An Empirical Statistical Detection of Non-Ideal Field Distribution in a Reverberation Chamber Confirmed by a Simple Numerical Model Based on Image Theory

Emmanuel Amador (1) , Christophe Lemoine (1) , Philippe Besnier (1)

1 IETR - Institut d'Electronique et de Télécommunications de Rennes

In this article, the effect of the size of the antennas on the distribution of the electric field observed in a reverberation chamber is analyzed. Our hypothesis is that the more the antenna is voluminous, the more the behavior of the chamber appears to be ideal through measurement analysis. A simple numerical model is presented and used to verify the phenomenon and give credence to the assumption.

Mots clés: Reverberation chamber; Rayleigh distribution; Weibull distribution; Statistical test; Modeling; Image theory

Domaines: Electromagnétisme

Emmanuel Amador, Christophe Lemoine, Philippe Besnier. An Empirical Statistical Detection of Non-Ideal Field Distribution in a Reverberation Chamber Confirmed by a Simple Numerical Model Based on Image Theory. Annals of Telecommunications - annales des télécommunications, 2011, 66 (7-8), pp.445-455. ⟨10.1007/s12243-011-0260-0⟩. ⟨hal-00618756⟩