Microwave Antenna Testing Facility for Far-Field and Spherical Near-Field Measurements

拟议的设施用于测试宽波束微波天线（1 GHz - 18 GHz），由合作者为几个研究和商业项目设计和开发。这些天线在电信、国防和生物医学应用中很重要。在促进天线原型及时方向图测量的同时，它将为天线实验开辟新的机会。该设施将通过提供理论验证的实验结果来加强合作者备受赞誉的理论研究。从该设施获得的近场图将提高我们对复杂天线的认识。这将培养出在最先进的天线测量方面的研究人员，并将有助于在这一前沿技术领域发展具有竞争力的澳大利亚工业。

The proposed facility is for testing broad-beam microwave antennas (1 GHz - 18 GHz), designed and developed by collaborators for several research and commercial projects. These antennas are important in telecommunications, defence and biomedical applications. While facilitating timely pattern measurements of antenna prototypes, it will open new opportunities in antenna experimentation. This facility will enhance collaborators' highly acclaimed theoretical research by providing experimental results for theory validation. Near-field patterns available from the facility will advance our knowledge on complicated antennas. This will generate researchers skilled in state-of-the art antenna measurements, and will help develop competitive Australian industries in this frontier technology.