CN111106429A - Communication device, lens antenna, and ball lens - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention relates to a communication device, a lens antenna and a ball lens. A number of the media cones are uniformly arranged on the outer surface of the media carrier. The medium cone is provided with three wall surfaces, and the three wall surfaces are connected in pairs to form three edges with the same shape. Any two edges are respectively connected with the central axis of the medium cone to form an included angle of 120 degrees between two surfaces, and the section, perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone, on the medium cone is an equilateral triangle. Compared with the traditional mode of adopting different materials to carry out lamination setting to adjust and design the medium filling ratio of different parts, the embodiment adopts the same material to process a plurality of medium cones with the same shape, and the medium cones are uniformly arranged on the medium carrier, so that the manufacturing difficulty can be greatly reduced, the processing precision is high, the assembly is easy, and the mass production can be realized.
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Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of antenna technology, and in particular, to a communication device, a lens antenna, and a ball lens.
Background
With the advance of the worldwide 5G network plan, the cost requirement is considered while the performance index requirements of high gain, low side lobe, narrow beam, wide beam coverage and the like are met, and the lens antenna can not only bear the ultra-large information capacity, but also cannot increase the number of the lens antenna. Conventionally, the luneberg ball lens technology has the capability of bearing multiple antennas and multiple beams, the luneberg ball lens comprises multiple layers of dielectric bodies which are sequentially arranged from inside to outside, the dielectric materials of the multiple layers of dielectric bodies are different, the dielectric bodies need to be sequentially processed and manufactured, the process is complex, the production cost is high, and the assembly efficiency is low.
Disclosure of Invention
Therefore, it is necessary to overcome the defects of the prior art, and provide a communication device, a lens antenna and a ball lens, which can reduce the processing difficulty and improve the production efficiency on the premise of ensuring the performance index, and are suitable for mass production.
The technical scheme is as follows: a ball lens comprises a medium carrier and a plurality of medium cones; a plurality of said media cones uniformly arranged on an outer surface of said media carrier; the medium cone is provided with three wall surfaces, and the three wall surfaces are connected in pairs to form three edges with the same shape; any two edges are respectively connected with the central axis of the medium cone to form an included angle of 120 degrees between two surfaces, and the section, perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone, on the medium cone is an equilateral triangle.
On one hand, the ball lens is characterized in that the plurality of medium cones are uniformly arranged on the outer surface of the medium carrier, the medium cones are provided with three edges with the same shape, any two edges are respectively connected with the central axis of the medium cones to form an included angle of 120 degrees between two surfaces, the cross section of each medium cone perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone is an equilateral triangle, namely the medium filling ratios at different positions of the periphery of the medium carrier are the same, and the medium arrangement is uniform; on the other hand, the cross-sectional areas perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone at different distances from the central point of the medium cone to the central point of the medium carrier are different, that is, the medium filling ratios at different distances from the central point of the medium cone to the central point of the medium carrier are different, so that the performances of high gain, low sidelobe, narrow beam, wide beam coverage range and the like of the original lens antenna can be reserved; in addition, for the traditional mode that adopts the medium of different materials to carry out the stromatolite setting and adjust the medium filling ratio who designs different positions, this embodiment is then to adopt for example the same kind of material to process a plurality of medium cones of the same shape, through install a plurality of medium cones on the medium carrier uniformly can, greatly reduced the preparation degree of difficulty, the machining precision is high, the equipment is easy, but large-scale volume production.
In one embodiment, the media support is a sphere or a regular polyhedron.
In one embodiment, the medium carrier is a regular tetrahedron, the number of the medium cones is four, and four medium cones are respectively arranged in the middle of four faces of the regular tetrahedron; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
the medium carrier is a regular hexahedron, the number of the medium cones is six, and the six medium cones are respectively arranged in the middle of six surfaces of the regular hexahedron; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
the medium carrier is an octahedron, the number of the medium cones is eight, and the eight medium cones are respectively arranged in the middle of eight surfaces of the octahedron; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
the medium carrier is a regular dodecahedron, twelve medium cones are arranged in the middle of twelve faces of the regular dodecahedron respectively; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
the medium carrier is a regular icosahedron, the medium cones are twenty, and the twenty medium cones are respectively arranged in the middle of the twenty faces of the regular icosahedron.
In one embodiment, the central axis of the media cone passes through the center of the media cone.
In one embodiment, the medium carrier is provided with a mounting hole on the outer surface thereof, the mounting hole being adapted to the medium cone, and the medium cone is inserted and fixed in the mounting hole.
In one embodiment, a clamping hole is formed in the side wall of the mounting hole, a clamping block is arranged on the end wall surface of the medium cone, which is used for being inserted into the mounting hole, and the clamping block is clamped and fixed in the clamping hole; or, the side wall of the mounting hole is provided with a clamping block, the medium cone is used for being inserted into the end wall surface in the mounting hole and is provided with a clamping hole, and the clamping block is clamped and fixed in the clamping hole.
In one embodiment, the medium carrier and the medium cone are made of the same medium material; or the medium cone comprises more than two medium bodies made of different materials which are connected with each other.
In one embodiment, taking the center of the medium carrier as a circular point, taking the central axis of the medium cone as an X axis, establishing an X-Y coordinate system, wherein the Y axis is located on a plane formed by the X axis and an edge of the medium carrier, coordinates of any point on the edge of the medium carrier in the X-Y coordinate system are (R, L), and R and L satisfy the relation:
wherein epsilonpThe dielectric constant of the medium cone is shown, f is the distance between the center of the medium carrier and the antenna oscillator, and a is the distance between the vertex of the medium cone far away from the medium carrier and the center point of the medium carrier.
A lens antenna comprises the ball lens and an antenna element arranged at an interval with the ball lens.
On one hand, the lens antenna has the advantages that the plurality of medium cones are uniformly arranged on the outer surface of the medium carrier, the medium cones are provided with three edges with the same shape, any two edges are respectively connected with the central axis of the medium cones to form an included angle of 120 degrees between two faces, the section of each medium cone perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone is an equilateral triangle, namely the medium filling ratios at different positions of the periphery of the medium carrier are the same, and the medium arrangement is uniform; on the other hand, the cross-sectional areas perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone at different distances from the central point of the medium cone to the central point of the medium carrier are different, that is, the medium filling ratios at different distances from the central point of the medium cone to the central point of the medium carrier are different, so that the performances of high gain, low sidelobe, narrow beam, wide beam coverage range and the like of the original lens antenna can be reserved; in addition, for the traditional mode that adopts the medium of different materials to carry out the stromatolite setting and adjust the medium filling ratio who designs different positions, this embodiment is then to adopt for example the same kind of material to process a plurality of medium cones of the same shape, through install a plurality of medium cones on the medium carrier uniformly can, greatly reduced the preparation degree of difficulty, the machining precision is high, the equipment is easy, but large-scale volume production.
A communication device comprises the ball lens.
On one hand, in the communication device, on the one hand, the plurality of medium cones are uniformly arranged on the outer surface of the medium carrier, and the medium cones are provided with three edges with the same shape, any two edges are respectively connected with the central axis of the medium cones to form an included angle of 120 degrees between two surfaces, the cross section of each medium cone perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone is an equilateral triangle, namely, the medium filling ratios at different positions on the periphery of the medium carrier are the same, and the medium arrangement is relatively uniform; on the other hand, the cross-sectional areas perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone at different distances from the central point of the medium cone to the central point of the medium carrier are different, that is, the medium filling ratios at different distances from the central point of the medium cone to the central point of the medium carrier are different, so that the performances of high gain, low sidelobe, narrow beam, wide beam coverage range and the like of the original lens antenna can be reserved; in addition, for the traditional mode that adopts the medium of different materials to carry out the stromatolite setting and adjust the medium filling ratio who designs different positions, this embodiment is then to adopt for example the same kind of material to process a plurality of medium cones of the same shape, through install a plurality of medium cones on the medium carrier uniformly can, greatly reduced the preparation degree of difficulty, the machining precision is high, the equipment is easy, but large-scale volume production.
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FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a lens antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is another perspective view of a lens antenna according to an embodiment of the invention;
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a lens antenna according to an embodiment of the invention;
fig. 4 is a structural diagram of a lens antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a dielectric cone is mounted on a dielectric carrier;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of an X-Y coordinate system established with the center point of the media carrier as the origin of coordinates and the central axis of the media cone as the X-axis according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 6 is a radiation pattern of a lens antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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10. a ball lens; 11. a media support; 12. a cone of media; 121. a ridge; 20. an antenna element.
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In order to make the aforementioned objects, features and advantages of the present invention comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below. In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. This invention may, however, be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein.
In the description of the present invention, it is to be understood that the terms "first", "second" and the like are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implying any number of technical features indicated. Thus, a feature defined as "first" or "second" may explicitly or implicitly include at least one such feature. In the description of the present invention, "a plurality" means at least two, e.g., two, three, etc., unless specifically limited otherwise.
In the description of the present invention, it should be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" to another element, it can be directly connected to the other element or intervening elements may also be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" to another element, there are no intervening elements present.
In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1, fig. 2, fig. 4 and fig. 6, a ball lens 10 includes a medium carrier 11 and a plurality of medium cones 12. A number of said media cones 12 are evenly arranged on the outer surface of said media carrier 11. The medium cone 12 is provided with three wall surfaces, which are connected in pairs and form three edges 121 of the same shape. Any two ribs 121 are respectively connected with the central axis of the medium cone 12 to form an included angle of 120 degrees between two faces, and the section of the medium cone 12 perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone 12 is an equilateral triangle.
In the ball lens 10, on one hand, the plurality of medium cones 12 are uniformly arranged on the outer surface of the medium carrier 11, and the medium cones 12 are provided with three edges 121 with the same shape, any two edges 121 are respectively connected with the central axis of the medium cones 12 to form an included angle of 120 degrees between two faces, the section of the medium cone 12 perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone 12 is an equilateral triangle, that is, the medium filling ratios at different positions on the periphery of the medium carrier 11 are the same, and the medium arrangement is uniform; on the other hand, the cross-sectional areas perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone 12 at different distances from the central point of the medium cone 12 to the central point of the medium carrier 11 are different, that is, the medium filling ratios at different distances from the central point of the medium cone 12 to the central point of the medium carrier 11 are different, so that the performances of high gain, low sidelobe, narrow beam, wide beam coverage and the like of the original lens antenna can be maintained; in addition, compared with the traditional mode of adjusting the filling ratio of the media at different parts by adopting the media made of different materials to be laminated, the embodiment adopts the same material to process a plurality of media cones 12 with the same shape, and the plurality of media cones 12 are uniformly arranged on the media carrier 11, so that the manufacturing difficulty is greatly reduced, the processing precision is high, the assembly is easy, and the mass production can be realized.
Further, referring to fig. 1 to 4, the medium carrier 11 is a sphere or a regular polyhedron. Therefore, the arrangement uniformity of the media at different positions on the periphery of the media carrier 11 is improved, and the performance index requirements of the original lens antenna can be reserved.
In one embodiment, the medium carrier 11 is a regular tetrahedron, the number of the medium cones 12 is four, and four medium cones 12 are respectively disposed in the middle of four faces of the regular tetrahedron.
In one embodiment, the medium carrier 11 is a regular hexahedron, the number of the medium cones 12 is six, and the six medium cones 12 are respectively arranged in the middle of six faces of the regular hexahedron.
In one embodiment, the medium carrier 11 is an octahedron, the number of the medium cones 12 is eight, and the eight medium cones 12 are respectively arranged in the middle of eight faces of the octahedron.
In one embodiment, the medium carrier 11 is a regular dodecahedron, twelve medium cones 12 are provided, and twelve medium cones 12 are respectively arranged in the middle of twelve faces of the regular dodecahedron.
In one embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 4, the medium carrier 11 is a regular icosahedron, the number of the medium cones 12 is twenty, and the twenty medium cones 12 are respectively disposed in the middle of the twenty faces of the regular icosahedron.
Further, referring to fig. 1-5, the central axis of the media cone 12 passes through the center of the media cone 12. Thus, for different dielectric cones 12, the cross-sectional shapes of any distance R from the center point of the dielectric carrier 11 on the central axis are all regular triangles and the areas are all the same, and the cross-sections are respectively a plurality of faces of a regular polyhedron inscribed by a sphere with the distance R as a radius and the center point of the dielectric carrier 11 as a sphere center, that is, the dielectric arrangement uniformity at different positions on the periphery of the dielectric carrier 11 is higher, so that the performance index requirements of the original lens antenna can be maintained.
Furthermore, the outer surface of the medium carrier 11 is provided with a mounting hole adapted to the medium cone 12, and the medium cone 12 is inserted and fixed in the mounting hole. Specifically, the depth of insertion of the medium cone 12 into the mounting hole of the medium carrier 11 is not limited as long as the medium cone 12 can be inserted and fixed to the medium carrier 11. In addition, the fixing mode of the medium cone 12 on the medium carrier 11 is not limited, and may be a clamping fixing assembly mode, a detachable installation mode such as a screw bolt, and the like, or a mode of mutually adhering and fixing by using glue.
As a possible solution, the media carrier 11 and the media cone 12 are of an integral structure, for example, made by injection molding of the same media material, or made by 3D printing, or made by extrusion and stretch molding.
Furthermore, the side wall of the mounting hole is provided with a clamping hole, the medium cone 12 is used for being inserted into the end wall surface in the mounting hole and is provided with a clamping block, and the clamping block is clamped and fixed in the clamping hole. Or, the side wall of the mounting hole is provided with a clamping block, the end wall of the medium cone 12, which is inserted into the mounting hole, is provided with a clamping hole, and the clamping block is clamped and fixed in the clamping hole. Therefore, the medium cone 12 can be quickly assembled and fixed on the medium carrier 11, is convenient to process and manufacture, is suitable for large-scale mass production, has low cost and is beneficial to improving the processing precision.
As an example, the media carrier 11 and the media cone 12 are made of the same material. Therefore, the processing and manufacturing are convenient, the method is suitable for large-scale production in batches, the cost is low, and the processing precision is favorably improved.
As an example, the medium cone 12 may also include more than two medium bodies made of different materials, which are connected to each other, and this example is not limited thereto. For example, the medium cone 12 includes two medium blocks sequentially arranged along a direction of a central axis thereof, the two medium blocks are made of different materials, and the medium cone 12 is formed in a splicing manner.
In one embodiment, the cross-sectional area of the media cone 12 in a direction perpendicular to its central axis increases and then decreases along its central axis and away from the media carrier 11. That is to say, when the distances between the positions on the lens antenna and the central point of the medium carrier 11 are different, the corresponding medium filling ratios are different, specifically, the medium filling ratios are gradually increased and then gradually decreased, so that the performance index requirements of the original lens antenna can be maintained.
Further, an X-Y coordinate system is established with the center of the medium carrier 11 as a circular point and the central axis of the medium cone 12 as an X-axis, the Y-axis is located on a plane formed by the X-axis and the edge 121 of the medium carrier 11, coordinates of any point on the edge 121 of the medium carrier 11 in the X-Y coordinate system are (R, L), and R and L satisfy the relation:
wherein epsilonpF is the distance between the center of the dielectric carrier 11 and the antenna element 20, and a is the distance between the vertex of the dielectric cone 12 away from the dielectric carrier 11 and the center point of the dielectric carrier 11.
In an embodiment, referring to fig. 1 to 4, a lens antenna includes the ball lens 10 according to any of the above embodiments, and further includes an antenna element 20 spaced apart from the ball lens 10.
On one hand, in the lens antenna, since the plurality of medium cones 12 are uniformly arranged on the outer surface of the medium carrier 11, and the medium cones 12 are provided with three edges 121 with the same shape, an included angle between two surfaces formed by connecting any two edges 121 with the central axis of the medium cone 12 is 120 degrees, the section perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone 12 on the medium cone 12 is an equilateral triangle, that is, the medium filling ratios at different positions on the periphery of the medium carrier 11 are the same, and the medium arrangement is uniform; on the other hand, the cross-sectional areas perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone 12 at different distances from the central point of the medium cone 12 to the central point of the medium carrier 11 are different, that is, the medium filling ratios at different distances from the central point of the medium cone 12 to the central point of the medium carrier 11 are different, so that the performances of high gain, low sidelobe, narrow beam, wide beam coverage and the like of the original lens antenna can be maintained; in addition, compared with the traditional mode of adjusting the filling ratio of the media at different parts by adopting the media made of different materials to be laminated, the embodiment adopts the same material to process a plurality of media cones 12 with the same shape, and the plurality of media cones 12 are uniformly arranged on the media carrier 11, so that the manufacturing difficulty is greatly reduced, the processing precision is high, the assembly is easy, and the mass production can be realized.
Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 is a radiation pattern of the lens antenna according to an embodiment using a lens with a radius of 80mm and a half-power bandwidth of 32 degrees, and it can be seen from fig. 6 that when the radiation frequency is 3.4GHZ, 3.5GHZ, and 3.6GHZ, the gain of the corresponding single element is increased from the original 7dB to 14.9dB, that is, the lens antenna in the above embodiment can maintain the performance index requirement of the original lens antenna.
In one embodiment, a communication device comprises a ball lens 10 as described in any of the above embodiments.
In the above communication device, on one hand, since the plurality of medium cones 12 are uniformly arranged on the outer surface of the medium carrier 11, and the medium cones 12 are provided with three edges 121 having the same shape, an included angle between two faces formed by connecting any two edges 121 with the central axis of the medium cone 12 is 120 °, a section perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone 12 on the medium cone 12 is an equilateral triangle, that is, the medium filling ratios at different positions on the periphery of the medium carrier 11 are the same, and the medium arrangement is uniform; on the other hand, the cross-sectional areas perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone 12 at different distances from the central point of the medium cone 12 to the central point of the medium carrier 11 are different, that is, the medium filling ratios at different distances from the central point of the medium cone 12 to the central point of the medium carrier 11 are different, so that the performances of high gain, low sidelobe, narrow beam, wide beam coverage and the like of the original lens antenna can be maintained; in addition, compared with the traditional mode of adjusting the filling ratio of the media at different parts by adopting the media made of different materials to be laminated, the embodiment adopts the same material to process a plurality of media cones 12 with the same shape, and the plurality of media cones 12 are uniformly arranged on the media carrier 11, so that the manufacturing difficulty is greatly reduced, the processing precision is high, the assembly is easy, and the mass production can be realized.
The technical features of the embodiments described above may be arbitrarily combined, and for the sake of brevity, all possible combinations of the technical features in the embodiments described above are not described, but should be considered as being within the scope of the present specification as long as there is no contradiction between the combinations of the technical features.
The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present invention, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the inventive concept, which falls within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present patent shall be subject to the appended claims.
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1. A ball lens is characterized by comprising a medium carrier and a plurality of medium cones; a plurality of said media cones uniformly arranged on an outer surface of said media carrier; the medium cone is provided with three wall surfaces, and the three wall surfaces are connected in pairs to form three edges with the same shape; any two edges are respectively connected with the central axis of the medium cone to form an included angle of 120 degrees between two surfaces, and the section, perpendicular to the central axis of the medium cone, on the medium cone is an equilateral triangle.
2. The ball lens of claim 1 wherein the dielectric carrier is a sphere or a regular polyhedron.
3. The ball lens of claim 2, wherein the dielectric carrier is a regular tetrahedron, and the number of the dielectric cones is four, and four of the dielectric cones are respectively disposed at the middle of four faces of the regular tetrahedron; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
the medium carrier is a regular hexahedron, the number of the medium cones is six, and the six medium cones are respectively arranged in the middle of six surfaces of the regular hexahedron; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
the medium carrier is an octahedron, the number of the medium cones is eight, and the eight medium cones are respectively arranged in the middle of eight surfaces of the octahedron; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
the medium carrier is a regular dodecahedron, twelve medium cones are arranged in the middle of twelve faces of the regular dodecahedron respectively; alternatively, the first and second electrodes may be,
the medium carrier is a regular icosahedron, the medium cones are twenty, and the twenty medium cones are respectively arranged in the middle of the twenty faces of the regular icosahedron.
4. The ball lens of claim 3 wherein the central axis of the media cone passes through the center of the media cone.
5. The ball lens of claim 1, wherein the outer surface of the media carrier has mounting holes corresponding to the media cones, and the media cones are inserted into the mounting holes.
6. The ball lens of claim 5, wherein a clamping hole is formed in a side wall of the mounting hole, a clamping block is arranged on an end wall surface of the medium cone, which is inserted into the mounting hole, and the clamping block is clamped and fixed in the clamping hole; or, the side wall of the mounting hole is provided with a clamping block, the medium cone is used for being inserted into the end wall surface in the mounting hole and is provided with a clamping hole, and the clamping block is clamped and fixed in the clamping hole.
7. The ball lens of claim 1, wherein the media carrier and the media cone are of the same material; or the medium cone comprises more than two medium bodies made of different materials which are connected with each other.
8. The ball lens according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein an X-Y coordinate system is established with a center of the medium carrier as a circular point and a central axis of the medium cone as an X-axis, the Y-axis is located on a plane formed by the X-axis and an edge of the medium carrier, coordinates of any point on the edge of the medium carrier in the X-Y coordinate system are (R, L), and R and L satisfy the following relation:
wherein epsilonpThe dielectric constant of the medium cone is shown, f is the distance between the center of the medium carrier and the antenna oscillator, and a is the distance between the vertex of the medium cone far away from the medium carrier and the center point of the medium carrier.
9. A lens antenna comprising a ball lens as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 8, and further comprising an antenna element spaced from the ball lens.
10. A communication apparatus comprising a ball lens according to any one of claims 1 to 8.
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