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EP0383597A2
EP0383597A2 EP90301627A EP90301627A EP0383597A2 EP 0383597 A2 EP0383597 A2 EP 0383597A2 EP 90301627 A EP90301627 A EP 90301627A EP 90301627 A EP90301627 A EP 90301627A EP 0383597 A2 EP0383597 A2 EP 0383597A2
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Hirohiko Yamamoto
Hiroshi Nakano
Tomozo Ohta
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    • H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
    • H01Q21/0006—Particular feeding systems
    • H01Q21/0075—Stripline fed arrays
    • H01Q21/0081—Stripline fed arrays using suspended striplines
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    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
    • H01Q21/06—Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart
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  • the present invention generally relates to planar antennas, and more particularly, to a planar antenna with an arrangement of a plurality of antenna elements which can receive a microwave directly transmitted, for example, from a broadcasting satellite.
  • This kind of system includes a so-called parabolic antenna or a planar antenna as receiving means.
  • the planar antenna has many advantages. As it is small in thickness, the planar antenna is not bulky and is easy to handle. Moreover, it is highly immune to damages by wind or snow, is easy to install, and has an appearance superior to the parabolic antenna. Therefore, there exists an increasing demand these days for further development and improvement in the planar antenna.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic block diagram of the DBS receiving system including a planar antenna.
  • a planar antenna 20 generally includes a plurality of antenna elements 22 arranged two-dimensionally and combined by a feeder 24.
  • An output terminal 26 of the feeder network is connected to a converter 28 for converting frequency of a microwave transmitted from a broadcasting satellite (not shown) and received by the antenna elements 22 from about 12 GHz into about 1 GHz.
  • the converter 28 is connected through a coaxial cable 30 to a tuner 32, which is connected to a television set 34.
  • a microwave transmitted from a broadcasting satellite simultaneously reaches each of the antenna elements 22 as a plane wave.
  • the antenna elements 22 are excited by the microwave so that high-frequency signals are induced therein.
  • the high-frequency signals are entered in the converter 28 through the feeder 24.
  • the feeder 24 will be selected to be of a length which allows the high-frequency signals from the antenna elements 22 to be combined in the same phase before applied to the converter 28.
  • the signals that have been converted to be of about 1 GHz frequency and amplified in the converter 28 are applied to the tuner 32.
  • the tuner 32 extracts those on desired channels out of the signals that have been frequency-converted to be in the 1 GHz band, separates them into audio and video signals, and gives them to the television set 34.
  • planar antenna A detailed description of the planar antenna is provided, for example, in "PLANAR ANTENNAS FOR SATELLITE RECEPTION” by Koichi Ito et al (IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BROADCASTING, Vol. 34, No. 4, December 1988, pp. 457-464). In the following, outline of a conventional planar antenna will be described.
  • an antenna element 22 employed in the conventional planar antenna is a suspended line feeder antenna including a dielectric substrate 42, a radiating element 36 formed of a conductor on one side of the dielectric substrate 42, a feeder 24, a first ground plane 38 that is formed of a conductor, arranged to face the surface of the dielectric substrate 42 having the radiating element 36 formed thereon and has a projection 46 extending to contact the dielectric substrate 42 on the periphery of the antenna element 22 and a radiation hole 44 for passing a microwave therethrough at a portion facing the radiating element 36, and a second ground plane 40 formed of a conductor, arranged on the side opposite to the first ground plane 38 with respect to the dielectric substrate 42 and has a projection 48 extending towards the dielectric substrate 42 for supporting, together with the projection 46, the dielectirc substrate therebetween.
  • Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an arrangement of the radiating elements 36 and the feeder 24.
  • the planar antenna includes a two-dimensional arrangement of 200 to 1000 antenna elements 22 shown in Fig. 3.
  • the antenna element 22 includes a microstrip resonator constituted of the dielectric substrate 42, the radiating element 36, the first ground plane 38 with the radiation hole 44, and the second ground plane 40.
  • the dielectric substrate 42 is supported by the projections 46 and 48 therebetween and suspended at a prescribed distance from the ground planes 38 and 40.
  • the feeder 24 is supported by the dielectric substrate 42 in the air so as to reduce loss of the signals propagated through the feeder 24.
  • the radiating element 36 has dimensions to resonate to a radio wave of a frequency in the microwave band (about 12 GHz) employed in the DBS reception. That is, the radiating element 36 is a disc of a microwave-length multiplied by 1.84/ ⁇ in diameter or a square with sides of about a half-microwave length.
  • the microwave transmitted from a broadcasting satellite reaches the radiating element 36 through the radiation hole 44 to excite it, inducing a high-frequency signal.
  • the induced high-frequency signal is propagated through the feeder 24 as described above and entered in the converter 28 of Fig. 1. Since a number of high-frequency signals from the antenna elements 22 are combined in the same phase and entered in the converter 28, reception of the satellite broadcasting can be attained with good output.
  • the conventional planar antenna has, however, drawbacks as will be described below.
  • Each antenna element is too small to provide high gain. Therefore, a number of antenna elements are necessary to receive the DBS with high-fidelity.
  • a number of antenna elements need to be connected together for combining the outputs. This result in a longer feeder, increasing loss of the received signals in the feeder.
  • mutual coupling occurs between the feeders and between the feeder and the antenna elements, also increasing loss of the received signals. Consequently, receiving efficiency of the conventional planar antenna has been low.
  • the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems.
  • An aspect of the present invention is to improve receiving efficiency of a planar antenna.
  • Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a planar antenna which can offer good reception with fewer antenna elements.
  • Still another aspect of the present invention is to provide a planar antenna which can receive with a receiving efficiency improved by a smaller number of antenna elements that have been made to show higher gain.
  • a further aspect of the present invention is to reduce loss of received signals in a feeder which derives them from antenna elements.
  • a still further aspect of the present invention is to reduce a feeder in length which derives received signals from antenna elements.
  • a planar antenna which includes a dielectric substrate having a first and a second surfaces, a first conductive plate arranged to face the first surface of the dielectric substrate with a predetermined first distance therebetween and having an arrangement of a plurality of openings which allow radio waves to pass through to reach the dielectric substrate, a second conductive plate arranged to face the second surface of the dielectric substrate with a second predetermined distance therebetween, an arrangement of a plurality of radiating elements each of which is formed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate to have a smaller area than that of the opening, associated with one of the openings and together with the second conductive plate, constitutes an unbalanced planar circuit resonator, a signal deriving network formed on the first surface of the dielectric substrate for deriving signals induced by radio waves in each radiating element to the outside, and a waveguide member provided to each opening for guiding radio waves which have arrived at the opening to the associated radiating element and concentrating the same thereon.
  • each waveguide member includes a sidewall member provided around an opening of the first conductive plate to define a waveguide path for guiding radio waves that have arrived at the opening to the associated radiating element.
  • the sidewall member is conductive.
  • the waveguide path defined by the sidewall member has a frustum configuration with the opening as a bottom surface and a second smaller opening as a top surface.
  • Radio waves that have arrived at an opening of the first conductive plate are guided by the waveguide member toward a radiating element and simultaneously concentrated thereon. That is, the incoming radio waves are guided by the waveguide path having a frustum configuration defined by the sidewall, and applied to the radiating element through the second opening.
  • the second opening has a smaller area than the opening of the first conductive plate and the radio waves travelling in the waveguide path are reflected to concentrate on the second opening. Therefore, amount of the radio waves applied to the radiating element becomes larger when compared with a case where no such waveguide member is used. Accordingly, amount of the signals induced in each of the radiating elements also becomes larger.
  • the incoming radio waves can be received by a smaller number of radiating elements, providing the same outputs as in the conventional planar antenna.
  • the reduction in number of radiating elements makes it possible to reduce the length of a signal deriving network such as a feeder which connects the radiating elements together to derive the induced signal to the outside. With the reduction of feeder length, the feeder loss is also reduced. Furthermore, since the radiating elements with enlarged spacings therebetween provides good output, mutual couplings between the radiating elements and the feeder or between the feeders are reduced in magnitude. As a result, the feeder loss is further reduced, improving receiving efficiency.
  • a planar antenna 58 includes a dielectric substrate 42 having radiating elements 36 and feeders 24 formed on one side, a dielectric spacer 52 arranged on the side of the dielectric substrate 42 on which the radiating elements 36 are formed, a first ground plane 50 formed of a conductor to be arranged on the dielectric spacer 52 and having a plurality of radiation holes 66 of the same dimensions each formed in a position corresponding to one of the radiating elements 36, a dielectric spacer 54 arranged on the opposite side of the dielectric substrate 42 with respect to the first ground plane 50, and a second ground plane 56 formed of a conductor arranged under the dielectric spacer 54.
  • the first ground plane 50 includes a first member 50a having square openings 62 each of which is formed in a position corresponding to one of the radiating elements 36, and a second member 50b having openings 64 of the same configuration as that of the openings 62.
  • the first and second members 50a and 50b are positioned and bonded to each other such that the openings 62 and 64 fit in with each other.
  • FIG. 8A on any opposite sides of the square opening 62 in the first member 50a, there is formed one pair of isosceles trapezoid extensions 70a and 70b each of which extends downward toward the center of the opening 62.
  • Fig. 8B on the opposite sides of the square opening 64 that do not correspond to the sides of the extensions 70a and 70b, there is formed one pair of isosceles trapezoid extensions 72a and 72b extending downward in the same manner.
  • the first and second members 50a and 50b, the dielectric spacer 52, the dielectric substrate 42, the dielectric spacer 54 and the second ground plane 56 are fixed to each other by screws 60a to 60d at their corners.
  • the first and second members 50a and 50b are put one upon another such that the openings 62 and 64 fit in with each other as described above, forming the first ground plane 50.
  • Each one of the openings 62 is superposed to one of the openings 64 and forms a radiation hole 66, sides of which are defined by sidewalls 67 formed of one pair of the extensions 70a and 70b and another pair of the extensions 72a and 72b adjoining each other closely.
  • Configuration and dimension of the extensions 70a, 70b, 72a and 72b are selected such that the radiation hole 66 has a sectional contour of a small square at the bottom (where the first ground plane 50 contacts the dielectric spacer 52) and a sectional contour of a large square at a surface of the first ground plane 50. Therefore, as shown in Figs. 5 to 7, the radiation hole 66 forms an electromagnetic horn which extends to take the form of a frustum of pyramid.
  • an arrangement of the radiating elements 36 and a circuit pattern of the feeders 24 are formed on a dielectric substrate (not shown) by etching a conductive foil.
  • Each of the radiating elements 36 is a square with one side being of about a half-microwave length.
  • the radiating elements 36 and the radiation holes 66 are formed in such positions as will allow them to be superposed in a concentric relationship with each other in assembling.
  • each side of the radiating element 36 and each side of the square section of the radiation hole 66 forms, for example, 45° with each other. While theoretically definite reasons therefor have not been found, it has been empirically known that this angle of 45° allows an antenna element to show a highest possible gain.
  • a microwave transmitted from a signal source such as a broadcasting satellite reaches the first ground plane 50 of the planar antenna 58 as a planar wave.
  • the microwave which has arrived at an opening of a radiation hole 66 in the first ground plane 50 further travels to the bottom of the radiation hole 66.
  • such a microwave as having reached sidewalls 67 of the radiation hole 66 is reflected there and further travels toward another opening formed in the bottom of the radiation hole 66 with its travelling direction changed. Therefore, inside the radiation hole 66, the waves reflected by the sidewalls and other direct waves are superposed and concentrated on the radiating element 36.
  • the radiating element 36 is excited by the microwave.
  • a high-frequency signal is induced by the incoming microwave.
  • the induced high-frequency signals are collected as received signals into the converter 28 through the feeders 24 as shown in Fig. 1.
  • the radiation holes 66 formed in the first ground plane 50 serve as electromagnetic horns. Therefore, the radio waves that have arrived at a larger area than that of the radiating element 36 are concentrated on the radiating element 36 by the radiation hole 66. Accordingly, the radiating element 36 shows a higher gain, so that even a smaller number of the elements enables full reception of the microwaves.
  • the antenna elements need not be arranged closely to each other, mutual couplings between the feeders and between the feeders and the radiating elements are reduced and thus loss of the received radio waves will be reduced. This enables also reduction in the entire length of the feeder, so that the loss of the received radio waves through the feeder will be further diminished.
  • the feeder 24 is arranged in a position where it is shielded by a cavity 68 formed between adjacent two radiation holes 66, the feeder loss can be further reduced. As a result, a planar antenna superior to the conventional one in its receiving efficiency can be obtained.
  • the first and second members 50a and 50b may be formed in the following manner. Referring to Fig. 10, a plate formed of a conductor such as a metal plate is prepared for the first member 50a, in which a punched hole 62a as shown by hatching is formed by press work or the like.
  • the hole 62a has a form of a square with two extensions 70a and 70b of isosceles trapezoid cut out from any opposite sides.
  • the two isosceles trapezoids 70a and 70b are folded downward at their bases.
  • the isosceles trapezoids 70a and 70b form any opposite sides 67 of the radiation hole 66.
  • the second member 50b also has a hole 64a formed therein which leaves likewise two isosceles trapezoids 72a and 72b.
  • the isosceles trapezoids 72a and 72b are also folded downward at their bases.
  • the first and second members 50a and 50b are bonded to each other by soldering or the like, forming the first ground plane 50.
  • the isosceles trapezoids 70a, 70b, 72a and 72b adjoin each other closely, forming sidewalls 67 of the radiation hole 66.
  • the angles formed between these sidewalls 67 and the first ground plane 50 may be adjusted as desired by changing configuration of the punched holes 60a and 64a.
  • the dielectric spacers 52 and 54 are interposed between the dielectric substrate 42 and the first and second ground planes 50 and 56 between the dielectric substrate 42 and the first and second ground planes 50 and 56 there are interposed the dielectric spacers 52 and 54, respectively.
  • the present invention is characterized, however, by the three-dimensional configuration of the radiation holes 66 formed in the first ground plane 50, so that those dielectric spacers 52 and 54 are not essential to the invention.
  • circuit pattern of the feeders 24 should be of different configurations depending on whether the microwave to be received is a right-handed circular-polarized wave or a left-handed one. These types of the circular-polarized waves assigned to the respective countries are predetermined. Further, on the circuit pattern of the feeders, there may be formed parts such as a chip resistor or an FET (Field Effect Transistor).
  • FIG. 14 there is shown an antenna element of a planar antenna according to a second embodiment of the present invention. What is different in the antenna element shown in Fig. 14 from the conventional one in Fig. 3 is that below a first ground plane 38 around a radiation hole 44 there is formed an electromagnetic horn defined by sidewalls 45.
  • like parts are represented by like reference numerals and names. Since like parts have also like functions, detailed description thereof will not be repeated here.
  • a planar antenna including the antenna elements according to this second preferred embodiment can receive microwaves at a high efficiency just as the planar antenna according to the first preferred embodiment.
  • the radiation holes 66 have a square section.
  • the present invention is not limited thereto, but radiation holes formed on the first ground plane may have any section if only they can function as electromagnetic horns.
  • Figs. 15 to 17 show the first ground plane of a planar antenna according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention, where the radiation hole has not only a circular section but also corrugated sidewalls.
  • the first ground plane 50 of the planar antenna has a plurality of funnel-shaped radiation holes 74 arranged therein.
  • the radiation hole 74 is in the form of a frustum of cone which is defined by a sidewall 75 and has a circular opening formed in a surface of the first ground plane 50 as a bottom surface, and an apex toward a radiating element (not shown) cut off in a direction parallel with the surface of the first ground plane 50.
  • the cut-off side of the frustum forms another opening 78 of the radiation hole 74.
  • the objects of the present invention can also be achieved.
  • the microwaves incident on the opening 74 with a relatively large area on the other opening 78 with a relatively small area by the radiation hole 74 to apply them to a radiating element (not shown) gains of the radiating elements can be increased.
  • a planar antenna with a good receiving efficiency can be provided as in the first embodiment.
  • the first ground plane 50 of this third preferred embodiment may be obtained by molding, for example, a metalized plastic. It goes without saying that the radiation hole may have any shape such as a hexagon as well as a square or circular one.

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