What is dBic? How is it measured?
Reference : Low-Profile, Low-Cost, Broadband Millimeter-Wave
Antenna Array for High-Data-Rate WPAN Systems Byungje Lee and
Yonghyun Yoon
dBic stands for the circularly polarized isotropic antenna gain
that is referenced by decibel. It actually defines the forward
antenna gain which can be compared to a circularly polarized
isotropic antenna. The gain measurement is dependent on the
aperture are of the receiving antenna and the polarization of the
field.
Typically, the gain of antenna is measured by the ratio of the
power generated from a far-field antenna to the power generated by
a lossless isotropic antenna. Now, in case of dBic measurement, in
place of lossless isotropic antenna, we need to obtain the power
generated by a circularly polarized isotropic antenna. This ratio
would be the dBic.
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