U.S. patent application number 16/851411 was filed with the patent office on 2021-06-17 for probe antenna, probing system, and power density measuring method for measuring power density in near-field electromagnetic field.
This patent application is currently assigned to Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute. The applicant listed for this patent is Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute. Invention is credited to Hyung Do CHOI, Jung Hwan HWANG, Chang Hee HYOUNG, Duk Soo KWON, JONG HWA KWON.
Application Number | 20210181245 16/851411 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 1000004800313 |
Filed Date | 2021-06-17 |
United States Patent
Application |
20210181245 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
HWANG; Jung Hwan ; et
al. |
June 17, 2021 |
PROBE ANTENNA, PROBING SYSTEM, AND POWER DENSITY MEASURING METHOD
FOR MEASURING POWER DENSITY IN NEAR-FIELD ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD
Abstract
A probe antenna, a probing system, and a power density measuring
method to measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic
field are disposed. The probe antenna includes a board, and a
conductor transmitting line formed on the board, having a constant
line width, and formed in a polygonal shape or in a closed-curve
shape. The conductor transmitting line is divided into a first
transmitting line and a second transmitting line that are separated
from each other, and includes a first receiving port formed with
one end of the first transmitting line and one end of the second
transmitting line and a second receiving port formed with another
end of the first transmitting line and another end of the second
transmitting line.
Inventors: |
HWANG; Jung Hwan; (Daejeon,
KR) ; KWON; Duk Soo; (Daejeon, KR) ; HYOUNG;
Chang Hee; (Daejeon, KR) ; KWON; JONG HWA;
(Daejeon, KR) ; CHOI; Hyung Do; (Daejeon,
KR) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute |
Daejeon |
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KR |
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Assignee: |
Electronics and Telecommunications
Research Institute
Daejeon
KR
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Family ID: |
1000004800313 |
Appl. No.: |
16/851411 |
Filed: |
April 17, 2020 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
G01R 29/0892 20130101;
G01R 29/10 20130101; G01R 29/0878 20130101; G01R 29/0871
20130101 |
International
Class: |
G01R 29/08 20060101
G01R029/08; G01R 29/10 20060101 G01R029/10 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Dec 12, 2019 |
KR |
10-2019-0165412 |
Claims
1. A probe antenna comprising: a board; and a conductor
transmitting line formed on the board, having a constant line
width, and formed in a polygonal shape or in a closed-curve shape,
wherein the conductor transmitting line is divided into a first
transmitting line and a second transmitting line that are separated
from each other, and comprises a first receiving port formed with
one end of the first transmitting line and one end of the second
transmitting line, and a second receiving port formed with another
end of the first transmitting line and another end of the second
transmitting line.
2. The probe antenna of claim 1, wherein an input impedance of the
first receiving port and the second receiving port is determined
based on a length of the first transmitting line and the second
transmitting line.
3. The probe antenna of claim 1, wherein, as the conductor
transmitting line operates as a loop antenna by a magnetic field
input to the probe antenna, the conductor transmitting line is
configured to generate a potential difference at the first
receiving port and the second receiving port that is proportional
to a strength of the magnetic field.
4. The probe antenna of claim 1, wherein the first receiving port
is configured to generate a potential difference that has a same
magnitude as that of a potential difference output from the second
receiving port and a direction opposite to that of the potential
difference output from the second receiving port.
5. The probe antenna of claim 1, wherein, as transmitting line
areas comprising the first receiving port and the second receiving
port operate as different dipole antennas by an electric field
input to the probe antenna, the conductor transmitting line is
configured to generate a potential difference at the first
receiving port and the second receiving port that is proportional
to a strength of the electric field.
6. The probe antenna of claim 5, wherein the first receiving port
is configured to generate a potential difference that has a same
magnitude and a same direction as those of a potential difference
output from the second receiving port.
7. The probe antenna of claim 1, wherein the first receiving port
is configured to output a first output signal by adding a potential
difference that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field
and output from the first receiving port and a potential difference
that is proportional to a strength of an electric field and output
from the first receiving port, and the second receiving port is
configured to output a second output signal by adding a potential
difference obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference
that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and output
from the second receiving port, and a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of an electric field and output from the
second receiving port.
8. The probe antenna of claim 1, wherein the first receiving port
is configured to output a first output signal by adding a potential
difference obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference
that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and output
from the first receiving port, and a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of an electric field and output from the
first receiving port, and the second receiving port is configured
to output a second output signal by adding a potential difference
that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and output
from the second receiving port and a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of an electric field and output from the
second receiving port.
9. A probing system comprising: a probe antenna comprising a board,
and a conductor transmitting line formed on the board, having a
constant line width, and formed in a polygonal shape or a
closed-curve shape; and a power density measurer configured to
measure a power density of an electromagnetic field in which the
probe antenna is disposed using output signals of the probe
antenna, wherein the conductor transmitting line is divided into a
first transmitting line and a second transmitting line that are
separated from each other, and comprises a first receiving port
formed with one end of the first transmitting line and one end of
the second transmitting line, and a second receiving port formed
with another end of the first transmitting line and another end of
the second transmitting line, wherein the power density measurer
comprises a power density operator configured to measure the power
density of the electromagnetic field using a first output signal
output from the first receiving port and a second output signal
output from the second receiving port.
10. The probing system of claim 9, wherein the conductor
transmitting line is configured to: as the conductor transmitting
line operates as a loop antenna by a magnetic field input to the
probe antenna, generate a potential difference at the first
receiving port and the second receiving port that is proportional
to a strength of the magnetic field; and as transmitting line areas
comprising the first receiving port and the second receiving port
operate as different dipole antennas by an electric field input to
the probe antenna, generate a potential difference at the first
receiving port and the second receiving port that is proportional
to a strength of the electric field.
11. The probing system of claim 9, wherein the output signals of
the probe antenna comprise the first output signal and the second
output signal, wherein the first receiving port is configured to
output the first output signal by adding a potential difference
that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and output
from the first receiving port and a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of an electric field and output from the
first receiving port, and the second receiving port is configured
to output the second output signal by adding a potential difference
obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and output from the
second receiving port, and a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of an electric field and output from the
second receiving port.
12. The probing system of claim 9, wherein the output signals of
the probe antenna comprise the first output signal and the second
output signal, wherein the first receiving port is configured to
output the first output signal by adding a potential difference
obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and output from the
first receiving port, and a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of an electric field and output from the
first receiving port, and the second receiving port is configured
to output the second output signal by adding a potential difference
that is proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and output
from the second receiving port and a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of an electric field and output from the
second receiving port.
13. The probing system of claim 9, wherein the power density
measurer further comprises a radio frequency (RF) remover
configured to extract direct current (DC) signals by removing an RF
signal from each of the first output signal output from the first
receiving port and the second output signal output from the second
receiving port, wherein the power density operator is configured to
measure the power density of the electromagnetic field based on a
result of subtracting the DC signal extracted from the first output
signal and the DC signal extracted from the second output signal
from each other.
14. A probing system comprising: a plurality of probe antennas each
comprising a board, and a conductor transmitting line formed on the
board, having a constant line width, and formed in a polygonal
shape or a closed-curve shape; a plurality of inductors configured
to extract direct current (DC) signals from output signals received
from the probe antennas; a switch configured to sequentially select
the DC signals extracted by the inductors; and a power density
operator configured to measure a power density of an
electromagnetic field in which the probe antennas are disposed
using the selected DC signals, wherein the conductor transmitting
line is divided into a first transmitting line and a second
transmitting line that are separated from each other, and comprises
a first receiving port formed with one end of the first
transmitting line and one end of the second transmitting line, and
a second receiving port formed with another end of the first
transmitting line and another end of the second transmitting line,
wherein the power density operator is configured to measure the
power density of the electromagnetic field using a DC signal
extracted from a first output signal output from the first
receiving port and a DC signal extracted from a second output
signal output from the second receiving port.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)
[0001] This application claims the priority benefit of Korean
Patent Application No. 10-2019-0165412 filed on Dec. 12, 2019, in
the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is
incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
BACKGROUND
1. Field
[0002] One or more example embodiments relate to a probing system
and method for measuring a power density using a probe antenna, and
more particularly, to a device and method for measuring a power
density of a near-field electromagnetic field by processing a
signal output from a probe antenna when the probe antenna is
exposed to the near-field electromagnetic field.
2. Description of Related Art
[0003] In a wireless communication antenna system, an
electromagnetic field generated by an antenna may change from a
near-field electromagnetic field to a far-field electromagnetic
field as a distance from the antenna increases.
[0004] An existing probing system may measure one of a strength of
an electric field and a strength of a magnetic field using a probe
antenna and calculate a power density of a far-field
electromagnetic field using a result of the measuring to evaluate
the performance of a wireless communication antenna.
[0005] However, in a case in which a distance from the antenna to a
measurement point is not sufficient, it may need to measure an
electromagnetic field in a near-field region. However, the
electromagnetic field in the near-field region may have a different
characteristic from that of an electromagnetic field in a far-field
region. In detail, when a medium is uniform, in a far-field region,
a wave impedance defined by a ratio between a strength of an
electric field and a strength of a magnetic field may not vary
based on a position but permanently constant. In contrast, in a
near-field region, a wave impedance may have different values based
on a position. In addition, the electric field and the magnetic
field in the far-field region may have phases that are not
different each other, whereas those in the near-field region may
have phases that are different. Thus, there may be a phase
difference between the electric field and the magnetic field in the
near-field region.
[0006] Thus, the existing probing system that calculates a power
density by measuring one of a strength of an electric field and a
strength of a magnetic field may not measure a power density of a
near-field electromagnetic field.
[0007] Thus, there is a desire for a probing system that may
measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field.
SUMMARY
[0008] An aspect provides a device and method for measuring a power
density of an electromagnetic field even in a near-field region
having a phase difference between a magnetic field and an electric
field by calculating a power density based on the phase difference
between the magnetic field and the electric field.
[0009] According to an example embodiment, there is provided a
probe antenna including a board, and a conductor transmitting line
formed on the board, having a constant line width, and formed in a
polygonal shape or in a closed-curve shape. The conductor
transmitting line may be divided into a first transmitting line and
a second transmitting line that are separated from each other, and
include a first receiving port formed with one end of the first
transmitting line and one end of the second transmitting line, and
a second receiving port formed with another end of the first
transmitting line and another end of the second transmitting
line.
[0010] An input impedance of the first receiving port and the
second receiving port may be determined based on a length of the
first transmitting line and the second transmitting line.
[0011] As the conductor transmitting line operates as a loop
antenna by a magnetic field input to the probe antenna, the
conductor transmitting line may generate a potential difference at
the first receiving port and the second receiving port,
respectively, each of which is proportional to a strength of the
magnetic field.
[0012] The first receiving port may generate a potential difference
that has a same magnitude as that of a potential difference output
from the second receiving port and a direction opposite to that of
the potential difference output from the second receiving port.
[0013] As transmitting line areas including the first receiving
port and the second receiving port operate as different dipole
antennas by an electric field input to the probe antenna, the
conductor transmitting line may generate a potential difference at
the first receiving port and the second receiving port,
respectively, each of which is proportional to a strength of the
electric field.
[0014] The first receiving port may generate a potential difference
that has a same magnitude and a same direction as that of a
potential difference output from the second receiving port.
[0015] The first receiving port may output a first output signal by
adding a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of
a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to
a strength of an electric field. The second receiving port may
output a second output signal by adding a potential difference
obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential
difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric
field.
[0016] The first receiving port may output a first output signal by
adding a potential difference obtained by reversing a sign of a
potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a
magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a
strength of an electric field. The second receiving port may output
a second output signal by adding a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential
difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric
field.
[0017] According to another example embodiment, there is provided
probing system including a probe antenna including a board, and a
conductor transmitting line formed on the board, having a constant
line width, and formed in a polygonal shape or a closed-curve
shape, and a power density measurer configured to measure a power
density of an electromagnetic field using output signals of the
probe antenna. The conductor transmitting line may be divided into
a first transmitting line and a second transmitting line that are
separated from each other, and include a first receiving port
formed with one end of the first transmitting line and one end of
the second transmitting line, and a second receiving port formed
with another end of the first transmitting line and another end of
the second transmitting line. The power density measurer may
include a power density operator configured to measure the power
density of the electromagnetic field using a first output signal
output from the first receiving port and a second output signal
output from the second receiving port.
[0018] As the conductor transmitting line operates as a loop
antenna by a magnetic field input to the probe antenna, the
conductor transmitting line may generate a potential difference at
the first receiving port and the second receiving port that is
proportional to a strength of the magnetic field. As transmitting
line areas including the first receiving port and the second
receiving port operate as different dipole antennas by an electric
field input to the probe antenna, the conductor transmitting line
may generate a potential difference at the first receiving port and
the second receiving port that is proportional to a strength of the
electric field.
[0019] The first receiving port may output the first output signal
by adding a potential difference that is proportional to a strength
of a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional
to a strength of an electric field. The second receiving port may
output the second output signal by adding a potential difference
obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential
difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric
field.
[0020] The first receiving port may output the first output signal
by adding a potential difference obtained by reversing a sign of a
potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a
magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a
strength of an electric field. The second receiving port may output
the second output signal by adding a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential
difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric
field.
[0021] The power density measurer may further include a radio
frequency (RF) remover configured to extract direct current (DC)
signals by removing an RF signal from each of the first output
signal of the first receiving port and the second output signal of
the second receiving port. The power density operator may measure
the power density of the electromagnetic field based on a result of
subtracting the DC signal extracted from the first output signal
and the DC signal extracted from the second output signal from each
other.
[0022] According to still another example embodiment, there is
provided a power density measuring method including receiving, from
a probe antenna, output signals based on a potential difference
proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential
difference proportional to a strength of an electric field, and
measuring a power density of an electromagnetic field using the
output signals. The probe antenna may include a conductor
transmitting line that is divided into a first transmitting line
and a second transmitting line that are separated from each other,
and includes a first receiving port formed with one end of the
first transmitting line and one end of the second transmitting
line, and a second receiving port formed with another end of the
first transmitting line and another end of the second transmitting
line. As the conductor transmitting line operates as a loop antenna
by a magnetic field input to the probe antenna, the conductor
transmitting line may generate a potential difference at the first
receiving port and the second receiving port that is proportional
to a strength of the magnetic field. As transmitting line areas
including the first receiving port and the second receiving port
operate as different dipole antennas by an electric field input to
the probe antenna, the conductor transmitting line may generate a
potential difference at the first receiving port and the second
receiving port that is proportional to a strength of the electric
field.
[0023] The first receiving port may output a first output signal by
adding a potential difference that is proportional to a strength of
a magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to
a strength of an electric field. The second receiving port may
output the second output signal by adding a potential difference
obtained by reversing a sign of a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of a magnetic field, and a potential
difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric
field.
[0024] The first receiving port may output the first output signal
by adding a potential difference obtained by reversing a sign of a
potential difference that is proportional to a strength of a
magnetic field and a potential difference that is proportional to a
strength of an electric field. The second receiving port may output
the second output signal by adding a potential difference that is
proportional to a strength of a magnetic field and a potential
difference that is proportional to a strength of an electric
field.
[0025] The power density measuring method may further include
extracting DC signals by removing an RF signal from each of the
first output signal of the first receiving port and the second
output signal of the second receiving port. The measuring of the
power density may include measuring the power density of the
electromagnetic field based on a result of subtracting the DC
signal extracted from the first output signal and the DC signal
extracted from the second output signal from each other.
[0026] Additional aspects of example embodiments will be set forth
in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be
apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the
disclosure.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0027] These and/or other aspects, features, and advantages of the
present disclosure will become apparent and more readily
appreciated from the following description of example embodiments,
taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
[0028] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a probing
system according to an example embodiment;
[0029] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a structure
of a probe antenna according to an example embodiment;
[0030] FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation
principle of a probe antenna according to an example
embodiment;
[0031] FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a power
density measurer according to an example embodiment;
[0032] FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a signal
antenna-type probing system according to an example embodiment;
[0033] FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna
array-type probing system according to an example embodiment;
and
[0034] FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a power
density measuring method according to an example embodiment.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0035] Hereinafter, some examples will be described in detail with
reference to the accompanying drawings. However, various
alterations and modifications may be made to the examples. Here,
the examples are not construed as limited to the disclosure and
should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and
replacements within the idea and the technical scope of the
disclosure.
[0036] The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing
particular examples only and is not to be limiting of the examples.
As used herein, the singular forms "a", "an", and "the" are
intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the
terms "comprises/comprising" and/or "includes/including" when used
herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps,
operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the
presence or addition of one or more other features, integers,
steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof.
[0037] When describing the examples with reference to the
accompanying drawings, like reference numerals refer to like
constituent elements and a repeated description related thereto
will be omitted. In the description of examples, detailed
description of well-known related structures or functions will be
omitted when it is deemed that such description will cause
ambiguous interpretation of the present disclosure.
[0038] Hereinafter, example embodiments will be described in detail
with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0039] FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a probing
system according to an example embodiment.
[0040] Referring to FIG. 1, a probing system 100 includes a probe
antenna 110 and a power density measurer 120.
[0041] The probe antenna 110 includes a board, and a conductor
transmitting line formed on the board, having a constant line
width, and formed in a polygonal shape or a closed-curve shape. The
conductor transmitting line is divided into two portions-a first
transmitting line and a second transmitting line that are separated
from each other. The conductor transmitting line includes a first
receiving port formed with one end of the first transmitting line
and one end of the second transmitting line, and a second receiving
port formed with another end of the first transmitting line and
another end of the second transmitting line.
[0042] The conductor transmitting line may operate as a loop
antenna by a magnetic field input to the probe antenna 110. The
conductor transmitting line may generate a potential difference at
the first receiving port and the second receiving port that is
proportional to a strength of the magnetic field input to the probe
antenna 110. For example, the first receiving port may generate a
potential difference that has the same magnitude as that of a
potential difference output from the second receiving port and a
direction opposite to that of the potential difference output from
the second receiving port.
[0043] In addition, areas of the conductor transmitting line
including the first receiving port and the second receiving port
may operate as different dipole antennas by an electric field input
to the probe antenna 110. The areas including the first receiving
port and the second receiving port may generate a potential
difference at the first receiving port and the second receiving
port that is proportional to a strength of the electric field input
to the probe antenna 110. For example, the first receiving port may
generate a potential difference that has the same magnitude and
direction as those of a potential difference output from the second
receiving port.
[0044] For example, the first receiving port may output a first
output signal by adding the potential difference that is
proportional to the strength of the magnetic field and the
potential difference that is proportional to the strength of the
electric field. The second receiving port may output a second
output signal by adding a potential difference obtained by
reversing a sign of the potential difference that is proportional
to the strength of the magnetic field, and the potential difference
that is proportional to the strength of the electric field. In
addition, the first receiving port may output the first output
signal by adding a potential difference obtained by reversing a
sign of the potential difference that is proportional to the
strength of the magnetic field and the potential difference that is
proportional to the strength of the electric field. The second
receiving port may output the second output signal by adding the
potential difference that is proportional to the strength of the
magnetic field and the potential difference that is proportional to
the strength of the electric field.
[0045] The power density measurer 120 may measure a power density
of an electromagnetic field in a near-field region, using the first
output signal and the second output signal. The power density
measurer 120 includes an amplifier 121, a radio frequency (RF)
remover 123, and a power density operator 125 as illustrated in
FIG. 1.
[0046] The amplifier 121 may amplify the first output signal and
the second output signal and transmit the amplified signals to the
RF remover 123.
[0047] The RF remover 123 may extract direct current (DC) signals
by removing RF signals respectively from the amplified first output
signal and the amplified second output signal. The RF remover 123
may be an RF choke, for example.
[0048] The power density operator 125 may be disposed or installed
at a position separate from the probe antenna 110 such that the
power density operator 125 is electrically isolated from the probe
antenna 110. The power density operator 125 may subtract the DC
signal extracted from the first output signal and the DC signal
extracted from the second output signal from each other to measure
a power density of a near-field electromagnetic. The power density
operator 125 may be one of a processor, a device including the
processor, and a personal computer (PC), for example.
[0049] The probing system 100 may measure an electric field and a
magnetic field using a single probe antenna and also measure a
phase difference between the electric field and the magnetic field,
and may thus measure a power density of a near-field
electromagnetic field without an error.
[0050] In addition, the power density operator 125 configured to
measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field may
be disposed to be electrically isolated from the probe antenna 110,
and thus the probing system 100 may minimize an influence of the
power density operator 125 on the near-field electromagnetic field.
With the power density operator 125 being disposed separately from
the probe antenna 110, the probing system 100 may extract a DC
signal from an output of the probe antenna 110 using the RF remover
123, and transmit the extracted DC signal to the power density
operator 125. Thus, the power density operator 125 and the probe
antenna 110 may be electrically isolated therefrom.
[0051] In addition, as the probing system 100 extracts the DC
signal from the output of the probe antenna 110 and transmits the
extracted DC signal to the power density operator 125, the probing
system 100 may minimize an influence of the power density operator
125 on the near-field electromagnetic field without using an
optical cable and an optical conversion device. That is, the
probing system 100 may not require an element or a component
related to optical transmission, for example, an optical cable and
an optical conversion device, and thus be smaller in size compared
to an existing probing system that requires such device related to
the optical transmission for a probe antenna.
[0052] The probing system 100 may be smaller in size than the
existing probing system, and embodied as an antenna array-type
probing system using a plurality of probe antennas 110 as
illustrated in FIG. 6. The antenna array-type probing system may
measure power densities at various positions on a plane all at
once, and thus reduce the amount of time used to measure a power
density distribution in a large area.
[0053] FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a structure
of a probe antenna according to an example embodiment.
[0054] Referring to FIG. 2, the probe antenna 110 includes a
circuit board 101, and a conductor transmitting line 202 formed on
the circuit board 101, having a constant line width, and formed in
a polygonal shape or a closed-curve shape.
[0055] The conductor transmitting line 202 may be divided into two
portions as illustrated in FIG. 2. A first receiving port 203 and a
second receiving port 204 may be formed in the two portions. The
probe antenna 110 may receive a signal generated by a near-field
electromagnetic field through the first receiving port 203 and the
second receiving port 204.
[0056] A two-dimensional (2D) area from which a power density is
measurable in the probe antenna 110 may be defined by a probe area
205. The probe area 205 may be an area having the same concept as
an effective area of a general antenna. That is, the probe antenna
110 may measure a power density of a near-field electromagnetic
field present in the probe area 205 on the surface of the circuit
board 101.
[0057] The probe area 205 of the probe antenna 110 may be
determined through measurement or simulation. Based on a size of
the probe area 205, a spatial resolution of the probing system 100
including the probe antenna 110 may be determined.
[0058] The size of the probe area 205 may be proportional to a size
of a polygon or a closed curve formed by the conductor transmitting
line 202, and the spatial resolution of the probing system 100 may
be determined based on the size of the probe area 205. Thus, the
spatial resolution of the probing system 100 may be determined
based on the size of the polygon or the closed curve formed by the
conductor transmitting line 202. For example, when the size of the
polygon or the closed curve formed by the conductor transmitting
line 202 decreases, the performance of the spatial resolution of
the probing system 100 may increase.
[0059] In addition, a resonant frequency of the probe antenna 110
may be determined based on the size of the polygon or the closed
curve formed by the conductor transmitting line 202. For example,
when an entire length of the conductor transmitting line 202 is the
same as a wavelength of an electromagnetic field, the probe antenna
110 may resonate at a corresponding frequency. When the probe
antenna 110 resonates, an output of the first receiving port 203
and the second receiving port 204 of the probe antenna 110 may be
different from an output at another frequency.
[0060] Thus, to prevent such a difference in an output of the first
receiving port 203 and the second receiving port 204 based on a
frequency, the conductor transmitting line 202 may be designed to
have the entire length less than a wavelength of an electromagnetic
field to be measured. For example, when a wavelength of an
electromagnetic field from which a power density is to be measured
is defined as .lamda., a length of a side of a tetragon formed by
the conductor transmitting line 202 may be .lamda./8, and a line
width of the conductor transmitting line 202 may be less than or
equal to .lamda./10.
[0061] In addition, an input impedance of the first receiving port
203 and the second receiving port 204 may be determined based on a
length of the first transmitting line and the second transmitting
line. Here, an impedance corresponding to a portion into which the
conductor transmitting line 202 is divided may be obtained using a
function of a length into which the conductor transmitting line 202
is divided. The obtained impedance may be the input impedance of
the first receiving port 203 and the second receiving port 204.
[0062] In addition, when a signal output from the first receiving
port 203 and the second receiving port 204 is input to the power
density measurer 120, a signal reflection may occur. An amount of
the signal reflection may be determined based on an impedance of
the first receiving port 203 and the second receiving port 204.
That is, when the input impedance of the first receiving port 203
and the second receiving port 204 is different from an input
impedance of the power density measurer 120, the signal output from
the first receiving port 203 and the second receiving port 204 may
be reflected without being input to the power density measurer 120.
Thus, to prevent the signal outputs of the first receiving port 203
and the second receiving port 204 from being reflected, the length
of the first transmitting line and the second transmitting line may
be determined such that the input impedance of the first receiving
port 203 and the second receiving port 204 is the same as the input
impedance of the power density measurer 120.
[0063] FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an operation
principle of a probe antenna according to an example embodiment.
Referring to FIG. 3, the conductor transmitting line 202 is divided
into two portions-a first transmitting line 310 and a second
transmitting line 320 that are separated from each other. The
conductor transmitting line 202 includes a first receiving port 203
formed with one end of the first transmitting line 310 and one end
of the second transmitting line 320, and a second receiving port
204 formed with another end of the first transmitting line 310 and
another end of the second transmitting line 320.
[0064] When it is assumed an electric field and a magnetic field
are uniform in a probe area 205, the electric field and the
magnetic field may have a same direction and strength in the probe
area 205. For example, when a size of a tetragon formed by the
conductor transmitting line 202 is less than a threshold value
compared to a wavelength of an electromagnetic field, the electric
field and the magnetic field may be uniform in the probe area
205.
[0065] A signal output from the first receiving port 203 may be
defined as V.sub.1, and a signal output from the second receiving
port 204 may be defined as V.sub.2.
[0066] Here, the conductor transmitting line 202 may operate as a
loop antenna by a magnetic field input to the probe antenna
110.
[0067] For example, the magnetic field present in the probe area
205 and formed on a surface of the probe antenna 110 may induce a
current to the conductor transmitting line 202 according to the
Faraday's law. The induced current may generate a potential
difference at the first receiving port 203 and the second receiving
port 204.
[0068] The current induced according to the Faraday's law may be
proportional to a vertical-direction strength of the magnetic field
input to the probe antenna 110. Here, a vertical direction of the
magnetic field input to the probe antenna 110 may be the same
direction as a vertical-direction axis 310 of an antenna surface
including the conductor transmitting line 202.
[0069] Thus, a potential difference of a signal output from the
first receiving port 203 and the second receiving port 204 may be
proportional to a strength of a magnetic field in the
vertical-direction axis 310 of the antenna surface.
[0070] In addition, the current induced by the magnetic field
according to the Faraday's law and flowing in the conductor
transmitting line 202 may flow clockwise or counterclockwise in the
tetragon formed by the conductor transmitting line 202. That is,
when the magnetic field is uniform in the probe area 205, signals
having potential differences in opposite directions may be output
from the first receiving port 203 and the second receiving port
204, respectively.
[0071] Thus, the potential differences of the signals output from
the first receiving port 203 and the second receiving port 204 by
the magnetic field may have different directions. For example, when
V.sub.1 output from the first receiving port 203 by the magnetic
field has a potential difference of a positive value, V.sub.2
output from the second receiving port 204 by the magnetic field may
have a potential difference of a negative value.
[0072] To sum up, the signal output from the first receiving port
203 by the magnetic field and the signal output from the second
receiving port 204 by the magnetic field may have the potential
differences that are the same in magnitude and different in
sign.
[0073] In addition, areas of the conductor transmitting line 202
corresponding to the same direction as a vertical-direction axis
311 of the conductor transmitting line 202 may operate as dipole
antennas.
[0074] That is, an area of the conductor transmitting line 202
including the first receiving port 203 in the same direction as the
vertical-direction axis 311 and an area of the conductor
transmitting line 202 including the second receiving port 204 in
the same direction as the vertical-direction axis 311 may operate
as different dipole antennas by an electric field input to the
probe antenna 110.
[0075] The electric field formed on the surface of the probe
antenna 110 may output a potential difference at the first
receiving port 203 and the second receiving port 204. The potential
different output from the first receiving port 203 and the second
receiving port 204 may be proportional to a strength of the
electric field in the vertical-direction axis 311 of the conductor
transmitting line 202.
[0076] When the electric field is uniform in the probe area 205,
the electric field having the same direction and strength may be
input to the dipole antennas in a direction corresponding to the
vertical-direction axis 311 of the conductor transmitting line 202
including the first receiving port 203 and the second receiving
port 204. Thus, a potential difference output from the first
receiving port 203 and a potential difference output from the
second receiving port 204 may have the same sign.
[0077] For example, when V.sub.1 output from the first receiving
port 203 by the electric field has a potential difference of a
positive value, V.sub.2 output from the second receiving port 204
by the electric field may also have a potential difference of a
positive value.
[0078] To sum up, a signal output from the first receiving port 203
by the electric field and a signal output from the second receiving
port 204 by the electric field may have potential differences that
are the same in magnitude and sign.
[0079] In addition, when the probe antenna 110 operates as a linear
antenna in response to an input electric field, the electric field
input into a horizontal-direction axis 312 of the conductor
transmitting line 202 may generate a potential difference between
the first receiving port 203 and the second receiving port 204.
However, the probing system 100 may not use the potential
difference generated between the first receiving port 203 and the
second receiving port 204 to measure a power density.
[0080] FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a power
density measurer according to an example embodiment.
[0081] Referring to FIG. 4, a signal output from the first
receiving port 203 of the probe antenna 110 may be input to a first
signal squarer 411 of the amplifier 121. In addition, a signal
output from the second receiving port 204 of the probe antenna 110
may be input to a second signal squarer 412 of the amplifier
121.
[0082] The first signal squarer 411 and the second signal squarer
412 may square the signals received respectively and output the
squared signals. For example, each of the first signal squarer 411
and the second signal squarer 412 may be embodied using an RF
mixer. The RF mixer may receive an RF signal and a local signal,
and then modulate the RF signal.
[0083] Such modulation performed by the RF mixer may be the same as
squaring a sum of the RF signal and the local signal. Thus, by
replacing the RF signal and the local signal to be input to the RF
mixer with a same RF signal, it is possible to output amplified
squared RF signal.
[0084] A potential difference output from the first receiving port
203 by a magnetic field, and a potential difference output from the
first receiving port 203 by an electric field may be different RF
signals. The first signal squarer 411 may receive the potential
difference output from the first receiving port 203 by the magnetic
field and the potential difference output from the first receiving
port 203 by the electric field. Subsequently, the first signal
squarer 411 may generate a first output signal by squaring a sum of
the potential difference output from the first receiving port 203
by the magnetic field and the potential difference output from the
first receiving port 203 by the electric field. In addition, the
second signal squarer 412 may receive a potential difference output
from the second receiving port 204 by the magnetic field and a
potential difference output from the second receiving port 204 by
the electric field. Subsequently, the second signal squarer 412 may
generate a second output signal by squaring a sum of the potential
difference output from the second receiving port 204 by the
magnetic field and the potential difference output from the second
receiving port 204 by the electric field.
[0085] The first output signal output from the first signal squarer
411 may be input to a first RF choke 421, and the second output
signal output from the second signal squarer 412 may be input to a
second RF choke 422. Here, an RF choke may extract a DC signal by
removing a remaining RF signal, excluding the DC signal, from an
input signal. For example, each of the first RF choke 421 and the
second RF choke 422 may be embodied using an inductor.
[0086] The DC signals extracted by the RF remover 123 may be input
to the power density operator 125 as illustrated in FIG. 4.
[0087] The power density operator 125 includes a signal subtractor
431 and a signal multiplier 432. The signal subtractor 431 may
obtain a difference between the two input signals. The signal
multiplier 432 may multiply the obtained difference by a
multiplication coefficient to output a result of the multiplying.
Since a signal to be input to the power density operator 125 may
not be an RF signal but a DC signal, each of the signal subtractor
431 and the signal multiplier 432 may be embodied using an
operational amplifier used for an analog circuit.
[0088] FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a signal
antenna-type probing system according to an example embodiment.
[0089] Referring to FIG. 5, the probing system 100 may be embodied
as a single antenna-type probing system including the probe antenna
110 including the conductor transmitting line 202 formed on the
circuit board 101, and a first signal squarer 510 and a second
signal squarer 520.
[0090] The first signal squarer 510 may be disposed adjacent to the
first receiving port 203, and the second signal squarer 520 may be
disposed adjacent to the second receiving port 204. In addition,
the first signal squarer 510 and the second signal squarer 520 may
be produced using an RF mixer produced in a small size using a
semiconductor transistor, and installed adjacent to the first
receiving port 203 and the second receiving port 204,
respectively.
[0091] A first output signal output from the first signal squarer
510 may be transmitted to a signal squarer conductor transmitting
line 512 connected to a lower surface of the circuit board 101
through a via 511. A first RF choke 530 may extract a DC signal
from a first output signal passing through the signal squarer
conductor transmitting line 512, and transmit the extracted DC
signal to a power density operator 550.
[0092] In addition, a second output signal output from the second
signal squarer 520 may be transmitted to a signal squarer conductor
transmitting line 522 connected to the lower surface of the circuit
board 101 through a via 521. A second RF choke 540 may extract a DC
signal from a second output signal passing through the signal
squarer conductor transmitting line 522, and transmit the extracted
DC signal to the power density operator 550.
[0093] The power density operator 550 may multiply, by a
multiplication coefficient, a difference between the DC signal
extracted from the first output signal and the DC signal extracted
from the second output signal, and output a result of the
multiplying.
[0094] A measurement device 560 may measure a power density of a
near-field electromagnetic field using a signal output from the
power density operator 550. The measurement device 560 may be an
oscilloscope or a spectrum analyzer, for example.
[0095] The power density operator 550 and the measurement device
560 may be disposed at a position separate from the circuit board
101 to minimize an influence on the measurement of the near-field
electromagnetic field. In addition, the power density operator 550
and the measurement device 560 may be installed in a shielding box
to reduce further the influence on the measurement.
[0096] Although the measurement device 560 is illustrated in FIG. 5
as being a separate component or element from the power density
operator 550, the measurement device 560 may be included in the
power density operator 550 along with the signal subtractor 431 and
the signal multiplier 432.
[0097] The first RF choke 530 and the second RF choke 540 may
remove RF signals respectively from the first output signal and the
second output signal, and electrically isolate the power density
operator 550 from the first signal squarer 510 and the second
signal squarer 520. Thus, the first RF choke 530 and the second RF
choke 540 may prevent the power density operator 550 from having an
influence on the measurement of the power density.
[0098] That is, according to examples, by increasing the number of
RF chokes to be installed between the power density operator 550,
and the first signal squarer 510 and the second signal squarer 520,
it is possible to increase a level of an electrical isolation
between the power density operator 550, and the first signal
squarer 510 and the second signal operator 520.
[0099] In addition, for the first signal squarer 510 and the second
signal squarer 520 to operate, a power supply may be needed.
[0100] However, a power supply device 570 configured to supply
power to the first signal squarer 510 and the second signal squarer
520 may have an influence on the measurement of the power density,
and thus the power supply device 570 may be installed at a position
separate from the circuit board 101.
[0101] The power supply device 570 may supply power to the first
signal squarer 510 and the second signal squarer 520 through a
power supply conductor transmitting line 571. In addition, by
installing a third RF choke 572 in the power supply conductor
transmitting line 571, it is possible to electrically isolate the
power supply device 570 from the first signal squarer 510 and the
second signal squarer 520.
[0102] Here, power to be transmitted from the power supply
conductor transmitting line 571 may be transmitted from the lower
surface of the circuit board 101 to an upper surface of the circuit
board 101 through vias 573 and 574, and supplied to the first
signal squarer 510 and the second signal squarer 520.
[0103] FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of an antenna
array-type probing system according to an example embodiment.
[0104] Referring to FIG. 6, the probing system 100 may be embodied
as an antenna array-type probing system by arranging a plurality of
probe antennas 110 on the single circuit board 610 as illustrated
in FIG. 6. A diagram shown below the circuit board 610 is a
projection of a lower surface of the circuit board 610.
[0105] A probe antenna 110 may measure a power density of an
electromagnetic field inside a probe area, and may not measure a
power density of an electromagnetic field outside the probe area.
Thus, to measure power densities at a plurality of positions on a
2D plane, a power density may need to be measured at each of the
positions by moving the probe antenna 110 to the positions. That
is, when a size of the 2D plane from which a power density
distribution is to be measured is large, a great amount of time may
be used for the probe antenna 110 to move, and thus a measurement
time may increase.
[0106] However, the antenna array-type probing system may measure
the power densities at the positions on the 2D plane all at once
using the plurality of probe antennas 110, and thus may reduce an
amount of time to be used to measure the power density distribution
on the 2D plane.
[0107] In the antenna array-type probing system, signal squarers
630 may be installed at positions adjacent to receiving ports 620
included in each of the probe antennas 110.
[0108] On the lower surface of the circuit board 610, flat
inductors 640 may be installed. The flat inductors 640 may pass a
DC signal and attenuate an RF signal, and may thus function as RF
chokes described above with reference to FIG. 5.
[0109] In addition, on the circuit board 610, vias 631 connecting
outputs of the signal squarers 630 to the flat inductors 640 may be
installed. The flat inductors 640 may be connected to a DC switch
650 through RF choke conductor transmitting lines 641. As described
above, the flat inductors 640 may remove RF signals from input
signals and output only DC signals, and thus signals to be
transmitted to the DC switch 650 through the RF choke conductor
transmitting lines 641 may be DC signals extracted from respective
output signals of the signal squarers 630.
[0110] The DC switch 650 may select one of the DC signals received
through the RF choke conductor transmitting lines 641, and transmit
the selected DC signal to a power density operator 670 through a
switch conductor transmitting line 651. An RF choke 660 may be
installed in the switch conductor transmitting line 651, and thus
electrically isolate the power density operator 670 from the DC
switch 650.
[0111] The DC switch 650 may be configured to select one from DC
signals and transmit the selected DC signal, and thus have a low
signal loss and be fast in switching speed, compared to an RF
switch configured to select one from RF signals and transmit the
selected RF signal.
[0112] That is, the antenna array-type probing system may
sequentially input DC signals received from the flat inductors 640
to the power density operator 670 using the DC switch 650, and
sequentially transmit outputs of the power density operator 670 to
a measurement device, thereby measuring a power density
distribution on a 2D plane all at once.
[0113] FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a power
density measuring method according to an example embodiment.
[0114] Referring to FIG. 7, in operation 710, the amplifier 121
receives, from the first receiving port 203 and the second
receiving port 204, a signal of a potential difference by a
magnetic field and a signal of a potential difference by an
electric field.
[0115] Here, when the signal of the potential difference by the
magnetic field is defined as V.sub.H and the signal of the
potential difference by the electric field is defined as V.sub.E,
V.sub.H and V.sub.E may be represented by Equation 1 below.
V.sub.H=v.sub.H-sin(.omega.t+.theta..sub.H)
V.sub.E=v.sub.Esin(.omega.t+.theta..sub.E) Equation 1
[0116] In Equation 1, .omega. denotes an angular frequency of an
electromagnetic field input to the probe antenna 110.
[0117] As described above, the probe antenna 110 may operate as a
loop antenna in response to a magnetic field input to the probe
antenna 110, and as a linear antenna in response to an electric
field input to the probe antenna 110. Thus, the potential
differences respectively output from the first receiving port 203
and the second receiving port 204 may be proportional to a strength
of the magnetic field and a strength of the electric field. In
addition, the magnetic field and the electric field may have
different phases in a near-field region, and thus the signals
V.sub.H and V.sub.E of the potential differences output from the
first receiving port 203 and the second receiving port 204 may have
different phases.
[0118] In Equation 1, .theta..sub.H denotes a phase of the magnetic
field and .theta..sub.E denotes a phase of the electric field. In
addition, v.sub.H denotes an amplitude of the signal V.sub.H of the
potential difference by the magnetic field, and v.sub.E denotes an
amplitude of the signal V.sub.E of the potential difference by the
electric field. The potential differences are proportional to a
strength of the magnetic field and a strength of the electric
field, and thus v.sub.H may be proportional to a strength of the
magnetic field in the vertical-direction axis 310 of the antenna
surface and v.sub.E may be proportional to a strength of the
electric field in the vertical-direction axis 311 of the conductor
transmitting line 202. Here, a proportion coefficient may be
determined by a length and a line width of the conductor
transmitting line 202, and a dielectric constant of the circuit
board 101.
[0119] In addition, the magnetic field and the electric field may
exist concurrently in the near-field region, and thus V.sub.H and
V.sub.E may be concurrently output from each of the first receiving
port 203 and the second receiving port 204.
[0120] Thus, a first output signal V.sub.1 output from the first
receiving port 203 and a second output signal V.sub.2 output from
the second receiving port 204 may include both the signal V.sub.H
of the potential difference by the magnetic field and the signal
V.sub.E of the potential difference by the electric field, as
represented by Equation 2 below.
V.sub.1=V.sub.H+V.sub.E=v.sub.Hsin(.omega.t+.theta..sub.H)+v.sub.Esin(.o-
mega.t+.theta..sub.E)
V.sub.2=-V.sub.H+V.sub.E=-v.sub.Hsin(.omega.t+.theta..sub.H)+v.sub.Esin(-
.omega.t+.theta..sub.E) Equation 2
[0121] Here, signs of the potential differences respectively output
from the first receiving port 203 and the second receiving port 204
by the magnetic field may be different from each other. Thus, a
positive sign may be attached to V.sub.H of the first output signal
V.sub.1, and a negative sign may be attached to V.sub.H of the
second output signal V.sub.2.
[0122] The amplifier 121 may receive the first output signal
V.sub.1 and the second output signal V.sub.2 respectively from the
first receiving port 203 and the second receiving port 204 of the
probe antenna 110.
[0123] In operation 720, the amplifier 121 amplifies the signals
received in operation 710. The first signal squarer 411 of the
amplifier 121 may amplify the first output signal V.sub.1 received
from the first receiving port 203, and output an amplified signal
V.sub.1,double which may be represented by Equation 3 below.
V 1 , double = .alpha. ( V 1 ) 2 = .alpha. [ v H sin ( .omega. t +
.theta. H ) + v E sin ( .omega. t + .theta. E ) ] 2 = .alpha. 2 [ v
H 2 sin 2 ( .omega. t + .theta. H ) + v E 2 sin 2 ( .omega. t +
.theta. E ) + 2 v H v E sin ( .omega. t + .theta. H ) sin ( .omega.
t + .theta. E ) ] = .alpha. 2 [ v H 2 2 - v H 2 2 cos ( 2 .omega. t
+ 2 .theta. H ) + v E 2 2 - v E 2 2 cos ( 2 .omega. t + 2 .theta. E
) + v H v E cos ( .theta. H - .theta. E ) - v H v E cos ( 2 .omega.
t + .theta. H + .theta. E ) ] Equation 3 ##EQU00001##
[0124] In Equation 3, a denotes an amplification gain which is an
increase in the amplitude that may occur in the first signal
squarer 411 and the second signal squarer 412. In addition, the
second signal squarer 412 may amplify the second output signal
V.sub.2 received from the second receiving port 204, and output an
amplified signal V.sub.2,double which may be represented by
Equation 4 below.
V 2 , double = .alpha. ( V 2 ) 2 = .alpha. [ - v H sin ( .omega. t
+ .theta. H ) + v E sin ( .omega. t + .theta. E ) ] 2 = .alpha. 2 [
v H 2 sin 2 ( .omega. t + .theta. H ) + v E 2 sin 2 ( .omega. t +
.theta. E ) - 2 v H v E sin ( .omega. t + .theta. H ) sin ( .omega.
t + .theta. E ) ] = .alpha. 2 [ v H 2 2 - v H 2 2 cos ( 2 .omega. t
+ 2 .theta. H ) + v E 2 2 - v E 2 2 cos ( 2 .omega. t + 2 .theta. E
) + v H v E cos ( .theta. H - .theta. E ) - v H v E cos ( 2 .omega.
t + .theta. H + .theta. E ) ] Equation 4 ##EQU00002##
[0125] In operation 730, the RF remover 123 extracts DC signals by
removing RF signals from the first output signal and the second
output signal that are amplified by the amplifier 121.
[0126] The first RF choke 421 of the RF remover 123 may remove
signal components having 2.omega.t from the signal V.sub.1,double
output from the first signal squarer 411. The signal components
having 2.omega.t may correspond to an RF signal, and signal
components not having 2.omega.t may correspond to a DC signal.
Thus, a signal V.sub.1,double,choke from the first RF choke 421 may
be a DC signal extracted from the first output signal, and be
represented by Equation 5 below.
V 1 , double , choke = .alpha. 2 [ v H 2 2 + v H 2 2 + v H v E cos
( .theta. H - .theta. E ) ] Equation 5 ##EQU00003##
[0127] In addition, the second RF choke 422 of the RF remover 123
may remove signal components having 2.omega.t from the signal
V.sub.2,double output from the second signal squarer 412. Thus, a
signal V.sub.2,double,choke output from the second RF choke 422 may
be a DC signal extracted from the second output signal, and be
represented by Equation 6 below.
V 2 , double , choke = .alpha. 2 [ v H 2 2 + v H 2 2 - v H v E cos
( .theta. H - .theta. E ) ] Equation 6 ##EQU00004##
[0128] In operation 740, the power density operator 125 may measure
a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field by
subtracting the DC signal extracted from the first output signal
and the DC signal extracted from the second output signal from each
other.
[0129] For example, the signal subtractor 431 of the power density
operator 125 may output a difference between the signal
V.sub.1,double,choke output from the first RF choke 421 and the
signal V.sub.2,double,choke output from the second RF choke 422.
The signal multiplier 432 of the power density operator 125 may
then multiply the difference output from the signal subtractor 431
by a multiplication coefficient and output a result of the
multiplying.
[0130] When the multiplication coefficient is defined as M, an
output V.sub.operator,out of the power density operator 125 may be
represented by Equation 7 below.
V.sub.operator,out=.alpha.Mv.sub.Hv.sub.E
cos(.theta..sub.B-.theta..sub.E) Equation 7
[0131] In Equation 7, .theta..sub.H denotes a phase of the magnetic
field, and .theta..sub.E denotes a phase of the electric field. In
addition, the output V.sub.operator,out of the power density
operator 125 may be proportional to the amplitude v.sub.H of the
signal V.sub.H of the potential difference by the magnetic field
and the amplitude v.sub.E of the signal V.sub.E of the potential
difference by the electric field. The amplitude v.sub.H may be
proportional to a strength of the magnetic field in the
vertical-direction axis 310 of the antenna surface. The amplitude
v.sub.E may be proportional to a strength of the electric field in
the vertical-direction axis 311 of the conductor transmitting line
202. The vertical-direction axis 310 of the antenna surface and the
vertical-direction axis 311 of the conductor transmitting line 202
may be orthogonal to each other.
[0132] A power density PD of the electromagnetic field may be
represented by Equation 8 below.
PD=1/2E.sub..perp.H.sub..perp.cos(.theta..sub.H-.theta..sub.E)
Equation 8
[0133] In Equation 8, E.sub..perp. denotes a strength of the
electric field, and H.sub..perp. denotes a strength of the magnetic
field. The amplitude v.sub.H may be proportional to the strength
H.sub..perp. of the magnetic field and the amplitude v.sub.E may be
proportional to the strength E.sub..perp. of the electric
field.
[0134] In addition, the term (.theta..sub.H-.theta..sub.E) in
Equation 7 that is associated with a phase difference between the
magnetic field and the electric field may also be included in
Equation 8. The amplification gain .alpha. of the amplifier 121 and
the multiplication coefficient M of the signal multiplier 432 may
be constants determined in a process of designing the probing
system 100. Thus, a product of multiplication of v.sub.H, v.sub.E,
and the phase difference-related term may be proportional to the
power density of the electromagnetic field input to the probe
antenna 110.
[0135] Thus, Equation 9 may be obtained by referring to Equations 7
and 8.
V.sub.operator,out=.alpha.Mv.sub.Hv.sub.E
cos(.theta..sub.H-.theta..sub.E)=F.sub.PD1/2E.sub..perp.H.sub..perp.cos(.-
theta..sub.H-.theta..sub.E) Equation 9
[0136] In Equation 9, F.sub.PD denotes a proportion coefficient
that the output of the power density operator 125 has for a power
density. That is, the output of the power density operator 125 may
be proportional to a power density of the electromagnetic field
input to the probe antenna 110. Thus, by identifying the proportion
coefficient F.sub.PD and applying the output of the power density
operator 125 to Equation 9, it is possible to measure the power
density of the electromagnetic field input to the probe antenna
110.
[0137] Here, the probing system 100 may identify the proportion
coefficient F by correcting the probe antenna 110 using an
electromagnetic field of which a power density is already
known.
[0138] For example, a transverse electromagnetic (TEM) cell or a
gigahertz TEM (GTEM) cell that are used to measure an
electromagnetic field may be used to generate a uniform
electromagnetic field. The TEM cell or the GTEM cell may be used to
identify in advance a direction and a strength of each of an
electric field and a magnetic field generated inside the cell. The
electric field and the magnetic field generated inside the TEM cell
or the GTEM cell may be orthogonal to each other. In addition,
there may be no phase difference between the electric field and the
magnetic field generated inside the TEM cell or the GTEM cell.
[0139] Thus, when generating the uniform electromagnetic field
using the TEM cell or the GTEM cell, a strength of each of the
electric field and the magnetic field generated in the TEM cell or
the GTEM cell may be known in advance. Thus, the probing system 100
may input, to Equation 8, the strength of each of the electric
field and the magnetic field generated in the TEM cell or the GTEM
cell, and then calculate a power density PD.sub.cal of the
electromagnetic field generated using the TEM cell or the GTEM
cell.
[0140] Since there is no phase difference between the electric
field and the magnetic field generated in the TEM cell or the GTEM
cell, .theta..sub.H and .theta..sub.E may be the same value. Thus,
the power density PD.sub.cal may be represented by Equation 10
below.
PD.sub.cal=1/2E.sub..perp.,calH.sub..perp.,cal Equation 10
[0141] In Equation 10, E.sub..perp.,cal denotes a strength of the
electric field of the electromagnetic field generated using the TEM
cell or the GTEM cell. H.sub..perp.,cal denotes a strength of the
magnetic field of the electromagnetic field generated using the TEM
cell or the GTEM cell.
[0142] In addition, when the probe antenna 110 is disposed in the
electromagnetic field generated using the TEM cell or the GTEM
cell, the output V.sub.operator,out of the power density operator
125 may be represented by Equation 11 based on Equations 9 and
10.
V.sub.operator,out,cal=F.sub.PDPD.sub.cal Equation 11
[0143] Here, a measurement device of the probing system 100 may
obtain the proportion coefficient F.sub.PD by applying, to Equation
11, the power density PD.sub.cal calculated using Equation 9 and
the output V.sub.operator,out of the power density operator 125. In
addition, the measurement device may measure the power density PD
by inputting the output V.sub.operator,out of the power density
operator 125 to Equation 12 modified from Equation 9.
P D = 1 2 E .perp. H .perp. cos ( .theta. H - .theta. E ) = V
operator , out F PD Equation 12 ##EQU00005##
[0144] The probing system 100 may measure a power density of a
near-field electromagnetic field in which a magnetic field and an
electric field have a phase difference by calculating the power
density based on the phase difference between the magnetic field
and the electric field.
[0145] A probing system or a power density measuring method
described herein may be drafted as a program that may be executed
in a computer, and embodied by various types of a recording medium,
such as, for example, a magnetic storage medium, optical read
medium, or a digital storage medium.
[0146] According to example embodiments described herein, by
measuring an electric field and a magnetic field using a single
probe antenna, it is possible to also measure a phase difference
between the electric field and the magnetic field, and thus measure
a power density of a near-field electromagnetic field without an
error.
[0147] According to example embodiments described herein, by
arranging a power density operator configured to measure a power
density of a near-field electromagnetic field to be separate from a
probe antenna such that they are electrically isolated from each
other, it is possible to minimize an influence of the power density
operator on the near-field electromagnetic field.
[0148] According to example embodiments described herein, by
extracting a DC signal from an output signal of a probe antenna and
transmitting the DC signal to a power density operator without
using an optical cable and an optical conversion device, and by
minimizing an influence of the power density operator on a
near-field electromagnetic field, it is possible to provide a
smaller probing system in size compared to an existing probing
system.
[0149] According to example embodiments described herein, by
embodying an antenna array-type probing system using a plurality of
probe antennas, it is possible to measure power densities at
various positions on a plane all at once.
[0150] The units described herein may be implemented using hardware
components and software components. For example, the hardware
components may include microphones, amplifiers, band-pass filters,
audio to digital convertors, non-transitory computer memory and
processing devices. A processing device may be implemented using
one or more general-purpose or special purpose computers, such as,
for example, a processor, a controller and an arithmetic logic unit
(ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field
programmable gate array (FPGA), a programmable logic unit (PLU), a
microprocessor or any other device capable of responding to and
executing instructions in a defined manner. The processing device
may run an operating system (OS) and one or more software
applications that run on the OS. The processing device also may
access, store, manipulate, process, and create data in response to
execution of the software. For purpose of simplicity, the
description of a processing device is used as singular; however,
one skilled in the art will appreciated that a processing device
may include multiple processing elements and multiple types of
processing elements. For example, a processing device may include
multiple processors or a processor and a controller. In addition,
different processing configurations are possible, such a parallel
processors.
[0151] The software may include a computer program, a piece of
code, an instruction, or some combination thereof, to independently
or collectively instruct or configure the processing device to
operate as desired. Software and data may be embodied permanently
or temporarily in any type of machine, component, physical or
virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device, or in a
propagated signal wave capable of providing instructions or data to
or being interpreted by the processing device. The software also
may be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that
the software is stored and executed in a distributed fashion. The
software and data may be stored by one or more non-transitory
computer readable recording mediums. The non-transitory computer
readable recording medium may include any data storage device that
can store data which can be thereafter read by a computer system or
processing device.
[0152] The methods according to the above-described example
embodiments may be recorded in non-transitory computer-readable
media including program instructions to implement various
operations of the above-described example embodiments. The media
may also include, alone or in combination with the program
instructions, data files, data structures, and the like. The
program instructions recorded on the media may be those specially
designed and constructed for the purposes of example embodiments,
or they may be of the kind well-known and available to those having
skill in the computer software arts. Examples of non-transitory
computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks,
floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROM
discs, DVDs, and/or Blue-ray discs; magneto-optical media such as
optical discs; and hardware devices that are specially configured
to store and perform program instructions, such as read-only memory
(ROM), random access memory (RAM), flash memory (e.g., USB flash
drives, memory cards, memory sticks, etc.), and the like. Examples
of program instructions include both machine code, such as produced
by a compiler, and files containing higher level code that may be
executed by the computer using an interpreter. The above-described
devices may be configured to act as one or more software modules in
order to perform the operations of the above-described example
embodiments, or vice versa.
[0153] While this disclosure includes specific examples, it will be
apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that various changes
in form and details may be made in these examples without departing
from the spirit and scope of the claims and their equivalents. The
examples described herein are to be considered in a descriptive
sense only, and not for purposes of limitation. Descriptions of
features or aspects in each example are to be considered as being
applicable to similar features or aspects in other examples.
Suitable results may be achieved if the described techniques are
performed in a different order, and/or if components in a described
system, architecture, device, or circuit are combined in a
different manner and/or replaced or supplemented by other
components or their equivalents.
[0154] Therefore, the scope of the disclosure is defined not by the
detailed description, but by the claims and their equivalents, and
all variations within the scope of the claims and their equivalents
are to be construed as being included in the disclosure.
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