TY - GEN
T1 - A Tethered Power Supply Concept for Large-Scale UAV-Based Antenna Near-Field Measurements
AU - Punzet, Stefan
AU - Eibert, Thomas F.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 European Association for Antennas and Propagation.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) gain popularity in the antenna measurement domain. Measuring the near field (NF) of large-scale antennas or antenna arrays can take up to several hours. In contrast, the non-stop flight time of a battery powered UAV is commonly limited to the order of tens of minutes. In order to overcome this limitation, the concept and implementation of a tethered power supply for UAVs are presented. The resulting non-stop flight time allows for faster and denser sampling of the antenna under test (AUT) NF without the corresponding start and land maneuvers for replacing the battery. Detailed electromagnetic interference (EMI) measurements, as well as a fallback battery power solution for safe and reliable operation of the UAV are presented.
AB - Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) gain popularity in the antenna measurement domain. Measuring the near field (NF) of large-scale antennas or antenna arrays can take up to several hours. In contrast, the non-stop flight time of a battery powered UAV is commonly limited to the order of tens of minutes. In order to overcome this limitation, the concept and implementation of a tethered power supply for UAVs are presented. The resulting non-stop flight time allows for faster and denser sampling of the antenna under test (AUT) NF without the corresponding start and land maneuvers for replacing the battery. Detailed electromagnetic interference (EMI) measurements, as well as a fallback battery power solution for safe and reliable operation of the UAV are presented.
KW - near-field antenna measurement
KW - tethered power supply
KW - unmanned aerial vehicle
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85162246310
U2 - 10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133589
DO - 10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133589
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85162246310
T3 - 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023
BT - 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023
Y2 - 26 March 2023 through 31 March 2023
ER -