DAMS Antenna Network & Measurement Simulator
The Antenna Network Measurement Simulator is an enhancement to Diamond Engineering’s DAMS Antenna Measurement Studio, adding advanced simulation capabilities to the industry’s most versatile antenna measurement platform. This powerful optional module allows users to design and analyze complete antenna networks through an intuitive, icon-based schematic environment. Each schematic is fully customizable and supports capture vectors that cascade two-port networks with wave addition for precise signal modeling. Engineers can explore complex interactions with built-in tools for circuit matching, radar cross-section (RCS) prediction, and 3D axis translation and rotation. Best of all, simulated measurements can be performed directly from the schematic, helping bridging the gap between physical testing and virtual design.
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Key Features
- Simple drag and drop icon elements
- Analyze network path and phase
- Create phased arrays or sector arrays
- Create matching circuits for measured antennas
Data Processing & Visualization
- Measure AUTs directly from schematic
- Radar cross-section profiling
- Includes antenna emulation library with ideal networks/antennas
Platform Movement
| Control Interface: | USB/serial via DAMS controller |
| Available Adjustments: | Platform type |
| Speed | |
| Acceleration rate | |
| Communication settings |
Data Collection
| Methods: | Network analyzer |
| Spectrum analyzer | |
| Power meter | |
| Voltmeter | |
| Measurement Monitors: | Log Magnitude |
| Polar Azimuth | |
| Real-time Gain |
Data Calculation Modules
| Gain Calculation: | Linear Gain |
| Circular Gain | |
| Gain Transfer | |
| Gain Substitution | |
| 3-Point Gain | |
| Efficiency Calculation: | Antenna Efficiency |
| Antenna Efficiency w/ AUT Losses | |
| Path-Loss Calculation: | General Path-Loss Calculation |
| Gradient Path Distance Calculator | |
| S21group Delay / Distance | |
| Constant Gain or Loss | |
| Reference Antenna Import: | Tab delimited ASCII format (TXT) |
| S1P format |
Data Visualization
| Polar Plots: | Azimuth |
| Elevation | |
| Full Elevation Cuts | |
| Beamwidth | |
| GNUplot Polar | |
| Smith Chart Overlay | |
| Contour Export Support | |
| Dynamic Polar Plot | |
| 2D (XY) Plots: | Amplitude Over Frequency(s) |
| Az/El over Amplitude | |
| Group Delay | |
| Beamwidth vs. Frequency | |
| GNUplot Amplitude | |
| 3D Plots: | Azimuth |
| Elevation | |
| Azimuth/Elevation | |
| Spherical | |
| Azimuth vs. Frequency vs. Amplitude | |
| Azimuth vs. Elevation vs. Amplitude |
Data Manipulation Features
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- Standard Register Calculator
- Array Calculator
- Link Commander
- Measurement Corrections
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Import & Export Features
| Supported Data Formats: | XLS (Excel) |
| TXT (ASCII) | |
| S1P | |
| DAMS formats |
Customer Support
Diamond Engineering takes great pride in providing top-notch customer and technical support. If you are having any issues with your system, we welcome you contact us directly. We can walk you through or suggest solutions to any issues you may have.
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Read moreMicrowave Library
If you have not already reviewed the materials in the Microwave Library, we encourage you to. There you will find numerous application notes detailing how to accomplish many types of tasks.
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