EP0588514A1 - Antenne hybride monopole/logarithmique périodique - Google Patents

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EP0588514A1
EP0588514A1 EP93306670A EP93306670A EP0588514A1 EP 0588514 A1 EP0588514 A1 EP 0588514A1 EP 93306670 A EP93306670 A EP 93306670A EP 93306670 A EP93306670 A EP 93306670A EP 0588514 A1 EP0588514 A1 EP 0588514A1
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/1271—Supports; Mounting means for mounting on windscreens
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    • H01Q11/00—Electrically-long antennas having dimensions more than twice the shortest operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q11/02—Non-resonant antennas, e.g. travelling-wave antenna
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    • H01Q11/105—Logperiodic antennas using a dielectric support

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  • the present invention relates in general to an antenna for motor vehicles and more specifically to an on-glass window antenna for receiving FM broadcasts.
  • Radio antennas are designed with an aim to provide good gain over an entire frequency band of interest (e.g., from 535 to 1605 kHz for AM broadcasting and from 88 to 108 MHz for FM broadcasting in the United States).
  • an entire frequency band of interest e.g., from 535 to 1605 kHz for AM broadcasting and from 88 to 108 MHz for FM broadcasting in the United States.
  • Monopole and dipole antennas are typically employed since their total length is short compared to the wavelengths of interest.
  • the resulting antennas possess narrow bandwidth.
  • a typical whip antenna used on automobiles has the form of a quarter-wave monopole with a height of less than about one meter since a wavelength of a signal in the FM broadcast band of interest is about three meters.
  • Typical dipole antennas have a length corresponding to one-half wavelength.
  • the gain provided by a whip antenna is strongly dependent on frequency even within the desired reception band due to the inherently narrow bandwidth of monopole and dipole antennas.
  • the antenna is typically optimized for the center frequency in the desired band.
  • antennas are known that provide wider bandwidth, or even substantial frequency independence.
  • Such antennas have a total length of at least one full wavelength.
  • Such larger structures are impractical on automobiles, especially antennas printed on vehicle windows.
  • the rear window is often used for such an automobile antenna but the majority of the rear window surface is typically occupied by an electrical heater grid for defrosting the rear window.
  • limited space is available for an antenna to be fabricated on a window containing a heater grid.
  • the present invention employs a hybrid antenna having characteristics of a half-wave monopole and a log-period antenna.
  • the antenna has an antenna arm with a plurality of scaled segments connected in series between a first location and a second location on a surface of a vehicle.
  • the scaled segments provide a substantially log-periodic progression from the first location to the second location.
  • a feedline is coupled to the segments at a feed point for feeding the antenna as a monopole.
  • the antenna has a total length in the range of about one-fourth to about one full wavelength corresponding to a frequency within the broadcast band of interest.
  • a vehicle body surface 10 includes an opening for receiving a backlite (or rear window) 11. Contained on or within the glass or backlite 11 are a heater grid 12 and an antenna 13. Heater grid 12 includes a bus bar 14 and a bus bar 15 having a plurality of heater conductors 16 running therebetween. Power connections to bus bars 14 and 15 are not shown.
  • Antenna 13 is preferrably printed on backlite 11 using the same process and materials as heater grid 12.
  • Antenna 13 includes a center point 20 and log-periodic segments running from center point 20 to end points 21 and 22.
  • a feed point 23 is located on one of the log-periodic segments and is connected via a feedline 24 to an on-glass terminal 25.
  • a coaxial cable 26 has its center shielded conductor 27 connected to terminal 25 and has its outer shield connected to ground at 28 on the vehicle body.
  • a shorting line 30 interconnects heater conductors 16 at equipotential points along the center line of backlite 11.
  • Antenna 13 is comprised of a plurality of scaled segments connected in series and following a log-periodic progression.
  • a first antenna arm is provided between point 20 and point 21 wherein each successive segment is scaled according to a predetermined geometric ratio.
  • a second antenna arm extends from point 20 to point 22 according to an identical log-periodic progression such that the antenna is negative symmetrical with respect to the vertical centerline of backlite 11 passing through point 20.
  • Other embodiments may include additional antenna arms or may include only a single antenna arm.
  • the complete length of antenna 13 is on the order of about one-fourth to about one full wave in the desired frequency band and preferrably is about one-half wavelength long.
  • the wavelength of a signal in the center of the desired band is about 3 meters long and the total length of antenna 13 is preferably about 1.5 meters.
  • the preferred antenna length of one-half wavelength corresponds to the length which is typical for a dipole antenna.
  • the antenna of the present invention is preferably fed as a monopole via the monopole feed point 23 and feed line 24.
  • the antenna of the invention is a hybrid of a log-periodic antenna and a half-wave antenna with a monopole feed.
  • the antenna is not a true log-periodic antenna as known in the prior art since none of the individual scaled segments corresponds to either a quarter or a half wavelength.
  • the antenna of the present invention provides good gain over an improved bandwidth by exhibiting some of the best characteristics of log-periodic antennas and monopole antennas.
  • a further important advantage of the hybrid antenna of the invention is the ability to locate feedpoint 23 in a location where 1) the inductive or capacitive reactance of the antenna can be essentially tuned out and 2) the resistive impedance of the antenna provides good matching to the coaxial line for transmitting the antenna signal to the radio.
  • the specific location of the feedpoint depends upon many variables, including antenna geometry, heater grid geometry, and other vehicle structures.
  • the specific feedpoint location for a particular antenna in a particular vehicle can be determined by empirical measurement or by modeling.
  • Shorting line 30 across the heater grid is used to control resonances of the heater grid to minimize interaction with the antenna in the desired reception band of antenna 13. Thus, one or more shorting lines may be required. Since the shorting lines are located at equipotential points on the heater grid, there is no effect on the flow of heater grid current.
  • Antenna 13 and heater grid 12 can be formed on backlite 11 using known techniques such as a silk screen printing operation for depositing a silver ceramic paste to form the heater grid, bus bars, heater conductors, antenna segments, feed line, and antenna and heater terminals. After depositing the silver ceramic paste, the backlite is placed on a fixture and heated to a temperature adequate to bond the silver ceramic paste to the glass sheet. Further details on forming conductive segments and terminals on a glass sheet are provided in commonly assigned U.S. Patents 4,246,467 and 4,388,522, incorporated herein by reference.
  • a first embodiment for obtaining the log periodic progression of the present invention is shown in Figure 2.
  • a substantially vertical centerline 31 includes a center point 32.
  • a line 33 and a line 34 pass through center point 32 defining an included angle ⁇ .
  • a series of logarithmically scaled points on lines 33 and 34 define the log-periodic progression of the antenna.
  • a first point R1 is selected at the maximum radius of the antenna.
  • a geometric scaling factor ⁇ is selected for deriving additional points on lines 33 and 34.
  • Point R2 is thus derived by multiplying the radius of point R1 by the scaling factor ⁇ .
  • the logarithmically derived points alternate between lines 33 and 34 as shown.
  • each point is duplicated at a negative radius on the same line 33 or 34, thus providing a negative symmetry for the resulting antenna.
  • the radial points of Figure 2 are inteconnected by antenna segments as shown in Figure 3.
  • point R1 is directly connected by a straight segment with point R2
  • point R2 is connected by a straight segment with point R3, and so on.
  • the final point such as point R13 in Figure 3
  • the antenna arm of Figure 3 may be employed alone or with other antenna arms, such as a negative symmetric antenna arm.
  • the total length of all antenna segments in all antenna arms falls in the range of about one-fourth to about one full wavelength of a signal within the desired broadcast band.
  • the total length equals about one-half of a wavelength.
  • FIG. 4 shows an alternate embodiment wherein each of points R1 to R13 are established on each of lines 33 and 34 defining the included angle ⁇ .
  • the scaled segments in this embodiment are alternately located on opposite sides of the included angle along lines 33 and 34 such that their respective lengths follow the log-periodic progression.
  • a scaled segment 35 extends between points R1 and R2 on line 33.
  • the next scaled segment 36 is provided between points R2 and R3 on line 34.
  • the scaled segments are interconnected by a plurality of shorting segments that connect points R2 on lines 33 and 34, points R3 on lines 33 and 34, and so on.
  • Shorting segments 37 are each perpendicular to a line 38 which bisects the included angle ⁇ .
  • a second antenna arm may be included as shown at 39 which is negative symmetric with respect to the vertical centerline
  • Geometric scaling factor ⁇ is preferably equal to about .8 (which is the factor shown in Figures 3 and 4). However, a scaling factor ⁇ of between about .5 and .9 can be employed with good results.
  • Figures 3 and 4 further show the log-periodic progression as increasing from the center point to the end of each respective antenna arm. However, where two antenna arms are joined to form a single antenna, they may be joined at their largest scaled segments rather than their smallest.
  • Figure 5 shows an alternate embodiment employing scaled segments alternately connected with shorting segments in a zig-zag pattern.
  • the scaled segments are provided as horizontal rather than exactly following the lines of an included angle.
  • a scaled segment 40 has a length L1.
  • a second scaled segment 41 has a length L2 and is connected to scaled segment 40 via a shorting segment 42.
  • Additional scaled segments 43-47 are interconnected with additional shorting segments 48-52.
  • the scaled segments are perpendicular to the shorting segments.
  • the antenna of Figure 5 is symmetrical with respect to a vertical centerline 53, such that a scaled segment 54 and a shorting segment 55 are symmetrical with respect to scaled segment 46 and shorting segment 52.
  • a monopole feed point 56 and feed line 57 are employed as shown.
  • the log-periodic progression may be decreasing from the center of the antenna to the ends of the antenna.
  • the order of antenna segments in Figure 6 starting at the vertical centerline 53 to each end of the antenna is reversed from that in Figure 5.
  • a feed point location 58 and a feed line 59 are selected to provide matching of the antenna resistive impedance and to tune-out reactive impedance of the antenna as described earlier.
  • an antenna as defined in Figure 3 with negative symmetric antenna arms was constructed having an included angle ⁇ equal to 8.2.
  • a log-periodic progression having 19 points was employed with a maximum radius R1 of 584 millimeters.
  • a scaling factor of .825 was employed resulting in a total antenna length including both antenna arms of 1348 m.
  • the thick- ness of each scaled segment was approximately 1 mm of silver ceramic.
  • An antenna as defined by Figure 4 was constructed employing a log-periodic progression of 8 points and an included angle of 8.2°.
  • a maximum radius of 429 millimeters and a scaling factor ⁇ of about .8 resulted in lengths of the scaled segments in millimeters moving out from the center point of each arm equal to 25, 31, 39, 49, 61, 76, 95, and 122.
  • Respective shorting segments had lengths in millimeters of 15, 21, 31, 41, 56, 75, 97, and 120.
  • Each antenna provided good gain over the FM band while obtaining good impedance matching with a coaxial line and having a reduced antenna reactance by appro- priate location of the feed points which were located 200 mm and 105 mm, respectively, from the center point.
  • log-periodic shapes are known in the art and are useful in the present invention, such as a trape- zoidal tooth.

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