CA1264373A - Flat wide - band antenna - Google Patents
Flat wide - band antennaInfo
- Publication number
- CA1264373A CA1264373A CA000513358A CA513358A CA1264373A CA 1264373 A CA1264373 A CA 1264373A CA 000513358 A CA000513358 A CA 000513358A CA 513358 A CA513358 A CA 513358A CA 1264373 A CA1264373 A CA 1264373A
- Authority
- CA
- Canada
- Prior art keywords
- antenna
- antenna element
- loop
- elongate
- lateral
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Expired - Fee Related
Links
Classifications
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
- H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
- H01Q9/16—Resonant antennas with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole
- H01Q9/26—Resonant antennas with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole with folded element or elements, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of operating wavelength
-
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
- H01Q21/24—Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction
Abstract
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
FLAT WIDE-BAND ANTENNA
An antenna for receiving or transmitting electromagnetic waves with circular polari-zation or, in certain configurations, linear polarization. The antenna element is low-cost, wide-band and medium-gain broadside antenna element which may be used alone or in arrays. One embodiment disclosed comprises a wire or micro-strip conductor outlining a cruciform shaped loop parallel to a conduc-tive plane from which it is separated by a dielectric layer. The lengths and widths of the branches of the cruciform loop are chosen to be .lambda. g/2 and .lambda. g/N respectively, where .lambda. g is the guide wavelength of the radiative transmission line formed by the conductor and plane. The antenna element is applicable to mobile earth-bound terminals for selective communications, for example.
FLAT WIDE-BAND ANTENNA
An antenna for receiving or transmitting electromagnetic waves with circular polari-zation or, in certain configurations, linear polarization. The antenna element is low-cost, wide-band and medium-gain broadside antenna element which may be used alone or in arrays. One embodiment disclosed comprises a wire or micro-strip conductor outlining a cruciform shaped loop parallel to a conduc-tive plane from which it is separated by a dielectric layer. The lengths and widths of the branches of the cruciform loop are chosen to be .lambda. g/2 and .lambda. g/N respectively, where .lambda. g is the guide wavelength of the radiative transmission line formed by the conductor and plane. The antenna element is applicable to mobile earth-bound terminals for selective communications, for example.
Description
FLAT WIDE-BAND ANTENNA
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an antenna for receiving or transmitting electromagnetic waves with circular polarisation or, in certain con-figurations with linear polarization.
Structurally, the antenna is flat and is suitable for manufacture using printed circuit techniques, so that the antenna may be inex-pensive and of low weight.
The antenna of the invention may be desig-ned to have a wide frequency pass band compa-red to other printed circuit type antennas and a medium gain.
The invention also relates to various pre-ferred applications of the antenna, as a func-tion of the configuration produced.
The invention may advantageously be applied to mass-production equipment of mobile earth-bound terminals or television receivers for satellite communications.
The invention also relates to an advanta-geous method of producing such an antenna.
~*
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
- æ
Two flat antennas which are described in the prior art are a "rampart" antenna, which is shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, and a "chain" antenna.
An article by NISHIMURA Sadahiko entitled ~crank-type circularly polarized microstrip line antenna~
appeared in the 1983 International Symposium Digest ANTENNA AND PROPAGATION, HOUSTON 23 à 26 Mai 1983 at pages 162 to 165 and an article by J.R. James entitled "Some recent developments in micro-strip antenna design~
appeared in the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND
PROPAGATION of January 1981 at pages 124 to 127. These articles disclose a "rampart" antenna comprising a straight line of cranks connected in series with each other. The cranks have a height of g/2, a width of g/4 and are connected to the next one by linear elements whose length is 3 g/4. The line of cranks is disposed in a single plane which is mounted parallel to and above a conductive plate. g corresponds to the guided wave-length for the waves propagated between the wire of microstrip conductor forming the line of cranks and the conductive plate.
A preferred method of producing this known antenna consists of etching with acid one face of a double-sided printed circuit board so as to leave apparent the line of cranks, the other face serving as the conductive plate associated with the line of cranks to form the wave-guide.
The disposition and length of each of the cranks enables a circularly polarized electric field to be generated when the line is energized by current of a suitable frequency. However, this type of antenna presents at least two disadvantages:
- the efficiency of the antenna is low since in each 3 g/4 link segment, the current flowing is equal and opposite to that flowing at the other end so that the radiation from the two ends cancel each other out. The link segments are therefore ineffective as far as radiation is concerned;
- because of the relatively extended linear configuration of the rampart antenna, which has been made in a configuration where each line comprises 16 aligned cranks, the radiation pattern is very elliptical, which limits the sweep field of an array of rampart antennas and causes parasitic array lobes to appear adjacent to the radiation axis.
The "chain~ antenna is described in an article by J.
HENRIKSON entitled "A circularly polarized travelling wave chain antenna" published in THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9th EUROPEAN MICROWAVE CONFERENCE BRIGHTON, 17 to 20 September 1979, pages 174 to 178.
In fact, it appears that the chain antenna presents the same disadvantages referred to above with respect to the rampart antenna.
lZ64373 Another known method of maki~g a flat an~enna comprises using sub-arrays of ordinary elements (crossed dipoles, spirals, micro-strip elements) energized by a splitter. One known configuration of the kind disclosed in the J.R. James article referred to above comprises a circularly polarized sub-array comprising four square flat elements placed on a common substrate. This type of sub-array is complex and expensive and its pass-band is very narrow. Moreover, the feeding circuit is the source of major losses, to the extent that it is usually disposed behind the ground plane and not printed on the same plane as the antenna elements so as not to perturb the radiation.
OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
-An object of the present invention is to provide an antenna which avoids some or all of the disadvantages of the prior art referred to above.
Another object of the invention is to provide a flat antenna of wide frequency pass-band and medium gain. More specific objects are to enable main operation in a circularly polarized mode and to offer a reduced manufacturing cost. The object of obtaining 12~i4373 medium gain is explained by the usefulness of limiting the number of feed points for the antennas and hence the complexity as well as the losses likely to appear in arrays of the antenna elements.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide an antenna of this kind which can ra-diate in a solid angle defined by a cone of at least 10 half-angle.
A complementary object of the invention is to provide an antenna of this kind which can be printed and, more particularly, produ-ced by means of printed circuit technology.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide independent antenna elements which may be used in isolation or in arrays.
Still another important object of the in-vention is to provide a flat antenna which r according to its energization mode, is capable of transmitting or receiving either circularly polarized radiation or linearly polarized ra-diation, with the supplementary feature in each case of being able to operate selectively with one given circular or linear polarization and alternatively with the opposite circular polarization or orthogonal ]inear polarization respectively.
,, lZ~i4373 DESCR~PTION OF THE INVENTION
_ The present invention also provides a method of making an antenna element according to the immediately preceding paragraph, the method comprising a method of making an antenna element as claimed in claim 1 comprising producing said elongate member on a skin of dielectric material, applying said skin to a structural dielectric member to which said conductive plate is applied and connecting a coaxial cable conductor to said antenna element.
The invention further provides a method of making an antenna element according to that preceding paragraph, the method comprising a method of making an antenna element as claimed in claim 1, comprising producing a doubled-sided printed circuit board with said conductive plate on one side and a conductive layer on an opposite side thereof, and said dielectric layer therebetween, said elongate conductive member being produced by a method including removal of material from said coductive layer and connecting a coaxial cable conductor with said antenna element.
The invention further provi~es an antenna appa~atus comprising: - -,, 6~ lZ64373 a plurality of antenna elements wherein each antenna element comprises, a conductive plate, and at least one elongate conductive member presenting first and second ends disposed adjacent each other, said elongate member being juxtaposed with said plate with a dielectric layer therebetween, a generator/receiver being connected at a first end thereof to the antenna at said conductive plate and at a second end thereof to one of said first and second ends to form a radiating line assymetrically fed, and said elongate member forming a loop between said ends, said loop outlining a shape comprising N branches extending outwardly from a common center, N
being a number at least as great as three, each branch comprising a first and second lateral element extending outwards from said center and an end element remote from said center connecting said lateral elements, the lengths of said end elements being substantially equal to ~g/N and the lengths of said lateral elements being substantially equal to ~g/2, whereA g is the guided wave-length in said radiating line;
and coupling means for coupling said radiating lines of said antenna elements.
It is to be noted that any odd multiple f ~g/2 and ~g/N is suitable for the length 6b 1264373 of the end elements and lateral elements of the antenna, respectively.
The expression radiative transmission refers to a transmission line which radiates if energized; it will equally pick up radia-lZ64373 tion in the case of a receiving antenna.
In a preferred embodiment, said conduc-tive plate ex_ends in a first plane and said elongate member extends in said locp in a second plane pasallel to said first plane.
In a particular embodiment, said loop passes at leas~ twice round said shape, with successive turns being in the same plane and disposed one within the other with a small interval therebetween.
In anothe~ embodiment, said loop passes at least twice round said shape, with succes-sive turns being superimposed one on the other perpe~dicularly to said plane.
~he inven-~ion also includes antenna ap-paratus including an array of a plurality of said anten3a eleme~ts with a common conduc-tive plate and coupling means coupling the elongate ~embers.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Other features and advantages of the in-vention will appear from the following des-cription of scme preferred embodiments thereof, given by way of example, with re-ference t'o the accompanying drawings, in .
which: lZ64373 - Fig. 1 is a plan view of a rampart an-tenna according to a prior art design as discussed in the statement of the ~Background of the Invention~;
- Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic plan view of a sub-array in a prior art antenna comprising four square patches connected together also as discussed in the statement of the ~Background of the Invention~;
- Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic plan view of an an~enna ele~.ent in acco~dance with a Eirst embodi~ent of the invention, with arrows In-dicating the ~hase conditions of the travel-ling wave propagated therein at a given instant ;
- Fig. 4 is a sectional side-~iew of the antenna element of Fig. 3 ;
- Figs. Sa to 5d are diagrammatic plan views of antenna elements in accordance with other advantageous embodiments of the inven-tion, obtained ~y varying the number of branches of the array and the number of 2S loops of the conductor ;
- Fig. 6 is a diagram representing the calculated raciation field corresponding to the antenna element of Fig. Sd ;
- Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic plan view of a group of cruciform antenna elements in ac-cordance with an embodiment of the invention and for~ing an antennà array or sub-array ;
- Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic plan view of an ant~nna element in the shape of a cruci-form with angled corners ; and ~Z64373 - Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic plan view of an antenna element in accordance with yet another embodiment of the invention compri-sing two independent superposed loops of cruciform shape.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
As shown in figs. 3 and 4, a simple method of making an antenna in accordance with the present invention comprises mounting a wire or micro-strip conductor in a branching loop, as seen in plan view in Fig. 3, at one face of a dielectric support 2 parallel with a conductive plane 3 disposed at the other face of the dielectric layer.
It will be appreciated that the dielectric layer may simply be air.
In another method, the cruciform loop l is produced by photographic printing or etching or another suitable technique on a thin di-electric skin applied to a flat honeycomb or foam insulator structure, itself applied to a conductive plate.
Yet another method comprises taking a triple sandwich board comprising a central dielectric layer and two outer conductive layers of copper or other suitable metal, one of the plates being etched~ by acid for 126~373 example, to define one or more loops of the desired branching shape.
The connection to the antenna element may be obtained by lines comprising cylindrical or rectangular coaxial cables, the antenna loop being connected to an extension of the central conductor of the cable.
As shown in Fig. 3, the branching loop 1 comprises a single wire or micro-strip con-ductor 10 extending around the outline of a cross with four branches 11, 12, 13 and 14.
The loop forms the shape of an empty cross of which only the peripheral edge is conduc-tive over a narrow width, the width of the wire or micro-strip.
The conductive loop is interrupted for a short distance in the end portion 21 of one of the branches 11 of the cross at the ends 5 and 6 of the conductor.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, which is only one possible configuration for the antenna element, the wire or printed strip conductor 10 follows an almost closed cruci-form outline and forms a travelling wave transmission line with the conductive plane 3 from which it is separated by the dielec-tric layer 2.
The characteristic dimensions of the an-tenna element are the sizes of the branches 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the cruciform loop, and lZ64373 the depth of the dielectric layer separating the cruciform loop 1 from the conductive plane 3.
In an advantageous embodiment, the con-ductor 10 follows the outline of a regular cross, each of whose branches comprises two lateral segments, which may be parallel or non-parallel, and an end segment. The length L of each of the lateral segments is prefe-rably equal to half the guided wave-length in the transmission line of the radiation to be transmitted or received (L = ~ g/2). The length of the end segment of each branch i 9 preferably equal to this wave-length divided by N, where N is the number of branches in the branching loop formed by the conductor 10. In the cruciform example shown in Fig. 3, there are four branches, and the end segments of the branches 11, 12, 13 and 14 each have a length L equal to one quarter of the wave-length.
The depth H separating the cruciform loop 1 from the conductive plane 3 is chosen so that the travelling wave line defined by the loop 1 and cooperating plane 3 radiates part of the travelling power. More precisely, the depth H is calculated so that when an alter-nating potential difference is applied bet-ween one end 5 of the branching loop 1 and the conductive plane 3, the attenuation of ~264373, .
the wa~e propagated along the line is suffl-cient for the power arriving at the other end 6 of the line is negligable, for exam-~
ple ~eing less than 5% of the power at the input end 5. In this way, the efficiency of the antenna element is optimized to the ex-tent that the power is substantially all dissipated in radiation.
When the ~ielectric layer 2 is air, the depth ~ is pre~erably between 1/10 and l/S
times the transmitted or received wavelength.
If the locp is energized in the mode described above, by applying an alternating potential dif'erence to one end 5 only of the cruciform loop 1 and the conductive plane 3, a particular current distribution along-the line is obtained.
Thus, this energization mode produces a travelling wa~e of wave-length ~ g which is propagated along the transmission line~ The curre~ts flowi~g at a given instant in ~ach of the segmen's of the loop produce electro-magnetic fiel~s which cooperate with each other. ~t the point in time illustrated in Fig. 3, the lateral segment 31 of the branch 11 of the cruciform loop 1 is, for example, at phase 0 or 180 (open arrow). The late-ral segment 41 of the same branch 11 is si-multaneously at phase 90 or 270 respecti-vely (closed arrow) and the end segment 21 .
~, ~`
is at phase 225 or 45 respectively (semi-closed arrow). The semi-closed arrow also represents the phases 315 or 135 respec-tively in the end segment 22 of the branch 12 of the cruciform loop, for example.
The phase distribution of the travelling ~ave can be obtained re dily by representing along the line the sinusoid representing the current therein at a given moment.
It will then be appreciated that, for the configuration of Fig. 3, resultant electro-magnetic fields appear due to the cooperation of the jointed lateral segments of each adjacent pair of branches (11, 12 ;
12, 13 ; 13, 14 ; 14, 11). The electric fields thus created have components repre-sented by arrows 51, 52, 53 and 54. It is cl~ar that these components are the compo-nents that the electric field adopts at a particular moment in the periodic cycle of the propagation of the wave along the line.
In fact, since the antenna forms a radia-ting travelling wave transmission line, the electric field, which gives the polari-zation, rotates in the plane of the bran-ching loop.
It will be appreciated that when an an-tenna in accordance with this embodiment of the invention is energized by one end 5 only, it radiates in a circularly polarized mode. It will be noted that, if the bran-ching loop is energized by its other end 6 instead, the circular polarization of the radiation is the opposite of the radiation when it is energized by the end 5.
Moreover, the mechanism obtained of radiation by travelling wave has a wide band-width.
If both ends 5 and 6 of the branching loop 1 are energized simultaneously, either in phase or with phase opposition, the ra-diation obtained is polarized linearly.
In fact, unlike a rampart antenna, in this case there is no partial cancellation of the radiation by opposed currents and the radiation pattern is symmetrical about the normal to the antenna. According to the energization phase of the two ends 5 and 6, either a given linear polarization, or the orthogonal linear polarization is obtained.
The usage of this type of antenna is ac-cordingly very flexible.
In the case of use in circular polari-zation, the end of the branching loop oppo-site to the energized end may be terminated by a suitable load where 5 % to 10 % of the input power may be dissipated. In different cases, it is also possible to leave this end open-circuit or to short-circuit it.
Figs. 5a, 5b, 5c and 5d illustrate other embodiments of the branching loop of an antenna element in accrodance with the invention.
Fig. 5a shows an element of cross shape with four branches and a triple loop.
Fig. 5b shows a cruciform element with four branches and a double loop in the shape of a Maltese cross.
Fig. 5c shows an element with three branches and a triple loop, the inner end of each branch being wider spaced than the - outer end, which is the contrary of the Mal-tese cross shape of Fig. Sb.
Fig. 5d shows an element with six branches and a double loop.
It is clear that, provided the princi-ple of sizing the branches is respected, with the length of the lateral elements substantially equal to )~g/2 and the length of the end elements substantially equal to ~ g/N, N being the number of branches, with an angular separation of 2~r/N between each branch, any suitable value of N may be chosen.
The element may also be a branching loop such as shown in Fig. 8, in which the corners 80, 81, 82 and 83 of the branches are angled as shown, or rounded.
The radiation pattern of an antenna element with six branches and a double loop is shown in Fig. 6. It will be seen that it comprises essentially a main lobe 60 which is symmetrical about the normal to the an-tenna plane passing through its centre, and two side lobes which are much smaller and are centred substantially at an angle of about 45 to 50 relative to the normal.
The antenna elements in accordance with the invention may be grouped in a sub-array or an array as shown in Fig. 7. In the sub-array shown, four cruciform antenna elements 71, 72, 73 and 74 are disposed so that their respective energizing ends are grouped at the centre of the sub-array. This especially enables perturbations which would be introduced into the radiation to be limi-ted.
Preferably, the antenna elements 71, 72, 73 and 74 are energized by means of a power splitter, advantageously mounted at the rear of the conductive plane, the energization point of each element being chosen symmetri-cally relative to the centre of the sub-array.
The fields radiated by each elements of the sub-array are therefore also symmetrical with respect to the centre.
Such a sub-array may of course be used either along or in cooperation with other sub-arrays. There is no limitation to the number of sub-arrays in the array. The anten-na elements in each sub-array or array may be ~. .
,~,~ ., formed with any suitable number of branches, number of loops and shape.
~ igure 8 shows an ante~na element in which each segment includes a main portion and first and second secondary portions extending at obtuse angles from said rnain portion, said first portion and second secondary portions being connected to respective ones of said lateral segments.
Fig. 9 shows an antenna element in accordance with yet another embodiment of the invention including a plurality of independent conductors forming the same shape of branching loops. In the example illustrated, two wire or micro-strip conductors 91 and 92 form two continuous, almost closed, flat cruciform loops placed in the same plane parallel to a conductive plate (not shown), the first loop following externally with a small gap the same cruciform outline as the second loop, so that the inner loop 91 is inscribed exactly within the outer loop 92.
The ends 101, 201 of the conductor 91 and the ends 102, 202 of the conductor 92 are disposed symmetrically opposite each other. The energization is effected so that the currents flowing in adjacent portions of the two loops are parallel and flowing instantaneously in the same direction.
~ lternatively the successive turns are superimposed one on the other with the centers of said loops being therefore aligned on an axis perpendicular to said plane.
The antenna elements and arrays of ; different emboaiments of the invention are .
described above by way of illustratio~ and without the list being exhaustive. Various advantageous applications of the antenna~
are describe~ below. ..
The antennas described above are par-ticularly suitable for use in mobile termi-126~3~73 .
nals, such as cars, trucks and ships, for satellitecommunication links. They are also suitable for receiving signals from television broadcasting or distribution satellites. These antennas can also be S used in satellites designed for communication with earth-based mobile terminals, either as a direct radiation antenna or as a source antenna of a reflector syste~.
The antenna may also be used for radiofrequency angular tracking, when it is made in the form of an array of four cruciform loops or a multiple of four cruciform loops, the loops being energized to form one ~sum~ channel and two ~difference~ channels.
lS As an illustration of this, the tracking could be performed with the arrangement shown in Figure 7, in which the sum pattern would be obtained by feeding elements 71, 72, 73, and 74 with equal amplitudes and phases respectively at 0, 90, 180, 270, one dif_arence pattern using instead phases 0, 90, 0, 90, and the other difference pattern using phases 0, 270, 0, 270. The feeding arrangement to create these three laws can be realized using 3dB
power dividers as is classically done in ~monopulse~
systems.
A model of an antenna with a uniform loop shape with eisht branches has been produced and subjected to tests. The impedence o the antenna was designed for ooeration at 3G~z. It was found that the power rema-ning at the non-energized end of the loop, whose length was nine wave-lengths, was 10.3 dB
less than the input power. The radiation of this type of antenna is therefore quite remarkable.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
This invention relates to an antenna for receiving or transmitting electromagnetic waves with circular polarisation or, in certain con-figurations with linear polarization.
Structurally, the antenna is flat and is suitable for manufacture using printed circuit techniques, so that the antenna may be inex-pensive and of low weight.
The antenna of the invention may be desig-ned to have a wide frequency pass band compa-red to other printed circuit type antennas and a medium gain.
The invention also relates to various pre-ferred applications of the antenna, as a func-tion of the configuration produced.
The invention may advantageously be applied to mass-production equipment of mobile earth-bound terminals or television receivers for satellite communications.
The invention also relates to an advanta-geous method of producing such an antenna.
~*
DESCRIPTION OF THE PRIOR ART
- æ
Two flat antennas which are described in the prior art are a "rampart" antenna, which is shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings, and a "chain" antenna.
An article by NISHIMURA Sadahiko entitled ~crank-type circularly polarized microstrip line antenna~
appeared in the 1983 International Symposium Digest ANTENNA AND PROPAGATION, HOUSTON 23 à 26 Mai 1983 at pages 162 to 165 and an article by J.R. James entitled "Some recent developments in micro-strip antenna design~
appeared in the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND
PROPAGATION of January 1981 at pages 124 to 127. These articles disclose a "rampart" antenna comprising a straight line of cranks connected in series with each other. The cranks have a height of g/2, a width of g/4 and are connected to the next one by linear elements whose length is 3 g/4. The line of cranks is disposed in a single plane which is mounted parallel to and above a conductive plate. g corresponds to the guided wave-length for the waves propagated between the wire of microstrip conductor forming the line of cranks and the conductive plate.
A preferred method of producing this known antenna consists of etching with acid one face of a double-sided printed circuit board so as to leave apparent the line of cranks, the other face serving as the conductive plate associated with the line of cranks to form the wave-guide.
The disposition and length of each of the cranks enables a circularly polarized electric field to be generated when the line is energized by current of a suitable frequency. However, this type of antenna presents at least two disadvantages:
- the efficiency of the antenna is low since in each 3 g/4 link segment, the current flowing is equal and opposite to that flowing at the other end so that the radiation from the two ends cancel each other out. The link segments are therefore ineffective as far as radiation is concerned;
- because of the relatively extended linear configuration of the rampart antenna, which has been made in a configuration where each line comprises 16 aligned cranks, the radiation pattern is very elliptical, which limits the sweep field of an array of rampart antennas and causes parasitic array lobes to appear adjacent to the radiation axis.
The "chain~ antenna is described in an article by J.
HENRIKSON entitled "A circularly polarized travelling wave chain antenna" published in THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE 9th EUROPEAN MICROWAVE CONFERENCE BRIGHTON, 17 to 20 September 1979, pages 174 to 178.
In fact, it appears that the chain antenna presents the same disadvantages referred to above with respect to the rampart antenna.
lZ64373 Another known method of maki~g a flat an~enna comprises using sub-arrays of ordinary elements (crossed dipoles, spirals, micro-strip elements) energized by a splitter. One known configuration of the kind disclosed in the J.R. James article referred to above comprises a circularly polarized sub-array comprising four square flat elements placed on a common substrate. This type of sub-array is complex and expensive and its pass-band is very narrow. Moreover, the feeding circuit is the source of major losses, to the extent that it is usually disposed behind the ground plane and not printed on the same plane as the antenna elements so as not to perturb the radiation.
OBJECTS OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
-An object of the present invention is to provide an antenna which avoids some or all of the disadvantages of the prior art referred to above.
Another object of the invention is to provide a flat antenna of wide frequency pass-band and medium gain. More specific objects are to enable main operation in a circularly polarized mode and to offer a reduced manufacturing cost. The object of obtaining 12~i4373 medium gain is explained by the usefulness of limiting the number of feed points for the antennas and hence the complexity as well as the losses likely to appear in arrays of the antenna elements.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide an antenna of this kind which can ra-diate in a solid angle defined by a cone of at least 10 half-angle.
A complementary object of the invention is to provide an antenna of this kind which can be printed and, more particularly, produ-ced by means of printed circuit technology.
Yet another object of the invention is to provide independent antenna elements which may be used in isolation or in arrays.
Still another important object of the in-vention is to provide a flat antenna which r according to its energization mode, is capable of transmitting or receiving either circularly polarized radiation or linearly polarized ra-diation, with the supplementary feature in each case of being able to operate selectively with one given circular or linear polarization and alternatively with the opposite circular polarization or orthogonal ]inear polarization respectively.
,, lZ~i4373 DESCR~PTION OF THE INVENTION
_ The present invention also provides a method of making an antenna element according to the immediately preceding paragraph, the method comprising a method of making an antenna element as claimed in claim 1 comprising producing said elongate member on a skin of dielectric material, applying said skin to a structural dielectric member to which said conductive plate is applied and connecting a coaxial cable conductor to said antenna element.
The invention further provides a method of making an antenna element according to that preceding paragraph, the method comprising a method of making an antenna element as claimed in claim 1, comprising producing a doubled-sided printed circuit board with said conductive plate on one side and a conductive layer on an opposite side thereof, and said dielectric layer therebetween, said elongate conductive member being produced by a method including removal of material from said coductive layer and connecting a coaxial cable conductor with said antenna element.
The invention further provi~es an antenna appa~atus comprising: - -,, 6~ lZ64373 a plurality of antenna elements wherein each antenna element comprises, a conductive plate, and at least one elongate conductive member presenting first and second ends disposed adjacent each other, said elongate member being juxtaposed with said plate with a dielectric layer therebetween, a generator/receiver being connected at a first end thereof to the antenna at said conductive plate and at a second end thereof to one of said first and second ends to form a radiating line assymetrically fed, and said elongate member forming a loop between said ends, said loop outlining a shape comprising N branches extending outwardly from a common center, N
being a number at least as great as three, each branch comprising a first and second lateral element extending outwards from said center and an end element remote from said center connecting said lateral elements, the lengths of said end elements being substantially equal to ~g/N and the lengths of said lateral elements being substantially equal to ~g/2, whereA g is the guided wave-length in said radiating line;
and coupling means for coupling said radiating lines of said antenna elements.
It is to be noted that any odd multiple f ~g/2 and ~g/N is suitable for the length 6b 1264373 of the end elements and lateral elements of the antenna, respectively.
The expression radiative transmission refers to a transmission line which radiates if energized; it will equally pick up radia-lZ64373 tion in the case of a receiving antenna.
In a preferred embodiment, said conduc-tive plate ex_ends in a first plane and said elongate member extends in said locp in a second plane pasallel to said first plane.
In a particular embodiment, said loop passes at leas~ twice round said shape, with successive turns being in the same plane and disposed one within the other with a small interval therebetween.
In anothe~ embodiment, said loop passes at least twice round said shape, with succes-sive turns being superimposed one on the other perpe~dicularly to said plane.
~he inven-~ion also includes antenna ap-paratus including an array of a plurality of said anten3a eleme~ts with a common conduc-tive plate and coupling means coupling the elongate ~embers.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
Other features and advantages of the in-vention will appear from the following des-cription of scme preferred embodiments thereof, given by way of example, with re-ference t'o the accompanying drawings, in .
which: lZ64373 - Fig. 1 is a plan view of a rampart an-tenna according to a prior art design as discussed in the statement of the ~Background of the Invention~;
- Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic plan view of a sub-array in a prior art antenna comprising four square patches connected together also as discussed in the statement of the ~Background of the Invention~;
- Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic plan view of an an~enna ele~.ent in acco~dance with a Eirst embodi~ent of the invention, with arrows In-dicating the ~hase conditions of the travel-ling wave propagated therein at a given instant ;
- Fig. 4 is a sectional side-~iew of the antenna element of Fig. 3 ;
- Figs. Sa to 5d are diagrammatic plan views of antenna elements in accordance with other advantageous embodiments of the inven-tion, obtained ~y varying the number of branches of the array and the number of 2S loops of the conductor ;
- Fig. 6 is a diagram representing the calculated raciation field corresponding to the antenna element of Fig. Sd ;
- Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic plan view of a group of cruciform antenna elements in ac-cordance with an embodiment of the invention and for~ing an antennà array or sub-array ;
- Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic plan view of an ant~nna element in the shape of a cruci-form with angled corners ; and ~Z64373 - Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic plan view of an antenna element in accordance with yet another embodiment of the invention compri-sing two independent superposed loops of cruciform shape.
DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION
As shown in figs. 3 and 4, a simple method of making an antenna in accordance with the present invention comprises mounting a wire or micro-strip conductor in a branching loop, as seen in plan view in Fig. 3, at one face of a dielectric support 2 parallel with a conductive plane 3 disposed at the other face of the dielectric layer.
It will be appreciated that the dielectric layer may simply be air.
In another method, the cruciform loop l is produced by photographic printing or etching or another suitable technique on a thin di-electric skin applied to a flat honeycomb or foam insulator structure, itself applied to a conductive plate.
Yet another method comprises taking a triple sandwich board comprising a central dielectric layer and two outer conductive layers of copper or other suitable metal, one of the plates being etched~ by acid for 126~373 example, to define one or more loops of the desired branching shape.
The connection to the antenna element may be obtained by lines comprising cylindrical or rectangular coaxial cables, the antenna loop being connected to an extension of the central conductor of the cable.
As shown in Fig. 3, the branching loop 1 comprises a single wire or micro-strip con-ductor 10 extending around the outline of a cross with four branches 11, 12, 13 and 14.
The loop forms the shape of an empty cross of which only the peripheral edge is conduc-tive over a narrow width, the width of the wire or micro-strip.
The conductive loop is interrupted for a short distance in the end portion 21 of one of the branches 11 of the cross at the ends 5 and 6 of the conductor.
In the embodiment shown in fig. 3, which is only one possible configuration for the antenna element, the wire or printed strip conductor 10 follows an almost closed cruci-form outline and forms a travelling wave transmission line with the conductive plane 3 from which it is separated by the dielec-tric layer 2.
The characteristic dimensions of the an-tenna element are the sizes of the branches 11, 12, 13 and 14 of the cruciform loop, and lZ64373 the depth of the dielectric layer separating the cruciform loop 1 from the conductive plane 3.
In an advantageous embodiment, the con-ductor 10 follows the outline of a regular cross, each of whose branches comprises two lateral segments, which may be parallel or non-parallel, and an end segment. The length L of each of the lateral segments is prefe-rably equal to half the guided wave-length in the transmission line of the radiation to be transmitted or received (L = ~ g/2). The length of the end segment of each branch i 9 preferably equal to this wave-length divided by N, where N is the number of branches in the branching loop formed by the conductor 10. In the cruciform example shown in Fig. 3, there are four branches, and the end segments of the branches 11, 12, 13 and 14 each have a length L equal to one quarter of the wave-length.
The depth H separating the cruciform loop 1 from the conductive plane 3 is chosen so that the travelling wave line defined by the loop 1 and cooperating plane 3 radiates part of the travelling power. More precisely, the depth H is calculated so that when an alter-nating potential difference is applied bet-ween one end 5 of the branching loop 1 and the conductive plane 3, the attenuation of ~264373, .
the wa~e propagated along the line is suffl-cient for the power arriving at the other end 6 of the line is negligable, for exam-~
ple ~eing less than 5% of the power at the input end 5. In this way, the efficiency of the antenna element is optimized to the ex-tent that the power is substantially all dissipated in radiation.
When the ~ielectric layer 2 is air, the depth ~ is pre~erably between 1/10 and l/S
times the transmitted or received wavelength.
If the locp is energized in the mode described above, by applying an alternating potential dif'erence to one end 5 only of the cruciform loop 1 and the conductive plane 3, a particular current distribution along-the line is obtained.
Thus, this energization mode produces a travelling wa~e of wave-length ~ g which is propagated along the transmission line~ The curre~ts flowi~g at a given instant in ~ach of the segmen's of the loop produce electro-magnetic fiel~s which cooperate with each other. ~t the point in time illustrated in Fig. 3, the lateral segment 31 of the branch 11 of the cruciform loop 1 is, for example, at phase 0 or 180 (open arrow). The late-ral segment 41 of the same branch 11 is si-multaneously at phase 90 or 270 respecti-vely (closed arrow) and the end segment 21 .
~, ~`
is at phase 225 or 45 respectively (semi-closed arrow). The semi-closed arrow also represents the phases 315 or 135 respec-tively in the end segment 22 of the branch 12 of the cruciform loop, for example.
The phase distribution of the travelling ~ave can be obtained re dily by representing along the line the sinusoid representing the current therein at a given moment.
It will then be appreciated that, for the configuration of Fig. 3, resultant electro-magnetic fields appear due to the cooperation of the jointed lateral segments of each adjacent pair of branches (11, 12 ;
12, 13 ; 13, 14 ; 14, 11). The electric fields thus created have components repre-sented by arrows 51, 52, 53 and 54. It is cl~ar that these components are the compo-nents that the electric field adopts at a particular moment in the periodic cycle of the propagation of the wave along the line.
In fact, since the antenna forms a radia-ting travelling wave transmission line, the electric field, which gives the polari-zation, rotates in the plane of the bran-ching loop.
It will be appreciated that when an an-tenna in accordance with this embodiment of the invention is energized by one end 5 only, it radiates in a circularly polarized mode. It will be noted that, if the bran-ching loop is energized by its other end 6 instead, the circular polarization of the radiation is the opposite of the radiation when it is energized by the end 5.
Moreover, the mechanism obtained of radiation by travelling wave has a wide band-width.
If both ends 5 and 6 of the branching loop 1 are energized simultaneously, either in phase or with phase opposition, the ra-diation obtained is polarized linearly.
In fact, unlike a rampart antenna, in this case there is no partial cancellation of the radiation by opposed currents and the radiation pattern is symmetrical about the normal to the antenna. According to the energization phase of the two ends 5 and 6, either a given linear polarization, or the orthogonal linear polarization is obtained.
The usage of this type of antenna is ac-cordingly very flexible.
In the case of use in circular polari-zation, the end of the branching loop oppo-site to the energized end may be terminated by a suitable load where 5 % to 10 % of the input power may be dissipated. In different cases, it is also possible to leave this end open-circuit or to short-circuit it.
Figs. 5a, 5b, 5c and 5d illustrate other embodiments of the branching loop of an antenna element in accrodance with the invention.
Fig. 5a shows an element of cross shape with four branches and a triple loop.
Fig. 5b shows a cruciform element with four branches and a double loop in the shape of a Maltese cross.
Fig. 5c shows an element with three branches and a triple loop, the inner end of each branch being wider spaced than the - outer end, which is the contrary of the Mal-tese cross shape of Fig. Sb.
Fig. 5d shows an element with six branches and a double loop.
It is clear that, provided the princi-ple of sizing the branches is respected, with the length of the lateral elements substantially equal to )~g/2 and the length of the end elements substantially equal to ~ g/N, N being the number of branches, with an angular separation of 2~r/N between each branch, any suitable value of N may be chosen.
The element may also be a branching loop such as shown in Fig. 8, in which the corners 80, 81, 82 and 83 of the branches are angled as shown, or rounded.
The radiation pattern of an antenna element with six branches and a double loop is shown in Fig. 6. It will be seen that it comprises essentially a main lobe 60 which is symmetrical about the normal to the an-tenna plane passing through its centre, and two side lobes which are much smaller and are centred substantially at an angle of about 45 to 50 relative to the normal.
The antenna elements in accordance with the invention may be grouped in a sub-array or an array as shown in Fig. 7. In the sub-array shown, four cruciform antenna elements 71, 72, 73 and 74 are disposed so that their respective energizing ends are grouped at the centre of the sub-array. This especially enables perturbations which would be introduced into the radiation to be limi-ted.
Preferably, the antenna elements 71, 72, 73 and 74 are energized by means of a power splitter, advantageously mounted at the rear of the conductive plane, the energization point of each element being chosen symmetri-cally relative to the centre of the sub-array.
The fields radiated by each elements of the sub-array are therefore also symmetrical with respect to the centre.
Such a sub-array may of course be used either along or in cooperation with other sub-arrays. There is no limitation to the number of sub-arrays in the array. The anten-na elements in each sub-array or array may be ~. .
,~,~ ., formed with any suitable number of branches, number of loops and shape.
~ igure 8 shows an ante~na element in which each segment includes a main portion and first and second secondary portions extending at obtuse angles from said rnain portion, said first portion and second secondary portions being connected to respective ones of said lateral segments.
Fig. 9 shows an antenna element in accordance with yet another embodiment of the invention including a plurality of independent conductors forming the same shape of branching loops. In the example illustrated, two wire or micro-strip conductors 91 and 92 form two continuous, almost closed, flat cruciform loops placed in the same plane parallel to a conductive plate (not shown), the first loop following externally with a small gap the same cruciform outline as the second loop, so that the inner loop 91 is inscribed exactly within the outer loop 92.
The ends 101, 201 of the conductor 91 and the ends 102, 202 of the conductor 92 are disposed symmetrically opposite each other. The energization is effected so that the currents flowing in adjacent portions of the two loops are parallel and flowing instantaneously in the same direction.
~ lternatively the successive turns are superimposed one on the other with the centers of said loops being therefore aligned on an axis perpendicular to said plane.
The antenna elements and arrays of ; different emboaiments of the invention are .
described above by way of illustratio~ and without the list being exhaustive. Various advantageous applications of the antenna~
are describe~ below. ..
The antennas described above are par-ticularly suitable for use in mobile termi-126~3~73 .
nals, such as cars, trucks and ships, for satellitecommunication links. They are also suitable for receiving signals from television broadcasting or distribution satellites. These antennas can also be S used in satellites designed for communication with earth-based mobile terminals, either as a direct radiation antenna or as a source antenna of a reflector syste~.
The antenna may also be used for radiofrequency angular tracking, when it is made in the form of an array of four cruciform loops or a multiple of four cruciform loops, the loops being energized to form one ~sum~ channel and two ~difference~ channels.
lS As an illustration of this, the tracking could be performed with the arrangement shown in Figure 7, in which the sum pattern would be obtained by feeding elements 71, 72, 73, and 74 with equal amplitudes and phases respectively at 0, 90, 180, 270, one dif_arence pattern using instead phases 0, 90, 0, 90, and the other difference pattern using phases 0, 270, 0, 270. The feeding arrangement to create these three laws can be realized using 3dB
power dividers as is classically done in ~monopulse~
systems.
A model of an antenna with a uniform loop shape with eisht branches has been produced and subjected to tests. The impedence o the antenna was designed for ooeration at 3G~z. It was found that the power rema-ning at the non-energized end of the loop, whose length was nine wave-lengths, was 10.3 dB
less than the input power. The radiation of this type of antenna is therefore quite remarkable.
Claims (20)
1. An antenna element comprising a conductive plate, and at least one elongate conductive member presenting first and second ends disposed adjacent each other, said elongate conductive member being juxtaposed with said plate with a dielectric layer therebetween, a generator/receiver being connected at a first end thereof to the antenna at said conductive plate and at a second end to one of said first and second ends to form an asymmetrically fed radiating line, and said elongate member forming a loop between said ends, said loop outlining a shape comprising N
branches extending outwardly from a common center, N
being a number at least as great as three, each branch comprising a first and second lateral segment extending outwards from said center and an end segment remote from said center connecting said lateral elements, the lengths of said end segments being substantially equal to .lambda. g/N and the lengths of said lateral segments being substantially equal to .lambda. g/2, where .lambda. g is the guided wave-length in said radiating line.
branches extending outwardly from a common center, N
being a number at least as great as three, each branch comprising a first and second lateral segment extending outwards from said center and an end segment remote from said center connecting said lateral elements, the lengths of said end segments being substantially equal to .lambda. g/N and the lengths of said lateral segments being substantially equal to .lambda. g/2, where .lambda. g is the guided wave-length in said radiating line.
2. An antenna element as claimed in claim 1, wherein said conductive plate extends in a first plane and said elongate conductive member extends in said loop in a second plane parallel to said first plane.
3. An antenna element as claimed in claim 2, wherein said loop passses at least twice round said shape, with successive turns being in the same plane and disposed one within the other with a small interval therebetween.
4. An antenna element as claimed in claim 2, wherein said loop passes at least twice round said shape, with successive turns being superimposed one of the other with the centers of said loops being therefore aligned on an axis perpendicular to said plane.
5. An antenna element as claimed in claim 1, wherein said end segments include a main portion and first and second secondary portions extending at obtuse angles from said main portion, said first portion and second secondary portions being connected to respective ones of said lateral segments.
6. An antenna element as claimed in claim 1, wherein said end segments join with said lateral segments in rounded corners.
7. An antenna element as claimed in claim 1 and including a plurality of said elongate conductive members outlining said shape independently, said ends of one elongate member being disposed symmetrically relative to said ends of another of said elongate members with respect to said centre, and coupling means for coupling said transmission lines of said elongate members.
8. An antenna element as claimed in claim 7, wherein said coupling means are disposed on the opposite side of said conductive plate from said elongate members.
9. An antenna element as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second ends are disposed substantially at the middle of said end segment of one of said branches.
10. Antenna apparatus including an antenna element as claimed in claim 1 and feed means coupled only with said first end whereby said antenna element operates in two orthogonal linear polarizations of substantially equal power and phase-shifted by 90° whereby to operate in circular polarization with a propagation direction normal to said conductive plate.
11. Antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 10, wherein said feed means includes switch means for coupling said feed means selectively with said second end instead of said first end whereby to invert said circular polarization.
12. Antenna apparatus including an antenna element as claimed in claim 1 and feed means coupled with said first and second ends in selected phase relationship whereby said antenna element operates in linear polarization.
13. Antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 12 wherein said feed means includes switch means for inverting said phase relationship, whereby antenna element operates in an orthogonal linear polarization.
14. Antenna apparatus including a multiple of four antenna elements as claimed in claim 1 with said conductive plates parallel and in the same plane and coupling means for coupling said antenna elements such that the maximal gain is normal to said plane.
15. Antenna apparatus including an antenna element as claimed in claim 7 and coupling means for coupling said loops symmetrically whereby current flows in said loops are in similar directions.
16. An antenna apparatus comprising:
a plurality of antenna elements wherein each antenna element comprises;
a conductive plate, and at least one elongate conductive member presenting first and second ends disposed adjacent each other, said elongate member being juxtaposed with said plate with a dielectric layer therebetween, a generator/receiver being connected at a first end thereof to the antenna at said conductive plate and at a second end thereof to one of said first and second ends to form a radiating line assymetrically fed, and said elongate member forming a loop between said ends, said loop outlining a shape comprising N branches extending outwardly from a common center, N being a number at least as great as three, each branch comprising a first and second lateral element extending outwards from said center connecting said lateral elements, the lengths of said end elements being substantially equal to g/N and the lengths of said lateral elements being substantially equal to g/2, where g is the guided wave-length in said radiating line; and coupling means for coupling said radiating lines of said antenna elements.
a plurality of antenna elements wherein each antenna element comprises;
a conductive plate, and at least one elongate conductive member presenting first and second ends disposed adjacent each other, said elongate member being juxtaposed with said plate with a dielectric layer therebetween, a generator/receiver being connected at a first end thereof to the antenna at said conductive plate and at a second end thereof to one of said first and second ends to form a radiating line assymetrically fed, and said elongate member forming a loop between said ends, said loop outlining a shape comprising N branches extending outwardly from a common center, N being a number at least as great as three, each branch comprising a first and second lateral element extending outwards from said center connecting said lateral elements, the lengths of said end elements being substantially equal to g/N and the lengths of said lateral elements being substantially equal to g/2, where g is the guided wave-length in said radiating line; and coupling means for coupling said radiating lines of said antenna elements.
17. An antenna apparatus as claimed in claim 16, wherein said antenna elements have a common conductive plate.
18. Antenna apparatus including a multiple of four antenna elements as claimed in claim 16 and coupling means for coupling said antenna elements to form "sum" and "difference" channels.
19. A method of making an antenna element comprising a conductive plate, and at least one elongate conductive member presenting first and second ends disposed adjacent each other, said elongate conductive member being juxtaposed with said plate with a dielectric layer therebetween, a generator/receiver being connected at a first end thereof to the antenna at said conductive plate and at a second end to one of said first and second ends to form an asymmetrically fed radiating line, and said elongate member forming a loop between said ends, said loop outlining a shape comprising N branches extending outwardly from a common center, N being a number at least as great as three, each branch comprising a first and second lateral segment extending outwards from said center and an end segment remote from said center connecting said lateral elements, the lengths of said end segments being substantially equal to .lambda.g/N and the lengths of said lateral segments being substantially equal to .lambda.g/2, where .lambda.g is the guided wave-length in said radiating line, the method comprising producing said elongate member on a skin of dielectric material, applying said skin to a structural dielectric member to which said conductive plate is applied and connecting a coaxial cable conductor to said antenna element.
20. A method of making an antenna element comprising a conductive plate, and at least one elongate conductive member presenting first and second ends disposed adjacent each other, said elongate conductive member being juxtaposed with said plate with a dielectric layer therebetween, a generator/receiver being connected at a first end thereof to the antenna at said conductive plate and at a second end to one of said first and second ends to form an asymmetrically fed radiating line, and said elongate member forming a loop between said ends, said loop outlining a shape comprising N branches extending outwardly from a common center, N being a number at least as great as three, each branch comprising a first and second lateral segment extending outwards from said center and an end segment remote from said center connecting said lateral elements, the lengths of said end segments being substantially equal to .lambda. g/N and the lengths of said lateral elements being substantially equal to .lambda. g/2, where .lambda. g is the guided wave-length in said radiating line, the method comprising producing a double-sided printed circuit board with said conductive plate on one side and a conductive layer on an opposite side thereof, and said dielectric layer therebetween, said elongate conductive member being produced by a method including removal of material from said conductive layer and connecting a coaxial cable conductor with said antenna element.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR8510463 | 1985-07-09 | ||
| FR8510463A FR2584872B1 (en) | 1985-07-09 | 1985-07-09 | BROADBAND FLAT ANTENNA WITH CIRCULAR POLARIZATION, USES OF SUCH ANTENNA, APPLICATIONS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD |
Publications (1)
| Publication Number | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| CA1264373A true CA1264373A (en) | 1990-01-09 |
Family
ID=9321099
Family Applications (1)
| Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA000513358A Expired - Fee Related CA1264373A (en) | 1985-07-09 | 1986-07-08 | Flat wide - band antenna |
Country Status (3)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| US (1) | US4804965A (en) |
| CA (1) | CA1264373A (en) |
| FR (1) | FR2584872B1 (en) |
Families Citing this family (30)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPH01245721A (en) * | 1988-03-28 | 1989-09-29 | Matsushita Electric Works Ltd | Radio equipment |
| GB8904303D0 (en) * | 1989-02-24 | 1989-04-12 | Marconi Co Ltd | Dual slot antenna |
| US5075691A (en) * | 1989-07-24 | 1991-12-24 | Motorola, Inc. | Multi-resonant laminar antenna |
| US5168230A (en) * | 1990-08-17 | 1992-12-01 | General Electric | Dual frequency nmr surface coil pair with interleaved lobe areas |
| NZ247256A (en) * | 1992-04-10 | 1995-10-26 | Alcatel Australia | Radio wave antenna |
| AU662611B2 (en) * | 1992-04-10 | 1995-09-07 | Radio Frequency Systems Pty Limited | Low profile eliptically polarised antenna |
| AU723272B2 (en) * | 1993-04-02 | 2000-08-24 | Alcatel Australia Limited | Low profile linear polarised antenna |
| CA2179331C (en) * | 1996-06-18 | 1997-12-19 | James Stanley Podger | Expanded quadruple-delta antenna structure |
| FR2760134B1 (en) * | 1997-02-24 | 1999-03-26 | Alsthom Cge Alcatel | RESONANT MINIATURE ANTENNA, MICRO-TAPE, ANNULAR SHAPE |
| KR19990018668A (en) * | 1997-08-28 | 1999-03-15 | 윤종용 | Multi-loop antenna of pager |
| AU9382398A (en) | 1997-09-10 | 1999-03-29 | Rangestar International Corporation | Loop antenna assembly for telecommunications devices |
| IL121978A (en) * | 1997-10-14 | 2004-05-12 | Mti Wireless Edge Ltd | Flat plate antenna arrays |
| US6285323B1 (en) | 1997-10-14 | 2001-09-04 | Mti Technology & Engineering (1993) Ltd. | Flat plate antenna arrays |
| US6452549B1 (en) | 2000-05-02 | 2002-09-17 | Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc | Stacked, multi-band look-through antenna |
| WO2001084730A1 (en) | 2000-05-02 | 2001-11-08 | Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration, Inc. | Low profile, broadband, dual mode, modified notch antenna |
| US6323814B1 (en) | 2000-05-24 | 2001-11-27 | Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc | Wideband meander line loaded antenna |
| US6690331B2 (en) | 2000-05-24 | 2004-02-10 | Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc | Beamforming quad meanderline loaded antenna |
| WO2001093369A1 (en) | 2000-05-31 | 2001-12-06 | Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration, Inc. | Wideband meander line loaded antenna |
| AU2001275024A1 (en) | 2000-05-31 | 2001-12-11 | Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration, Inc. | Scanning, circularly polarized varied impedance transmission line antenna |
| US6480158B2 (en) | 2000-05-31 | 2002-11-12 | Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc. | Narrow-band, crossed-element, offset-tuned dual band, dual mode meander line loaded antenna |
| DE10196280T5 (en) | 2000-05-31 | 2004-08-26 | Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc. | Narrow-band, symmetrical, crossed, circularly polarized antenna loaded with meander lines |
| AU2001265172A1 (en) | 2000-05-31 | 2001-12-11 | Bae Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration, Inc. | Multi-layer, wideband meander line loaded antenna |
| US6501350B2 (en) | 2001-03-27 | 2002-12-31 | Electrolock, Inc. | Flat radiating cable |
| WO2003030298A1 (en) * | 2001-08-23 | 2003-04-10 | Broadcom Corporation | Apparatus for generating a magnetic interface and applications of the same |
| DE50307071D1 (en) * | 2002-12-23 | 2007-05-31 | Huber+Suhner Ag | Broadband antenna with a 3-dimensional casting |
| US7511670B2 (en) * | 2007-04-16 | 2009-03-31 | Research In Motion Limited | Dual-polarized, multiple strip-loop antenna, and associated methodology, for radio device |
| JP5320635B2 (en) * | 2007-05-31 | 2013-10-23 | 国立大学法人愛媛大学 | antenna |
| US8878737B2 (en) * | 2009-06-29 | 2014-11-04 | Blackberry Limited | Single feed planar dual-polarization multi-loop element antenna |
| JP5958937B2 (en) * | 2012-09-14 | 2016-08-02 | 真由美 松永 | Loop antenna that can be used for both circular and linear polarization in different frequency bands |
| US10396443B2 (en) | 2015-12-18 | 2019-08-27 | Gopro, Inc. | Integrated antenna in an aerial vehicle |
Family Cites Families (15)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE474438C (en) * | 1929-04-02 | Alfred Dambitsch | Loop antenna | |
| US2166750A (en) * | 1936-02-15 | 1939-07-18 | Rca Corp | Antenna |
| GB532955A (en) * | 1939-08-03 | 1941-02-04 | Edward Cecil Cork | Improvements in or relating to aerials |
| US2537191A (en) * | 1947-05-08 | 1951-01-09 | Clarence C Moore | Antenna |
| US2551664A (en) * | 1949-11-29 | 1951-05-08 | Galper Samuel | Television antenna |
| US2687475A (en) * | 1950-04-11 | 1954-08-24 | Andrew Corp | Low-frequency antenna |
| DE864707C (en) * | 1950-11-28 | 1953-01-26 | Hans Schieren | Ultra-short wave folding dipole antenna |
| BE633776A (en) * | 1962-07-10 | |||
| US3534372A (en) * | 1967-01-03 | 1970-10-13 | Rohde & Schwarz | Horizontal broad-band omnidirectional antenna |
| US3530486A (en) * | 1968-11-22 | 1970-09-22 | Hughes Aircraft Co | Offset-wound spiral antenna |
| US3689929A (en) * | 1970-11-23 | 1972-09-05 | Howard B Moody | Antenna structure |
| US3716861A (en) * | 1971-03-22 | 1973-02-13 | J Root | Serpentine antenna mounted on a rotatable capacitive coupler |
| US3952310A (en) * | 1975-02-20 | 1976-04-20 | Rockwell International Corporation | Crossed dipole and slot antenna in pyramid form |
| US4012742A (en) * | 1975-12-29 | 1977-03-15 | International Telephone And Telegraph Corporation | Multimode loop antenna |
| US4184163A (en) * | 1976-11-29 | 1980-01-15 | Rca Corporation | Broad band, four loop antenna |
-
1985
- 1985-07-09 FR FR8510463A patent/FR2584872B1/en not_active Expired
-
1986
- 1986-07-01 US US06/880,795 patent/US4804965A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1986-07-08 CA CA000513358A patent/CA1264373A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
Also Published As
| Publication number | Publication date |
|---|---|
| FR2584872A1 (en) | 1987-01-16 |
| US4804965A (en) | 1989-02-14 |
| FR2584872B1 (en) | 1987-11-20 |
Similar Documents
| Publication | Publication Date | Title |
|---|---|---|
| CA1264373A (en) | Flat wide - band antenna | |
| US4812855A (en) | Dipole antenna with parasitic elements | |
| EP1301967B1 (en) | Nested turnstile antenna | |
| US3854140A (en) | Circularly polarized phased antenna array | |
| EP0449492B1 (en) | Patch antenna with polarization uniformity control | |
| US5923296A (en) | Dual polarized microstrip patch antenna array for PCS base stations | |
| EP0516440B1 (en) | Microstrip antenna | |
| CA2284505C (en) | Microstrip array antenna | |
| US5216430A (en) | Low impedance printed circuit radiating element | |
| EP0969547B1 (en) | Antenna device | |
| US4623894A (en) | Interleaved waveguide and dipole dual band array antenna | |
| CA2203077C (en) | Polarimetric dual band radiating element for synthetic aperture radar | |
| KR0184529B1 (en) | Slot-coupled fed dual circular polarization tem mode slot array antenna | |
| JP2000508144A (en) | Dual polarization antenna array with ultra-low cross polarization and low side lobe | |
| AU2001255820A1 (en) | Nested turnstile antenna | |
| JPS6365703A (en) | Planar antenna | |
| JP2008236791A (en) | Antenna system for communicating simultaneously with satellite and terrestrial system | |
| JP2003514422A (en) | Printed antenna | |
| US6445346B2 (en) | Planar polarizer feed network for a dual circular polarized antenna array | |
| US5304998A (en) | Dual-mode communication antenna | |
| Qing et al. | A novel single-feed circular polarized slotted loop antenna | |
| Huang et al. | A wide-band dual-polarized frequency-reconfigurable slot-ring antenna element using a diagonal feeding method for array design | |
| WO1999017403A1 (en) | Dual polarized microstrip patch antenna array for pcs base stations | |
| US20010050653A1 (en) | Apparatus and method for reducing polarization cross-coupling in cross dipole reflectarrays | |
| JPH08274539A (en) | Microstrip array antenna system |
Legal Events
| Date | Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| MKLA | Lapsed |