Utility model content
Technical problem to be solved in the utility model is, solves above-mentioned technical bottleneck, designs novel feeding network and radiating element, so that a kind of low cost, high-gain, array antenna that conformity of production is good to be provided.
In order to solve the problems of the technologies described above, the utility model provides a kind of array antenna, comprise base plate, printed wire and printed circuit board base board, described printed circuit board base board is placed on described base plate by support column, between described printed circuit board base board and described base plate, is air layer;
The lower surface of described printed circuit board base board is provided with described printed wire, and described printed wire is positioned on described air layer, under described printed circuit board base board; The upper surface of described printed circuit board base board is provided with printing radiating element, and described printing radiating element is electrically connected to described printed wire.
As the improvement of such scheme, the 5-8 of the thickness that the thickness of described air layer is described printed circuit board base board doubly.
As the improvement of such scheme, the thickness of described printed circuit board base board is 0.4-0.8mm, and the thickness of described air layer is 2-6.4mm.
As the improvement of such scheme, described printed wire and described printing radiating element are electrically connected to by through hole.
As the improvement of such scheme, the other open circuit minor matters that are provided with of described through hole.
As the improvement of such scheme, on described through hole, be covered with electric conducting material;
And/or described through hole is circular port, slotted eye or polygonal hole.
As the improvement of such scheme, described array antenna also comprises parasitic radiation unit, and the top of described printing radiating element is located in described parasitic radiation unit by support column.
As the improvement of such scheme, described parasitic radiation unit is Metal Flake thing, or described parasitic radiation unit is printed on PCB;
Be printed on the described parasitic radiation unit on PCB, can be located at top one side of described PCB, or be located at below one side of described PCB.
As the improvement of such scheme, described array antenna forms single polarization or dual polarization, and described dual polarization comprises vertical/horizontal dual polarization, and+45 °/-45 ° dual polarizations;
And/or described array antenna is linear array or face battle array;
And/or, the feeding network employing of described array antenna feedback and series feed mixed form.
As the improvement of such scheme, the effective dielectric constant of the feeding network of described array antenna is 1-2.
Implement the utility model, there is following beneficial effect:
The utility model provides a kind of array antenna, the utility model adopts suspended mictrostrip as feeding network, its critical piece comprises base plate, air layer, printed wire, four parts such as printed circuit board base board, in suspended mictrostrip design, microstrip line adopts accurate TEM ripple to propagate, air layer is as energy main carriers, printed circuit board base board is as the dielectric layer of microstrip circuit carrier, because the main energy transmission carrier of suspended mictrostrip is positioned at air layer, it is not high to the requirement of printed circuit board base board, printed circuit board base board can adopt as the low sheet material of this class cost of RF4.Therefore, the utility model array antenna is meeting certain design bandwidth, when reducing costs, has guaranteed the high-gain of antenna and the consistency of production.
Embodiment
For making the purpose of this utility model, technical scheme and advantage clearer, below in conjunction with accompanying drawing, the utility model is described in further detail.Only this statement, the up, down, left, right, before and after that the utility model occurs in the text or be about to occur, the orientation word such as inside and outside, only take accompanying drawing of the present utility model as benchmark, and it is not to concrete restriction of the present utility model.
The utility model provides a kind of array antenna, comprises base plate, printed wire and printed circuit board base board, and described printed circuit board base board is placed on described base plate by support column, between described printed circuit board base board and described base plate, is air layer; The lower surface of described printed circuit board base board is provided with described printed wire, and described printed wire is positioned on described air layer, under described printed circuit board base board; The upper surface of described printed circuit board base board is provided with printing radiating element, and described printing radiating element is electrically connected to described printed wire.
The utility model adopts suspended mictrostrip as feeding network, and its critical piece comprises four parts such as base plate, air layer, printed wire, printed circuit board base board.In suspended mictrostrip design, because microstrip line adopts accurate TEM ripple, propagate, as the air layer of energy main carriers with as the printed circuit board base board dielectric layer of microstrip circuit carrier, all the impedance of this micro-band is exerted an influence, design very complicated.Although so see that suspended mictrostrip is for some widget, a kind of small size hanging micro-band two way filter as disclosed in CN95240757.4, the feeding network using suspended mictrostrip as whole antenna, there is no disclosed technology.
Design suspended mictrostrip is as the feeding network of antenna, and one of its difficult point is to determine effective dielectric constant.The dielectric constant of air dielectric is generally 1.0, and in embodiment of the present utility model, printed circuit board base board preferentially adopts low-cost RF4 as dielectric layer, and dielectric constant is 4.4.The utility model, by the matching design between base plate, air layer, printed wire and printed circuit board base board, makes effective dielectric constant between 1 to 2, reaches preferably effect.After effective dielectric constant is determined, the designing technique of suspended mictrostrip can be used for reference the design of general medium microstrip line, as impedance matching, power division etc.
It should be noted that, determining of described effective dielectric constant can adopt phase method as the method for extracting equivalence Jie point constant, calculate or test the phase place of the suspended mictrostrip of certain length, then the medium microstrip line identical with a certain length compares, and the dielectric constant of this medium microstrip line of appropriate change, when both phase place is consistent, the dielectric constant of medium microstrip line is effective dielectric constant.
Also it should be noted that, RF4 is a kind of epoxy plate, low price, wide material sources, and there are higher mechanical performance and dielectric property, good thermal endurance and moisture resistivity, good machining property, be widely used in motor, in electric equipment, make insulation system parts, comprise switch, electrical apparatus insulation, carbon film printed circuit board (PCB), the boring pad of computer, mould of each style etc.
In general, the air layer of suspended mictrostrip is thicker, and its equivalent dielectric constant is lower, but air layer is too thick, may cause surface wave power larger, and the performance of feeding network can decline.Therefore, selecting the thickness of air layer is also one of technological difficulties of the present utility model.Amid all these factors, through in many ways considering, doubly, the 5-8 that the thickness that is about to air layer is set to printed circuit board (PCB) dielectric layer doubly for the utility model 5-8 that preferably thickness of air layer is set to printed circuit board base board.Wherein, choosing of the thickness of printed circuit board base board will be considered electric property, considers again the stability of physical structure.The thickness of printed circuit board base board is more little is more conducive to electric property, but is more unfavorable for the stability of physical structure.Therefore, the thickness of the utility model printed circuit board base board is preferably set to 0.4-0.8mm, and the thickness of the utility model air layer is preferably set to 2-6.4mm.Better, the thickness of described printed circuit board base board is 0.4-0.8mm, therefore the thickness of the utility model air layer is 2-4mm.
Concrete, the thickness of described printed circuit board base board can preferentially be selected 0.4mm, 0.45mm, 0.5mm, 0.55mm, 0.6mm, 0.65mm, 0.7mm, 0.75mm, 0.8mm, but not as limit; The thickness of described air layer can preferentially be selected 2.0mm, 2.3mm, 2.5mm, 2.8mm, 3.0mm, 3.2mm, 3.5mm, 4.0mm, 4.5mm, 5.0mm, 6.0mm, 6.4mm, but not as limit.
The thickness of air layer is not only related to the performance of suspended mictrostrip feeding network, also closely related with the bandwidth of operation of the printing radiating element integrating.In general, the thickness of air layer is larger, and the bandwidth of operation of printing radiating element also can be wider, but can cause equally surface wave power larger.The utility model adopts the form of through hole, printing radiating element and printed wire are placed in respectively to the different surfaces of dielectric circuit plate, and make to print radiating element and realize and being electrically connected to described printed wire, both further increase the bandwidth of operation of antenna, do not affected again the performance of suspended mictrostrip feeding network.So through hole is important practical novel point of the present utility model, it is an indispensable part.Wherein, on described through hole, be covered with electric conducting material, described electric conducting material preferentially adopts copper, and described printing radiating element and described printed wire, by the above-mentioned copper vias that covers, are effectively realized and being electrically connected to.It should be noted that, described electric conducting material can also adopt other metals, as long as it reaches excellent conductive performance.Described through hole can be circular port, slotted eye or other polygonal hole arbitrarily, and described polygonal hole comprises regular polygon hole and irregular polygon hole, and wherein regular polygon hole is better selection.More preferably, the utility model through hole is circular port, square opening or regular hexagon hole.
In the design of printing radiating element, due to the mixing application of blending agent (being air layer and printed circuit board (PCB) dielectric layer), the impedance meeting of printing radiating element presents perception partially, so be provided with open circuit minor matters at the through hole of each printing radiating element.In the other mode that has adopted capacitive coupling minor matters (being open-circuit line) of through hole, perception partially that can the impedance of effective compensation radiating element.
Further preferred, described array antenna also comprises parasitic radiation unit, and the top of described printing radiating element is located in described parasitic radiation unit by support column.Better, described parasitic radiation unit by support column be located at described printing radiating element directly over.Described parasitic radiation unit can be Metal Flake thing, can be to be also printed on PCB; Be printed on the parasitic radiation unit on PCB, can be located at top one side of described PCB, also can be located at below one side of described PCB.
Further preferred, described array antenna can form single polarization, also can form vertical/horizontal dual polarization, or+45 °/-45 ° dual polarizations; And/or described array antenna can be linear array, it can be also face battle array; And/or, the feeding network employing of described array antenna feedback and series feed mixed form.
According to specific embodiment, further elaborate the utility model below:
Referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the utility model provides a kind of the first embodiment of array antenna.In the first embodiment shown in Fig. 1,2 printing radiating elements form the vertical/horizontal double polarization array antenna of 1*2.Base plate 1 is generally made as aluminium sheet or copper coin by metallic plate, and printed circuit board base board 4 is placed in parallel on base plate 1 by support column 2, between printed circuit board base board 4 and base plate 1, is air layer; Printed wire 3, as the feeding network of the utility model the first embodiment, is placed in the lower surface of printed circuit board base board 4; At the opposite side (being upper surface) of printed circuit board base board 4, printing radiating element 5 is placed on it.In order to obtain the desired bandwidth of antenna, parasitic radiation unit 8 by support column 6 be placed in printing radiating element 5 directly over.Referring to Fig. 2, printing radiating element 5 is placed in the upper surface of printed circuit board base board 4, and printed wire 3 is placed in the lower surface of printed circuit board base board 4, and it is feeding network that through hole 7 makes printed circuit 3() and 5 electrical connections of printing radiating element.Owing to printing the impedance of radiating element 5, present perception partially, in the other open circuit minor matters 9 that are provided with of through hole 7 of each printing radiating element 5, to compensate the perception partially of printing radiating element 5 impedances.
In the present embodiment, the thickness of air layer is 2.5mm, and printed circuit board base board 4 dielectric layers adopt the RF4 that dielectric constant is 4.4, and its thickness is 0.40mm.Choosing of RF4 thickness will be considered electric property, considers again the stability of physical structure.In general, RF4 thickness is more little is more conducive to electric property, but is more unfavorable for the stability of physical structure, therefore, the thickness that the utility model is selected RF4 at 0.4mm between 0.8mm.By phase-comparison method, the effective dielectric constant that obtains the feeding network of the present embodiment array antenna is 1.6.
In order further to increase the bandwidth of operation of antenna, such as 4.9GHz-6.0GHz, parasitic radiation unit 8 by support column 6 be placed in printing radiating element 5 directly over, by adjusting the size of parasitic radiation unit 8 and the height of support column 6, make to print the impedance convergence of radiating element 5.In the present embodiment, it is the square aluminium sheet of 18mm * 18mm that parasitic radiation unit 8 adopts thickness 0.8mm, size.The height of support column 6 is chosen 3mm.
Referring to Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, the utility model provides a kind of the second embodiment of array antenna.In second embodiment shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 4, printing radiating element forms the linear array of a 1*8, and has two polarization of horizontal/vertical.As the first embodiment, base plate 1 is generally made as aluminium sheet or copper coin by metallic plate, and printed circuit board base board 4 is placed in parallel on base plate 1 by support column 2, between printed circuit board base board 4 and base plate 1, is air layer; Printed wire 3, as the feeding network of the utility model the second embodiment, is placed in the lower surface of printed circuit board base board 4; At the opposite side (being upper surface) of printed circuit board base board 4, printing radiating element 5 is placed on it.Printed circuit 3(is feeding network) and printing radiating element 5 by through hole 7, be electrically connected to.The other open circuit minor matters 9 that are provided with of through hole 7 at each printing radiating element 5.In order to obtain the desired bandwidth of antenna, parasitic radiation unit 8 by support column 6 be placed in printing radiating element 5 directly over.
Different from the first embodiment, in second embodiment shown in Fig. 3, Fig. 4, it is upper that parasitic element 8 is printed on PCB10, and be printed on the below of PCB10, and this mode, with respect to the first embodiment, to multiunit array, installs easier.
It should be noted that PCB(Printed Circuit Board), Chinese is printed circuit board (PCB), it is the supporter of electronic devices and components, is the supplier of electronic devices and components electrical connection.
In the present embodiment, the thickness of air layer is 3.0mm, and printed circuit board base board 4 dielectric layers adopt the RF4 that dielectric constant is 4.4, and its thickness is 0.45mm.The height of support column 6 is chosen 3.5mm.By phase-comparison method, the effective dielectric constant that obtains the feeding network of the present embodiment array antenna is 1.5.
Array antenna the second embodiment shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 is made to relevant technical checking, obtain the result shown in Fig. 5 to Fig. 7, specific as follows: as shown in Figure 5, this array antenna is more than 17dBi in the actual test gain of 4.9-6.0GHz; As shown in Figure 6, the standing wave of this array antenna meets whole bandwidth below 1.5; As shown in Figure 7, the pattern shapes of this array antenna is good.Moreover, the effective dielectric constant of the feeding network of the present embodiment array antenna is 1.5, the dielectric constant 1.0 of this and air is very approaching, with air microstrip correlation technique, compare, the performance of feeding network of the present utility model is suitable with the performance of air microstrip, but the difficult processing of the air microstrip of avoiding, conformity of production is poor, rate of finished products is extremely low, the shortcomings such as poor stability; With polytetrafluoroethylene frequency PCB technology, compare, feeding network loss of the present utility model is little, and antenna gain is high, cost over half.
Referring to Fig. 8 and Fig. 9, the utility model provides a kind of the 3rd embodiment of array antenna.In the 3rd embodiment shown in Fig. 8, Fig. 9, printing radiating element forms the linear array of a 1*16, and has two polarization of horizontal/vertical.As the second embodiment, base plate 1 is generally made as aluminium sheet or copper coin by metallic plate, and printed circuit board base board 4 is placed in parallel on base plate 1 by support column 2, between printed circuit board base board 4 and base plate 1, is air layer; Printed wire 3, as the feeding network of the utility model the 3rd embodiment, is placed in the lower surface of printed circuit board base board 4; At the opposite side (being upper surface) of printed circuit board base board 4, printing radiating element 5 is placed on it.Printed circuit 3(is feeding network) and printing radiating element 5 by through hole 7, be electrically connected to.The other open circuit minor matters 9 that are provided with of through hole 7 at each printing radiating element 5.In order to obtain the desired bandwidth of antenna, parasitic radiation unit 8 by support column 6 be placed in printing radiating element 5 directly over.It is upper that parasitic element 8 is printed on PCB10, and be printed on the below of PCB10.
In the present embodiment, the thickness of air layer is 2.8mm, and printed circuit board base board 4 dielectric layers adopt the RF4 that dielectric constant is 4.4, and its thickness is 0.42mm.The height of support column 6 is chosen 3.8mm.By phase-comparison method, the effective dielectric constant that obtains the feeding network of the present embodiment array antenna is 1.6.
Array antenna shown in Fig. 8 and Fig. 9 the 3rd embodiment is made to relevant technical checking, obtain the result shown in Figure 10 to Figure 12, specific as follows: as shown in Figure 10, this array antenna is more than 20dBi in the actual test gain of 4.9-6.0GHz; As shown in Figure 11, the standing wave of this array antenna meets whole bandwidth below 1.5; As shown in Figure 12, the pattern shapes of this array antenna is good.Moreover, the effective dielectric constant of the feeding network of the present embodiment array antenna is 1.6, the dielectric constant 1.0 of this and air is very approaching, with air microstrip correlation technique, compare, the performance of feeding network of the present utility model is suitable with the performance of air microstrip, but the difficult processing of the air microstrip of avoiding, conformity of production is poor, rate of finished products is extremely low, the shortcomings such as poor stability; With polytetrafluoroethylene frequency PCB technology, compare, feeding network loss of the present utility model is little, and antenna gain is high, cost over half.
Referring to Figure 13 and Figure 14, the utility model provides a kind of the 4th embodiment of array antenna.In the first embodiment shown in Figure 13, printing radiating element forms the face battle array of a 4*4, and has two polarization of horizontal/vertical.As the first embodiment, base plate 1 is generally made as aluminium sheet or copper coin by metallic plate, and printed circuit board base board 4 is placed in parallel on base plate 1 by support column 2, between printed circuit board base board 4 and base plate 1, is air layer; Printed wire 3, as the feeding network of the utility model the 4th embodiment, is placed in the lower surface of printed circuit board base board 4; At the opposite side (being upper surface) of printed circuit board base board 4, printing radiating element 5 is placed on it.In order to obtain the desired bandwidth of antenna, parasitic radiation unit 8 by support column 6 be placed in printing radiating element 5 directly over.Referring to Figure 14, printing radiating element 5 is placed in the upper surface of printed circuit board base board 4, and printed wire 3 is placed in the lower surface of printed circuit board base board 4, and it is feeding network that through hole 7 makes printed circuit 3() and 5 electrical connections of printing radiating element.
In the present embodiment, the thickness of air layer is 2.6mm, and printed circuit board base board 4 dielectric layers adopt the RF4 that dielectric constant is 4.4, and its thickness is 0.43mm.The height of support column 6 is chosen 4mm.By phase-comparison method, the effective dielectric constant that obtains the feeding network of the present embodiment array antenna is 1.4.
Array antenna shown in Figure 13 and Figure 14 the 4th embodiment is made to relevant technical checking, obtain the result shown in Figure 15 to Figure 17, specific as follows: as shown in Figure 15, this array antenna is more than 19dBi in the actual test gain of 4.9-6.0GHz; As shown in Figure 16, the standing wave of this array antenna meets whole bandwidth below 1.6; As shown in Figure 17, the pattern shapes of this array antenna is good.Moreover, the effective dielectric constant of the feeding network of the present embodiment array antenna is 1.4, the dielectric constant 1.0 of this and air is very approaching, with air microstrip correlation technique, compare, the performance of feeding network of the present utility model is suitable with the performance of air microstrip, but the difficult processing of the air microstrip of avoiding, conformity of production is poor, rate of finished products is extremely low, the shortcomings such as poor stability; With polytetrafluoroethylene frequency PCB technology, compare, feeding network loss of the present utility model is little, and antenna gain is high, cost over half.
In sum, the utility model array antenna can meet low cost, low-loss, high-gain, handling ease simultaneously, and conformity of production is good, and rate of finished products is high, and stability waits by force requirement.The above is preferred implementation of the present utility model, should be understood that, although the utility model has only provided above embodiment, but also provide many possible variants that does not need to draw through creative work (if horizontal/vertical polarization variant is ± 45 ° of polarization), though still cannot be exhaustive, but those skilled in the art are after reading over this specification, in conjunction with common practise, should be able to associate more embodiment, the spirit of the not unconventional the utility model claim of this type of embodiment, any type ofly be equal to replacement and all should be considered as by the included embodiment of the utility model.In addition, for those skilled in the art, not departing under the prerequisite of the utility model principle, can also make some improvements and modifications, these improvements and modifications are also considered as protection range of the present utility model.