Appendix d: performance, theory, measurement – ETS-Lindgren 7604 Shielded Coil Antenna User Manual

Page 25

Advertising
background image

Appendix D: Performance, Theory, Measurement

Following is a comparison of loop performance, theory, and measurement.

The Model 7604 Magnetic Field Pickup Coil performs as predicted in Theory of

Operation by (5) on page 18. To verify this, a calibration of the antenna was

performed. The calibration setup consisted of:

A transmit loop;

The Model 7604 as a receive loop;

An HP8116A Pulse Function Generator;

An HP7478A Multimeter; and

An HP4194A Gain/Phase Analyzer.

The transmit loop was a single turn center conductor of 215 mm in diameter with

a thermocouple having a k-factor of 650. The separation between the loop

antennas was 500 mm. The thermocouple converts the current on the transmit

loop to a DC voltage value that can be read on the multimeter. The

antenna factor in dB(pT/µV) is computed as follows:

Performance, Theory, Measurement

|

25

Advertising