world market. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the pilot National

International Comparison of Ku-band Standard Gain Horn Characterization

April 6, 2014
Author(s)
Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
International comparison of antenna measurement results between national measurement laboratories supports interoperability of communication equipment in today's world market. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the pilot National

International Comparison of Ku-band Standard Gain Horn Characterization

April 5, 2014
Author(s)
Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
International comparison of antenna measurement results between national measurement laboratories supports interoperability of communication equipment in today's world market. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the pilot National

On the Use of Phase Data When Conducting an Extrapolation Measurement

November 1, 2013
Author(s)
Jason B. Coder, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
The extrapolation measurement technique has been used with the three antenna method for more than 40 years, to determine absolute antenna gain and polarization data. The critical part of the extrapolation technique is an insertion loss measurement that is

Using a Laser Tracker to Actively Coordinate the Motion of a 3m Industrial Robot to Within 50 Microns: An ongoing effort to accurately determine and correct positioning errors.

October 1, 2013
Author(s)
David R. Novotny, Joshua A. Gordon, Jason B. Coder, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri, Michael H. Francis
We are using industrial-grade robotics guided by a metrology-grade laser tracker to perform antenna calibrations at mmWave frequencies. We are using a 3 m-reach robot to spherically scan a milli-meter Wave (mmWave) probe around an antenna under test (AUT)