Experimental Verification of the Weibull Distribution in a Reverberation Chamber

A Weibull distribution has been proposed for the probability density function (PDF) of the magnitude of the E-field in a reverberation chamber (RC). However, the Weibull distribution has two parameters, and if the parameters are position sensitive, the use of the Weibull distribution could be very l...

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Main Authors: Jianhua Xu, Yongjiu Zhao, Qian Xu
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of Antennas and Propagation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8171978
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description A Weibull distribution has been proposed for the probability density function (PDF) of the magnitude of the E-field in a reverberation chamber (RC). However, the Weibull distribution has two parameters, and if the parameters are position sensitive, the use of the Weibull distribution could be very limited. We investigate the sensitivity of the estimated parameters of the Weibull distribution in this study; the measurement results show that the parameters of the Weibull distribution depend on the positions of the antenna (or device under test), but not sensitive, and the statistical behavior of the parameters can be quantified. This means that the model of the Weibull distribution has a wider usable frequency range than that of the Rayleigh distribution and the statistical variation of the parameters needs to be considered.
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spelling doaj-art-0ebc5bd8458a4b42a4ef746c004723bf2025-08-20T02:02:37ZengWileyInternational Journal of Antennas and Propagation1687-58691687-58772019-01-01201910.1155/2019/81719788171978Experimental Verification of the Weibull Distribution in a Reverberation ChamberJianhua Xu0Yongjiu Zhao1Qian Xu2College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, ChinaCollege of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, ChinaCollege of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, ChinaA Weibull distribution has been proposed for the probability density function (PDF) of the magnitude of the E-field in a reverberation chamber (RC). However, the Weibull distribution has two parameters, and if the parameters are position sensitive, the use of the Weibull distribution could be very limited. We investigate the sensitivity of the estimated parameters of the Weibull distribution in this study; the measurement results show that the parameters of the Weibull distribution depend on the positions of the antenna (or device under test), but not sensitive, and the statistical behavior of the parameters can be quantified. This means that the model of the Weibull distribution has a wider usable frequency range than that of the Rayleigh distribution and the statistical variation of the parameters needs to be considered.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/8171978
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