EP0048639A1 - Leichte Antenne, insbesondere für Radargerät, Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung und damit ausgeführte Anlage - Google Patents

Leichte Antenne, insbesondere für Radargerät, Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung und damit ausgeführte Anlage Download PDF

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EP0048639A1
EP0048639A1 EP81401248A EP81401248A EP0048639A1 EP 0048639 A1 EP0048639 A1 EP 0048639A1 EP 81401248 A EP81401248 A EP 81401248A EP 81401248 A EP81401248 A EP 81401248A EP 0048639 A1 EP0048639 A1 EP 0048639A1
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Alain Biolley
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/36—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith
    • H01Q1/38—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q13/00—Waveguide horns or mouths; Slot antennas; Leaky-waveguide antennas; Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave

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  • the present invention relates to a light antenna, in particular for radar.
  • the invention also relates to a method fa- br ication of such an antenna, and an apparatus using such an antenna type.
  • Radar antennas generally use metallic materials, such as light alloys, and plastic materials for their construction. They are relatively heavy and require, for their rotary drive, expensive mechanisms involving precision gears and machined molded casings. The mechanical energy consumed to overcome their inertia or the stresses due to the wind or the possible movement of the part supporting the radar is also relatively large. In addition, their complexity requires frequent and careful maintenance.
  • the present invention aims to achieve an antenna of very great lightness which frees it from significant mechanical constraints and which is of economical manufacture.
  • the light radar antenna comprises a source and means for concentrating the electromagnetic energy forming developable surfaces, and it is characterized in that the source and the means of concentration are embedded in a block of expanded material with predetermined dielectric characteristics.
  • the expanded material constitutes a supporting structure extremely light, in which the metal-ic elements can be very thin and therefore also very light.
  • the source advantageously comprises a prismatic tube produced from a thin metal sheet.
  • the concentration means preferably comprise a prismatic horn made from a metallized film.
  • the block of expanded material comprises a certain number of assembled parts cooperating with the interior and exterior walls of the source and of the horn.
  • the expanded material is polystyrene, whose dielectric constant close to 1 facilitates calculations.
  • This manufacturing process is particularly economical since it uses only inexpensive materials and requires only low-skilled labor.
  • the radar installation using an antenna in accordance with the above description is characterized in that it comprises an assembly of two antennas, one being connected to the transmission device and the other to the receiving mixer.
  • the lightness and compactness of the antennas according to the invention makes it possible to assemble them easily, one being a transmitter and the other receiving.
  • Duplication is in no way expensive because of the low cost of the antenna and also makes it possible to achieve significant savings by eliminating the duplexer.
  • the block can be assembled around a mast, which eliminates the dead zone.
  • the removal of a support platform is also made possible by the lightness of the assembly.
  • the invention also provides for housing the transmitter and its ancillary circuits in the blocks, as well as the receiver and its ancillary circuits, so that the microwave signals do not have to be routed via a rotating joint. .
  • the antenna comprises a source 1 constituted by a standard waveguide composed of a bottom 2 and a radiating face 3 in which slots 4 are made.
  • the bottom 2 and the side 3 are made of brass foil of a tenth of a millimeter thick by cutting and folding on a template to the standards of the waveguide standardized in the IJ band
  • the bottom 2 and the face 3 are then assembled to form a prismatic tube with a rectangular base which rests on a block 5 of expanded polystyrene in the form of a prism with a trapezoidal base.
  • the assembly is covered with a metallized film 6 bonded to it to constitute the horn of the antenna.
  • this film is of the genre known as "mylar”.
  • Two blocks 7 of expanded polystyrene, in the form of a prism with a triangular base are glued to the faces of the horn and two prismatic blocks 8 with a rectangular base are glued to the side walls of the source 1 and to the blocks 7.
  • a plate 9 of expanded polystyrene is bonded to the bottom of the source and to the adjacent blocks 8.
  • the source 1 thus produced is placed on the block 5 and the whole is covered with the metallized film 6 (FIG. 4) which is bonded.
  • the antenna obtained is centered on a frequency of 9,150 MHz.
  • Figure 6 there is shown its radiation pattern for 9,200 MHz. The ordinates are graduated in decibels and the abscissas in bearing angle.
  • the electric axis rotation is 1 ° per 100 MHz and the attenuation at 3 dB corresponds to a deposit opening of 1 °, 7.
  • the opening in site is 15 ° and the standing wave rate is less than or equal to 1.5 in a band between 9,000 and 9,250 MHz.
  • This antenna is remarkably light. This lightness makes it easy to couple a transmitting antenna and a receiving antenna, which saves the cost of a duplexer. One can even, while keeping a very reduced weight, accommodate in the block the transmitter and the receiver with their auxiliary circuits. This arrangement makes it possible to avoid passing the microwave signals through a rotating joint.
  • the assembly of the two antennas can be provided removable, which allows it to be mounted around a mast and not on a platform. This avoids dead zones. Such an assembly is moreover favored by the lightness of the assembly which also makes it possible to avoid heavy and expensive drive mechanisms.
  • the block formed by the antenna, or the assembled antennas can have any profiled external shape, which can for example be integrated into the fuselage of a flying object.
  • this antenna is not limited to radar.

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EP19810401248 1980-09-22 1981-07-31 Leichte Antenne, insbesondere für Radargerät, Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung und damit ausgeführte Anlage Expired EP0048639B1 (de)

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FR8020296 1980-09-22
FR8020296A FR2490883A1 (fr) 1980-09-22 1980-09-22 Antenne legere, notamment pour radar, procede pour sa fabrication, et installation s'y rapportant

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EP0569016A1 (de) * 1992-05-07 1993-11-10 Hughes Aircraft Company Aus Kunststoff geformte Mikrowellenantenne
US6483476B2 (en) 2000-12-07 2002-11-19 Telex Communications, Inc. One-piece Yagi-Uda antenna and process for making the same

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DE10057441B4 (de) * 2000-11-20 2014-02-13 Vega Grieshaber Kg Hornantenne für ein Radargerät

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US3324474A (en) * 1964-09-18 1967-06-06 Gen Dynamics Corp Rotatable horn antenna with feed moveable out of horn to form omnidirectional antenna
FR2085161A1 (de) * 1969-11-19 1971-12-24 Fabr Instr Mesure
US3750185A (en) * 1972-01-18 1973-07-31 Westinghouse Electric Corp Dipole antenna array
FR2299736A1 (fr) * 1975-01-28 1976-08-27 Plessey Handel Investment Ag Procede de fabrication d'une antenne radioelectrique comportant un element dielectrique

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3324474A (en) * 1964-09-18 1967-06-06 Gen Dynamics Corp Rotatable horn antenna with feed moveable out of horn to form omnidirectional antenna
FR2085161A1 (de) * 1969-11-19 1971-12-24 Fabr Instr Mesure
US3750185A (en) * 1972-01-18 1973-07-31 Westinghouse Electric Corp Dipole antenna array
FR2299736A1 (fr) * 1975-01-28 1976-08-27 Plessey Handel Investment Ag Procede de fabrication d'une antenne radioelectrique comportant un element dielectrique

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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THE RADIO AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEER vol. 32, no. 3, september 1966, I.E.E. Londres, GB, W.D. DELANY et al.: "Antenna for rapid scan decorrelation radar" pages 156-158 *

Cited By (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0569016A1 (de) * 1992-05-07 1993-11-10 Hughes Aircraft Company Aus Kunststoff geformte Mikrowellenantenne
US6483476B2 (en) 2000-12-07 2002-11-19 Telex Communications, Inc. One-piece Yagi-Uda antenna and process for making the same

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DE3168774D1 (en) 1985-03-21
FR2490883A1 (fr) 1982-03-26
FR2490883B1 (de) 1984-12-21

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