Patent ID: 8350765
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A calibration method comprising the steps of: (a) calibrating a receiving antenna, said calibrating of said receiving antenna including measuring a value of power transmitted through air and received by said receiving antenna, said power being characterized by an original said value prior to being transmitted through air and received by said receiving antenna, said calibrating of said receiving antenna further including adjusting the measured said value of said power transmitted through air and received by said receiving antenna to correspond to the original said value of said power; (b) calibrating a resonant cavity, said calibrating of said resonant cavity including measuring a said value of said power transmitted through said resonant cavity and received by said receiving antenna calibrated in accordance with step (a), said power being characterized by the original said value prior to being transmitted through said resonant cavity and received by said receiving antenna, said calibrating of said resonant cavity further including adjusting the measured said value of said power transmitted through said resonant cavity and received by said receiving antenna calibrated in accordance with step (a) to equal the measured said value, in accordance with step (a), of said power transmitted through air and received by said receiving antenna; (c) calibrating a device, said calibrating of said device including measuring a said value of said power transmitted through said resonant cavity calibrated in accordance with step (a) and received by said device, said power being characterized by the original said value prior to being transmitted through said resonant cavity and received by said device, said calibrating of said device further including adjusting the measured said value of said power transmitted through said resonant cavity calibrated in accordance with step (a) and received by said device to equal the measured said value, in accordance with step (b), of said power transmitted through said resonant cavity and received by said receiving antenna calibrated in accordance with step (a).