Improving working volume and total scattering cross section using polarization convertor stirrer in a reverberation chamber

Abstract

AbstractIn our paper, a stirrer made of a polarization converter for a reverberation chamber (RC) is proposed. A cylindrical polarization converter (PC) stirrer with two unit structures arranged alternatively is placed in RC to take the place of a traditional metallic stirrer. Because of the scattering property of the PC stirrer, it is possible to enlarge the working volume and improve the scattering performance of the stirrer in the RC while maintaining the field uniformity and field anisotropy coefficient to meet the testing standard of the International Electrotechnical Commission 61000‐4‐21. Metallic stirrer and PC stirrer are both placed in the RC simultaneously to make a measurement for guaranteeing the same testing environment. Some parameters of the RC stirred by the PC stirrer or metallic stirrer have been measured and analyzed, such as field uniformity, field anisotropy, coefficient independent sample number and total scattering cross‐section (TSCS), and so on. Testing results verify that the RC stirred by a PC stirrer outperforms the classic RC stirred by a conventional metallic stirrer in terms of some performance, indicating that the proposal has a significant impact on RC testing technology that requires a larger working volume and better TSCS.