EP0685901A2 - Structure de source pour utilisation dans un système de communication sans fil - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q3/00—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system
- H01Q3/24—Arrangements for changing or varying the orientation or the shape of the directional pattern of the waves radiated from an antenna or antenna system varying the orientation by switching energy from one active radiating element to another, e.g. for beam switching
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- 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
- H01Q13/08—Radiating ends of two-conductor microwave transmission lines, e.g. of coaxial lines, of microstrip lines
- H01Q13/085—Slot-line radiating ends
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- H—ELECTRICITY
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- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q19/00—Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic
- H01Q19/06—Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using refracting or diffracting devices, e.g. lens
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- 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
- H01Q21/20—Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart the units being spaced along or adjacent to a curvilinear path
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- the present invention relates to feed structures for wireless communication systems.
- the present invention is more particularly directed to a specific feed structure arrangement for generating a plurality of narrow scannable beams.
- WHSICS wireless high speed indoor communications systems
- Beams having a beamwidth of approximately 15° or less have been found to be most effective for this purpose.
- the basic architecture of such WHSICS consists of a community of wireless subscribers communicating between themselves and/or others on a general network through a central base station.
- One way of obtaining a narrow scannable beam is by employing phased array antennas either at the base station, at the subscribers' terminals or, most preferably, at both the base station and the subscriber terminals.
- phased array antennas significantly adds to the cost of such WHSICS.
- An alternative to phased array antennas is to form a multitude of narrow beams (each with a beamwidth of approximately 15° or less) and to switch between the narrow beams to determine a suitable transmission and reception path.
- Multiple beams may be generated using multiple horn feeds (i.e. one beam per horn feed) and, when used in WHSICS wherein a hemispherical scan region is required, the beams are arranged to span a hemisphere through the use of a spherical lens.
- the use of multiple horn feeds --which are bulky and expensive -- arranged about a spherical lens not only adds to the size of the overall WHSICS but, in addition, significantly increases the cost of the system. Accordingly, it would be desirable to have a compact and readily manufacturable feed structure capable of generating a plurality of narrow beamwidth beams for use in WHSICS.
- the present invention is accordingly directed to an advantageously configured feed structure for use in a wireless communication system.
- the feed structure comprises a dielectric substrate having an upper surface, a lower surface and an edge, a conductive layer disposed on the lower surface, and a plurality of slot radiators formed within the conductive layer. Each slot radiator has a wide end positioned at the edge of the substrate and a narrow end.
- the feed structure also includes means disposed on the upper surface of the substrate and responsive to a control signal for selectively directing a main signal to the narrow end of a selected one of the slot radiators so that, when the control signal is applied, a beam of radiant energy is caused to propagate from the wide end of the selected slot radiator.
- a plurality of the inventive feed structures are provided in conjunction with a constant dielectric spherical lens for operative use in determining a most desired or suitable transmission and receiving path for a data signal.
- the feed structures so employed have an edge conformed to fit the curvature of the lens.
- the feed structure 10 includes a substrate 12 constructed from a dielectric material such as a synthetic polymer resin, e.g. polytetraflouroethelyne (PTFE), and having an upper face or surface 14, a lower face or surface 16 and an edge 18 defined between the upper and lower surfaces and configured in a predetermined shape or contour as more fully discussed below.
- the lower surface 16 of the substrate 12 has a thin layer of conductive material, such as copper, disposed thereon and in which six separate slot radiators 20a - 20f are etched in a manner well known to those of ordinary skill in the art.
- each slot radiator 20 has a wide end 22 coterminous with the edge 18, and a narrow end 24.
- the width of each slot radiator 20 is designed to operatively emit a beam having a predetermined narrow beamwidth.
- the upper surface 14 of the feed structure 10 contains a directing means comprised of a plurality of diodes 32a - 32f, the cathode of each being connected to an input bus 36 and the anode of each being connected to a respective designated conducting line 33a - 33f.
- Each conducting line 33 is disposed in conducting relation with the narrow end 24 of a respective slot radiator 20 via microstrip or stripline connections as for example described in Knorr, Slot-Line Transitions, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory And Techniques, pp. 548-54 (May, 1974) and Mariani, et. al., Slot Line Characteristics, IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory And Techniques, pp. 1091-96 (December, 1969).
- a slot radiator address unit 40 is provided to address a desired slot radiator 20 via respective bias lines 42a - 42f so that a main signal S, which may be a data signal or a test signal, will be provided to a selected one of the slot radiators 20 in a manner more fully described below.
- a feed structure address unit 38 is provided for addressably accessing a particular feed structure 10 for supplying the main signal S thereto.
- the system uses the multiple narrow beams generated therefrom to scan the environment for determining the most efficient receiving and transmitting path for a data signal.
- the feed structure address unit 38 addresses a desired feed structure 10 and provides thereto a signal S, comprising a test signal, through an input bus 36.
- the test signal is converted to a narrow beam via transmission through a selected one of the slot radiators 20 by addressing the particular slot radiator through address unit 40.
- a beam is transmitted individually from each of the slot radiators 20 from one feed structure 10 to the next until the most desired transmitting and receiving path is determined, i.e. that the path which yields the minimum amount of multipath rays.
- scanning is conducted at both the transmitter and receiver.
- data is communicated via the main signal S to the input bus 36, and transmitted through the selected slot radiator of the transmitter and received by the selected slot radiator of the receiver.
- hemispherical scanning arrangements are used to maximize the scanning capabilities.
- Such hemispherical scanning may for example be implemented through the use of a spherical lens. While a Luneburg lens is particularly suitable for this purpose, such lenses are difficult and costly to manufacture.
- a constant dielectric spherical lens may be employed in conjunction with a plurality of the inventive feed structures 10 as depicted in FIG. 2. As there shown, therein, half of a spherical lens 50 having a constant dielectric is surrounded by a plurality of feed structures 10 each capable of emitting a plurality of beams having narrow beamwidths through slot radiators 20a - 20f.
- the edge 18 of the feed structures 10 is conformingly shaped to match the curvature of the lens.
- the individual feed structures 10a - 10x are arranged on or along a hemisphere, i.e. half of the lens 50, so that the beams generated therefrom cover the surface area of the opposite (i.e the scanning) hemisphere.
- FIG. 3 illustrates 1/3 of the scanning hemisphere of the spherical lens 50.
- the plurality of individual beamwidths 52 of the beams generated from the plural slot radiators 20 in the plural feed structures 10 substantially blanket the scanning hemisphere of the lens 50.
- feed structures 10 arranged on 90° great circle arcs positioned on meridian lines of the spherical lens 50 and configured as follows: three feed structures 10 with six beam feeds (i.e. six slot radiators), nine feed structures 10 with five beam feeds, and twelve feed structures 10 with three beam feeds, yielding a total of 99 beams. It is, of course, within the intended scope and contemplation of the invention that additional arrangements of feed structures 10 may alternatively be employed for different hemispherical coverage, as is generally known in the art.
- the inventive construction and arrangement notably increases the scanning capabilities of a WHSICS employing such feed structures and, by virtue of the relatively low cost and ease of manufacture of the inventive feed structures through known etching techniques, results in a significant reduction in the cost of such WHSICS.
- the feed structure 10 may also be used in conjunction with lenses other than spherical lenses.
- the edge 18 may be configured accordingly, i.e. to substantially conform to the surface shape of the particular lens.
- additional or fewer slot radiators 20 may be employed in each feed structure 10. It is the intention, therefore, to be limited only as indicated by the scope of the claims appended hereto.
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- 1995-05-24 EP EP95303494A patent/EP0685901A2/fr not_active Withdrawn
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KNORR: "Slot-Line Transitions", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, May 1974 (1974-05-01), pages 548 - 554, XP002199674, DOI: doi:10.1109/TMTT.1974.1128278 |
MARIANI ET AL.: "Slot Line Characteristics", IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MICROWAVE THEORY AND TECHNIQUES, December 1969 (1969-12-01), pages 1091 - 1096 |
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