Automated measurement procedure for the calibration of planar active arrays

This work has been focused to describe the development and implementation of an automated system for measurement, characterization of planar active arrays. This automated system is capable of reducing time and operative cost and it is based on multilayer hardware architecture and control software. The system has been tested on one triangular active array panel of the Geodesic Antenna Array (GEODA) which is part of an R & D project to incorporate active antenna arrays into the ground segment for meteorological satellite communication. The measurements and characterization are important, complicated and multipart tasks in the design, development and calibration of active antenna arrays.