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ISOTROPIC RADIATOR [2 records]

Record 1 2014-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Facilities
  • Radio Transmission and Reception
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
DEF

An antenna which radiates in all directions at the same time.

CONT

An isotropic antenna is a useful reference point for describing signal variations such as antenna gain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de télécommunications
  • Émission et réception radio
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
DEF

Antenne théorique dont le rayonnement a la même amplitude dans toutes les directions et dont, par conséquent, le diagramme de rayonnement tridimensionnel est une sphère.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones de telecomunicaciones
  • Radiotransmisión y radiorrecepción
  • Guía radárica, radioguía y radiogoniometría
DEF

Antena que radia uniformemente en todas las direcciones.

OBS

Éste es un concepto hipotético utilizado como estándar en conexión con la función ganancia.

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Record 2 - external organization data 2009-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
06.01.88 (19762)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

hypothetical antenna, without loss, having equal radiation intensities in all directions and serving as a convenient reference for expressing the directional properties of actual antennas [IEC 50(712), 712-03-01]

OBS

isotropic radiator: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 19762-4:2008].

French

Spanish

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