Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a dual-polarized radiating unit which is characterized by realizing better standing wave and isolation indexes under a complex electromagnetic environment system, and realizing better standing wave and isolation indexes quickly through simple debugging after boundary condition changes.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an antenna employing the dual polarized radiating element described above.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following technical solutions:
the invention provides a dual-polarized radiating unit which comprises a dielectric substrate with a front side and a back side, a pair of orthogonal half-wave vibrators arranged on the front side of the dielectric substrate, a supporting seat for supporting the dielectric substrate from the back side of the dielectric substrate, a feed network for feeding the half-wave vibrators, and an adjusting piece arranged on the dielectric substrate and connected with two adjacent vibrator arms of the two half-wave vibrators in a coupling way for adjusting the coupling of the two adjacent vibrator arms.
Optionally, the adjusting piece includes a first adjusting piece coupled with the vibrator arms, the first adjusting piece is disposed between two adjacent vibrator arms on the front surface of the dielectric substrate, or the first adjusting piece is disposed on the back surface of the dielectric substrate, and a projection of the first adjusting piece on the front surface of the dielectric substrate is located between two adjacent vibrator arms.
Further, the adjusting piece further comprises a second adjusting piece which is coupled and connected with the corresponding two adjacent vibrator arms, and the second adjusting piece is arranged in the middle of the back surface of the dielectric substrate and forms an insulation gap with the feed network.
Furthermore, the dual-polarized radiation unit further comprises a coupling piece which is arranged on the back surface of the dielectric substrate and is coupled with the corresponding two adjacent vibrator arms.
Optionally, the adjusting piece includes a second adjusting piece coupled with the corresponding two adjacent vibrator arms, the second adjusting piece is disposed in the middle of the opposite surface of the dielectric substrate, and an insulation gap is formed between the second adjusting piece and the feed network.
Further, the dual-polarized radiation unit further comprises a coupling piece which is arranged on the back surface of the dielectric substrate and is coupled with the corresponding two adjacent vibrator arms.
Optionally, the number of the first adjusting members is 1 to 4.
Specifically, two second adjusting pieces are symmetrically arranged on the dielectric substrate along a diagonal line with respect to the dielectric substrate, and each second adjusting piece comprises two adjusting pieces which are perpendicular to each other and are connected through a connecting arm.
Preferably, two half-wave vibrators orthogonal to each other on the front surface of the dielectric substrate are fixed on the front surface of the dielectric substrate in a printing mode, and the two half-wave vibrators are plum blossom-shaped together.
Correspondingly, the invention also provides a dual-polarized antenna, which comprises a reflecting plate, wherein the reflecting plate is provided with the dual-polarized radiating element according to any one of the technical schemes.
Compared with the prior art, the scheme of the invention has the following advantages:
in the dual-polarized radiation unit, the adjusting piece which is in coupling connection with the two adjacent vibrator arms is arranged on the dielectric substrate, so that the coupling mode between the two adjacent vibrator arms can be adjusted, the energy coupling and S parameters between the two adjacent vibrator arms are improved, and therefore good standing wave and isolation indexes are realized.
According to the dual-polarized radiation unit, the plurality of adjusting parts are arranged, so that any two adjacent vibrator arms can be coupled and connected with one or two adjusting parts, and the coupling effect on any two adjacent vibrator arms can be enhanced.
In the dual-polarized radiation unit, after the boundary conditions are changed, the adjusting piece is increased or decreased, so that good standing wave and isolation indexes can be realized, and the dual-polarized radiation unit can be suitable for different boundary conditions.
According to the dual-polarized radiation unit, the coupling piece is arranged on the back side of the medium substrate and is matched with the adjusting piece arranged on the front side of the medium substrate and/or the adjusting piece arranged on the back side of the medium substrate, so that the coupling adjusting effect on the corresponding vibrator arm can be enhanced, and better standing wave and isolation index can be realized.
The dual-polarized radiation unit has a simple structure, so that when the adjusting piece fails, a new adjusting piece can be quickly replaced, the debugging and processing period is shorter, and the cost is lower.
The dual-polarized antenna of the invention uses the dual-polarized radiation unit, and has short debugging and processing period and low cost, thus not only obviously shortening the development period of the antenna, but also reducing the production cost of the antenna.
Additional aspects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the present invention are described in detail below, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein like or similar reference numerals refer to like or similar elements or elements having like or similar functions throughout. The embodiments described below by referring to the drawings are illustrative only and are not to be construed as limiting the invention. Further, if detailed description of the known art is not necessary to illustrate the features of the present invention, it will be omitted.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the dual polarized radiating element 100 of the present invention includes a dielectric substrate 10, two half-wave dipoles disposed on the dielectric substrate 10, a supporting base 70 for supporting the dielectric substrate 10, a feeding network (not numbered and the same applies below) for feeding the two half-wave dipoles, and an adjusting member for adjusting the coupling between two adjacent oscillator arms of the two half-wave dipoles.
Preferably, the dielectric substrate 10 is rectangular in shape, having opposite front and back sides 101 and 102.
The two symmetrical half-wave oscillators include a first half-wave oscillator 20 and a second half-wave oscillator 30 which are orthogonal to each other, and are arranged on the front surface of the dielectric substrate 10. The first half-wave resonator 20 includes a first resonator arm 201 and a second resonator arm 202 disposed along a diagonal line of the dielectric substrate 10. Similarly, the second half-wave resonator 30 includes a third resonator arm 301 and a fourth resonator arm 302 disposed along the other diagonal of the dielectric substrate.
The feeding network includes a coaxial cable 80, a first microstrip line 601 and a second microstrip line 602 disposed on the dielectric substrate 10. The first vibrator arm 201 and the second vibrator arm 202 are electrically connected through a first microstrip line 601 provided on the front surface 101 of the dielectric substrate. The second microstrip line 602 electrically connects the third dipole arm 301 and the fourth dipole arm 302 by passing through a through hole (not shown) in the dielectric substrate 10. Corresponding to the first, second, third and fourth oscillator arms, the dielectric substrate 10 is provided with four corresponding through holes 103, so that each coaxial cable 80 is electrically connected with the corresponding oscillator arm through each through hole 103, wherein the first microstrip line 601 and two coaxial cables 80 connected with two ends of the first microstrip line jointly feed the first oscillator arm 201 and the second oscillator arm 202, and the second microstrip line 602 and two coaxial cables 80 connected with two ends of the second microstrip line jointly feed the third oscillator arm 301 and the fourth oscillator arm 302.
The adjusting parts comprise a first adjusting part 401 arranged close to the edge of the dielectric substrate 10 and/or a second adjusting part 402 arranged close to the center of the dielectric substrate 10, and the first adjusting part 401 and the second adjusting part 402 are both in coupling connection with the half-wave vibrators so as to adjust the coupling degree between two adjacent vibrator arms.
On the one hand, according to the above design, by arranging the adjusting member on the dielectric substrate 10, the adjusting member is coupled with the corresponding two adjacent vibrator arms, so that the coupling mode between the corresponding two adjacent vibrator arms can be adjusted, and the energy coupling and S parameters between the two adjacent vibrator arms are improved, thereby the dual-polarized radiating unit 100 achieves better standing wave and isolation indexes.
On the other hand, in the above design, no complex structure is introduced, and compared with the dual polarized radiating element in the prior art, only the adjusting member is introduced, so that the dual polarized radiating element 100 of the present invention has a simpler structure and shorter debugging and processing cycle.
Preferably, the first half-wave vibrator 20 and the second half-wave vibrator 30 are fixed on the front surface 101 of the dielectric substrate by printing, each vibrator arm is similar to an ellipse in shape, and two ends of each vibrator arm are in a needle tip shape, so that the first vibrator arm 201, the second vibrator arm 202, the third vibrator arm 301 and the fourth vibrator arm 302 jointly represent a plum blossom shape.
Preferably, in one embodiment, the first adjusting member 401 is disposed between two adjacent vibrator arms on the front surface 101 of the dielectric substrate. Specifically, the first adjusting members 401 are disposed between the first dipole arm 201 and the third dipole arm 301, between the third dipole arm 301 and the second dipole arm 202, between the second dipole arm 202 and the fourth dipole arm 302, and between the fourth dipole arm 302 and the first dipole arm 201, and each first adjusting member 401 is coupled with the corresponding two adjacent dipole arms, so that energy coupling between two adjacent dipole arms (between the first dipole arm 201 and the third dipole arm 301, between the third dipole arm 301 and the second dipole arm 202, between the second dipole arm 202 and the fourth dipole arm 302, and between the fourth dipole arm 302 and the first dipole arm 201) is effectively reduced, and energy coupling between the first half-wave dipole 20 and the second half-wave dipole 30 is further reduced, so that isolation between two polarizations of the dual-polarized radiating unit 100 is effectively improved. More preferably, the first adjusting member 401 between any two adjacent vibrator arms is disposed at the center of the gap between the corresponding two adjacent vibrator arms.
Referring to fig. 3, in an embodiment of the dual polarized radiation unit 100 of the present invention, two first adjusting members 401 are disposed on the front surface 101 of the dielectric substrate, and the two first adjusting members 401 are symmetrical with respect to the center of the front surface 101 of the dielectric substrate, optionally, one first adjusting member 401 is disposed between the first dipole arm 201 and the third dipole arm 301, and the other first adjusting member 401 is disposed between the second dipole arm 202 and the fourth dipole arm 302. Of course, one of the first adjustment members 401 may be provided between the first transducer arm 201 and the fourth transducer arm 302, and the other first adjustment member 401 may be provided between the second transducer arm 202 and the third transducer arm 301.
Referring to fig. 4, in another embodiment, the first adjusting member 401 is disposed on the opposite side 102 of the dielectric substrate, and the first adjusting member 401 is not disposed on the front side 101 of the dielectric substrate. The number of the first adjusting members 401 may be 1, 2, 3 or 4. Preferably, the projection of each first adjusting piece 401 on the front surface 101 of the dielectric substrate is respectively located in the gaps between the first vibrator arm 201 and the third vibrator arm 301, between the third vibrator arm 301 and the second vibrator arm 202, between the second vibrator arm 202 and the fourth vibrator arm 302, and between the fourth vibrator arm 302 and the first vibrator arm 201, and each first adjusting piece 401 is in coupling connection with the corresponding two adjacent vibrator arms. Similarly, the function of the design is the same as that of the first adjusting member 401 disposed on the front surface 101 of the dielectric substrate in the above embodiment, so that the description is omitted. It is further preferred that the projection of each first adjustment member 401 onto the front surface 101 of the dielectric substrate is located at the midpoint of the gap between the corresponding two adjacent vibrator arms.
With continued reference to fig. 2, further, on the basis of any of the foregoing embodiments, the adjusting element further includes a second adjusting element 402 disposed on the opposite side 102 of the dielectric substrate, preferably, the second adjusting element 402 is disposed in the middle of the opposite side 102 of the dielectric substrate, and meanwhile, an insulation gap is formed between the second adjusting element 402 and a second microstrip line 602 in the feeding network, so as to prevent the second adjusting element 402 from being electrically connected with the third dipole arm 301 and the fourth dipole arm 302, which would affect the coupling connection between the second adjusting element 402 and the dipole arm.
Specifically, the second adjusting member 402 includes a first adjusting piece 4021 and a second adjusting piece 4022, and a connecting arm 4023 for connecting the first adjusting piece 4021 and the second adjusting piece 4022. Preferably, the first and second tabs 4021 and 4022 are perpendicular to each other. The first adjusting piece 4021 is coupled to the two adjacent third vibrator arms 301 and the second vibrator arms 202, and the second adjusting piece 4022 is coupled to the two adjacent second vibrator arms 202 and the fourth vibrator arms 302, so that the coupling modes of the two adjacent vibrator arm pieces corresponding to each other are adjusted and optimized. Preferably, two second adjusting members 402 are symmetrically disposed on the opposite surface 102 of the dielectric substrate with respect to one diagonal line, so that the coupling between any two adjacent vibrator arms is adjusted and optimized.
Specifically, by adjusting the size and shape of the second adjusting member 402, the energy coupling between the second adjusting member 402 and the first half-wave vibrator 20 and the second half-wave vibrator 30 can be changed, so that the S parameter convergence of the first half-wave vibrator 20 and the second half-wave vibrator 30 is changed, and the standing wave index of the two is improved. Meanwhile, by adjusting the second adjusting member 402, energy coupling between the first half-wave vibrator 20 and the second half-wave vibrator 30 can be reduced, and isolation between the first half-wave vibrator 20 and the second half-wave vibrator 30 can be improved.
In summary, by reasonably combining the first adjusting member 401 and the second adjusting member 402, the dual polarized radiation unit 100 can achieve better standing wave and isolation index.
Referring to fig. 5, further, on the basis of setting the second adjusting member 402, a first coupling piece 501 is disposed on a side of each adjusting piece far from the center of the opposite side 102 of the dielectric substrate, and meanwhile, a second coupling piece 502 is disposed between two adjacent first coupling pieces 501, where the first coupling pieces 501 and the second coupling pieces 502 are respectively coupled with two corresponding adjacent vibrator arms, and on the basis that the first adjusting member 401 and/or the second adjusting member 402 adjusts and optimizes the coupling mode of the vibrator arms, the optimizing effect is further enhanced. The shapes of the first coupling piece 501 and the second coupling piece 502 may be rectangular, circular or other polygonal shapes, and are not limited in particular.
In another embodiment, the first adjusting member 401 and the second adjusting member 402 are disposed on the opposite surface 102 of the dielectric substrate. Specifically, the projection of each first adjusting piece 401 on the front surface 101 of the dielectric substrate is located in a gap between two corresponding adjacent vibrator arms, so that each first adjusting piece 401 is coupled and connected with the corresponding vibrator arm; the second adjusting member 402 is configured in the same manner as described above, and each adjusting piece is coupled to the corresponding transducer arm.
In another embodiment, the adjusting member includes only the second adjusting member 402, but not the first adjusting member 401, and the second adjusting member 402 is disposed on the opposite side 102 of the medium substrate, and the detailed design is referred to above and will not be repeated.
Further, the first coupling piece 501 and the second coupling piece 502 are also configured in the above manner, and the details can still be seen from the above, and the description is omitted.
Referring to fig. 6, the dual polarized radiation unit 100 of the present invention can flexibly adjust the number of the first adjusting member 401 and the second adjusting member 402 disposed on the dielectric substrate 10 according to different boundary condition characteristics. Fig. 6 shows an application scenario of the dual polarized radiating element 100 of the present invention.
In this embodiment, when the dual-polarized radiating element 100 is a high-frequency radiating element and the dual-polarized radiating element 100 is embedded in the low-frequency radiating element 200, the first adjusting member 401 is disposed between any two oscillator arms on the front surface 101 of the dielectric substrate of the dual-polarized radiating element 100, so as to reduce the influence of each radiating arm of the low-frequency radiating element 200 on the radiating performance of the dual-polarized radiating element 100. The dual polarized radiating element 100 disposed between the two low frequency radiating elements 200 only needs to provide two opposite first adjusting members 401 on the front surface 101 of the dielectric substrate thereof, so as to reduce the influence of the radiating arms on the low frequency radiating elements 200 on the two sides on the radiation performance of the dual polarized radiating element 100.
Correspondingly, the invention also provides a dual polarized antenna using the dual polarized radiating element 100, which comprises a reflecting plate and the dual polarized radiating element 100 arranged on the reflecting plate. As described above, the dual polarized radiating element 100 provided with different numbers of adjusting members can be selected according to different boundary conditions to minimize the influence of other radiating elements on the radiation performance of the dual polarized radiating element 100 of the present invention, thereby optimizing the radiation performance of the antenna as a whole, and since the dual polarized radiating element 100 of the present invention has a simple structure, a short debugging process period and low cost, the development period of the antenna of the present invention can be significantly shortened, and the production, maintenance and repair costs of the antenna can be reduced.
The foregoing is only a partial embodiment of the present invention, and it should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that modifications and adaptations can be made without departing from the principles of the present invention, and such modifications and adaptations are intended to be comprehended within the scope of the present invention.