Review of IEEE Std. 1720-2012: “Recommended Practice for Near-Field Antenna Measurements”

The IEEE Standards Association Standards Board (IEEE-SASB) approved the IEEE Std 1720™ “Recommended Practice for Near Field Antenna Measurements” in 2012 [1]. More than fourty dedicated people from industry, academia and other institutions contributed to the creation of this new document. The main motivation for a new standard dedicated to near-field measurements was to complement the existing IEEE Std 149-1979™ “Test Procedures for Antennas” [2].