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Subject:
How do you measure EIRP (effective isotropic radiated power)?
Category: Science Asked by: radiodesign-ga List Price: $2.00 |
Posted:
31 Mar 2005 07:46 PST
Expires: 30 Apr 2005 08:46 PDT Question ID: 503186 |
What is the method to measure EIRP (effective isotropic radiated power) of a transmitting device? What are the typical units of measure for EIRP (dBm, dBW, etc.)? Can EIRP be determined from a field strength measurement (dBuV/m) if you do not know the antenna gain (dBi) of the device under test? |
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Re: How do you measure EIRP (effective isotropic radiated power)?
From: floridwriter-ga on 09 Apr 2005 20:53 PDT |
The easiest way to measure EIRP it to measure the radiation pattern of the antenna. Finding the (say) 3 dB beamwidth of the antenna tells you the antenna's gain factor (dBi) relative to an istropic radiation pattern; assuming you know the power applied to the antenna, you can calculate IERP. Choice of units for EIRP depends on the rest of your calculation; either dBm or dBW could be used - it's mostly a matter of convenience. Or do it in (watts, milliwatts, microwatts, kilowatts, etc), and multiply instead of add. It would seem that a field strength meter would suffice for determining the antenna beamwidth, assuming you're in the far field of the antenna and have a suitably-sized test range or an otherwise anechoic environment. |
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