Radar Cross Section Measurement within Reverberation Chamber: Stirrer position issues

Ariston Reis (1) , Francois Sarrazin (1) , Philippe Pouliguen (2) , Jérôme Sol (3) , Philippe Besnier (3) , Elodie Richalot (1)

1 ESYCOM - Electronique, Systèmes de communication et Microsystèmes
2 DGA - Direction générale de l'armement [Bagneux]
3 IETR - Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique

This paper presents the evaluation of the Radar Cross Section (RCS) of a metallic object by measurements accomplished within the diffuse-field environment produced by a Reverberation Chamber (RC). The method is based on the extraction of the ballistic wave between the antenna and the target that is mixed with the backscattering response of the RC. A good agreement is obtained when compared with classical RCS measurement inside an anechoic chamber. This communication also highlights the potential stirrer positioning issues and their impact on the retrieved RCS accuracy.

Mots clés: Radar Cross Section; Reverberation Chamber; measurements

Domaines: Electromagnétisme; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Electronique

Ariston Reis, Francois Sarrazin, Philippe Pouliguen, Jérôme Sol, Philippe Besnier, et al.. Radar Cross Section Measurement within Reverberation Chamber: Stirrer position issues. European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, Mar 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark. ⟨10.23919/EuCAP48036.2020.9135531⟩. ⟨hal-02540792⟩