Moveable over-the-air test chamber for 5G antennas and transceivers

The new R&S ATS1000 antenna test chamber from Rohde & Schwarz enables developers and production engineers to perform OTA measurements for 5G on their antenna modules, chipsets, transceivers and wireless devices. Antenna and transceiver measurements are possible in the frequency range from 18GHz to 87GHz. The system, therefore, supports all millimetre-wave frequency bands currently considered for 5G. The compact test chamber makes it possible to measure mobile devices in the far field. The system consists of a rack-sized shielded RF test chamber on castors, suitable mounts for test objects and sensors, and a wideband measurement antenna, which covers the whole frequency range. Using the associated test and measurement equipment and the AMS32 antenna measurement software, radiation patterns of 5G antenna arrays can be measured extremely precisely in just a few minutes. A positioning laser supports precise orientation of the test object. All this makes the antenna test system the ideal test environment for fast and accurate repeatable measurements. Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Hall 6, Booth 6C40 - 26 Feb to 1 March