When Scotty is beaming up, he’s working in the very far field. Distinguishing between near field and far field conditions is especially important in EMC testing. Published antenna factors and related ...

Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is expanding its antenna measurement capabilities with a state-of-the-art spherical near-field antenna range. The 1,260-square-foot indoor range, lined with radio ...

On-chip antenna design for millimetre-wave applications represents a pivotal frontier in wireless communications, merging the realms of integrated circuit technology with high-frequency ...

Is it possible to use both near-field and far-field tags and reader antennas in a single RFID system? Can a near-field tag communicate with a far-field reader antenna, and vice versa? —Name withheld ...

This 4-part report discusses antenna fundamentals and the various types of antennas used for short range devices. Fundamentals are presented along with practical design principles. It is excerpted ...

Antennas are sensitive to their surroundings. Thus, when there’s an antenna on the PCB, the layout for the design should take the requirements of the antenna into account, as this can make a huge ...

SwRI’s 1,260-square-foot indoor spherical near-field antenna range is equipped with a built-in overhead half-ton hoist to install and test large antennas up to 10 feet in diameter and 1,000 pounds.