EP0688062A2 - Einstellbare Fresnelzonenplatte - Google Patents
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- EP0688062A2 EP0688062A2 EP95201485A EP95201485A EP0688062A2 EP 0688062 A2 EP0688062 A2 EP 0688062A2 EP 95201485 A EP95201485 A EP 95201485A EP 95201485 A EP95201485 A EP 95201485A EP 0688062 A2 EP0688062 A2 EP 0688062A2
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- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- 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
- H01Q19/062—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 for focusing
- H01Q19/065—Zone plate type antennas
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- the invention relates to a reflective Fresnel zone plate for concentrating electromagnetic radiation into a focal point, comprising a first system of reflective subsidiary surfaces lying in a first plane and a second system of reflective subsidiary surfaces lying in a second plane, these subsidiary surfaces constituting the zones of the Fresnel zone plate.
- a favourable embodiment of the invention is characterised in that the means comprise mechanically adjustable subreflectors and in that the subsidiary surfaces are formed by at least substantially abutting subreflectors.
- a further favourable embodiment of the invention is characterised in that in the standard mode of operation, the subreflectors are always positioned either in the first plane or in the second plane so that the mechanical setting can assume two positions only.
- a still further embodiment of the invention is characterised in that the electrical distance between the first surface and the second surface is at least substantially a quarter of the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation to be focused.
- US-A 5,063,389 discloses a reflective Fresnel lens provided with mechanically adjustable subreflectors.
- a subreflector shall be proportionally driven across a distance that is half the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation to be focused. Apart from the proportional drive that renders the system unduly expensive and consequently unsuitable for mass production, this entails the drawback that the subreflector has to be shifted over a distance that is twice as long as the distance specified in the present invention.
- the invention will generally require an increased number of subreflectors, although these can be obtained in a low-cost and lightweight design thus enabling a considerably faster drive.
- a still further low-cost embodiment of the invention is characterised in that the first plane and the second plane are both flat.
- a Fresnel zone plate can be used for concentrating microwave radiation into a focal point.
- Fig. 1 represents a cross-section of a conventional Fresnel zone plate provided with a first system of subsidiary surfaces 1 and a second system of subsidiary surfaces 2 formed by a system of circular grooves in a metal plate 3. The grooves have a depth of a quarter of the wavelength to be focused.
- Such a Fresnel lens enables the concentration of perpendicularly incident radiation into a focal point.
- the principle underlying the Fresnel zone plate is also described in great detail in Fundamentals of Optics, third edition, 1957, Jenkins and White, page 360.
- Fresnel zones For focusing electromagnetic radiation from a previously determined direction, a suitable system of Fresnel zones shall be calculated and the Fresnel zone plate shall be constructed accordingly.
- the calculation of the Fresnel zones follows directly from the known Fresnel theory based on a transformation from an incident flat wave front to a mostly spherical wave front that concentrates the electromagnetic energy into a previously selected focal point.
- the Fresnel zones constitute the known system consisting of a disc-shaped central spot surrounded by a number of concentric circles, the radius of circle m being proportional to the square root of m. The circles consequently become narrower and closer together.
- the contours can for each direction be simply calculated by dividing the surface of the Fresnel zone plate to be determined into an array of elements and by determining, per element, the path length of the electromagnetic radiation leaving the focal point, via the element, to a reference plane perpendicular to the desired radiation direction.
- the elements for which this path length deviates not more than 1/4 wavelength with respect to a reference length to be selected, are situated in a first plane, the other elements in a second plane, both planes constituting the Fresnel zone plate. It will be obvious that the path lengths are determined modulo the wavelength of the electromagnetic radiation.
- each element is composed of a mechanically-adjustable subreflector.
- Fig. 2 schematically represents, fully analogous to Fig. 1, a cross-section of a Fresnel lens composed of a system of abutting subreflectors 4 of which the sides facing the incident radiation can assume two possible positions with an interspace of 1/4 wavelength of the radiation to be focused. This consequently yields a two-dimensional array of subreflectors 4, thousands of which will usually be required for constituting a Fresnel lens.
- the dimension of a subreflector can be selected according to the following procedure. Depending on the application, a diameter and a focal point for the Fresnel lens are selected. Subsequently, the Fresnel patterns are calculated for a number of directions of the incident radiation.
- the subreflector dimensions shall now be such that the finest structures in the Fresnel patterns can still be detected in a correspondingly driven system of subreflectors.
- FIG. 3 A cross-section of a possible embodiment of an electromagnetically-adjustable subreflector 4 is schematically represented in Fig. 3.
- the actual subreflector 5 is made of metal and faces the incident radiation and is mounted on a pin 6 made of a ferromagnetic material, such as soft iron, which slides in a through-hole drilled in plate 7, also made of a ferromagnetic material.
- An extension 8, made of a substantially non-ferromagnetic material is mounted coaxially with pin 6; extension 8 slides in a through-hole drilled in plate 9. Between plate 7 and plate 9 a magnetic return path, not shown here, is provided. This results in an at least substantially closed magnetic path that includes pin 6.
- a favourable embodiment is obtained by using synthetic materials for the production of actual subreflector 5, pin 6 and extension 8, which material is wherever required covered with ferromagnetic material and metal.
- FIG. 4 A further favourable embodiment of subreflector 4 is shown in Fig. 4; this embodiment comprises two coils 10 and 13 and two pins 6 and 14, both connected with an extension 8.
- Pin 14 slides in plate 12 that is provided with a through-hole and consists of a ferromagnetic material, for instance soft iron.
- a magnetic return path has again been provided between plate 9 and plate 12.
- This embodiment has the advantage that excitation of a coil is required only when subreflector 4 switches from one to the other position.
- subreflector 4 As shown in Fig. 3 without a spring 11.
- the subreflector interior is pressurized by means of a gas, which pressure will exert an outward force on pin 6.
- pin 6 can be pulled inwards by exciting coil 10.
- the escaping gas can moreover be used as an air bearing and coolant for the coils 10, 13.
- By regulating the gas pressure it is also possible to compensate for accelerations that exert a perpendicular force to the surface of the Fresnel zone plate and which, without this provision, would cause all subreflectors to change position.
- the adjustable Fresnel zone plate can advantageously be incorporated in a reservoir containing a microwave radiation-transmissive fluid that reduces both the wavelength of the microwave radiation and the required range of an adjustable subreflector.
- a fluid can improve the subreflector damping and can serve as lubricant.
- a suitable compartmentation of the reservoir moreover allows an overpressure in the subreflector required for forcing out pin 6.
- the Fresnel zone plate can also be irradiated by means of a radiation source with a spherical wave front, for instance a microwave feedhorn. According to the reciprocity principle, a flat wave with a selectable direction can then be realised.
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NL9400974A NL9400974A (nl) | 1994-06-15 | 1994-06-15 | Instelbare Fresnel zoneplaat. |
NL9400974 | 1994-06-15 |
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EP0688062A2 true EP0688062A2 (de) | 1995-12-20 |
EP0688062A3 EP0688062A3 (de) | 1996-05-15 |
EP0688062B1 EP0688062B1 (de) | 2001-07-18 |
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EP19950201485 Expired - Lifetime EP0688062B1 (de) | 1994-06-15 | 1995-06-06 | Einstellbare Fresnelzonenplatte |
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US5063389A (en) | 1988-03-03 | 1991-11-05 | Hollandse Signaalapparaten B.V. | Antenna system with adjustable beam width and beam orientation |
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US5063389A (en) | 1988-03-03 | 1991-11-05 | Hollandse Signaalapparaten B.V. | Antenna system with adjustable beam width and beam orientation |
US4905014A (en) | 1988-04-05 | 1990-02-27 | Malibu Research Associates, Inc. | Microwave phasing structures for electromagnetically emulating reflective surfaces and focusing elements of selected geometry |
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US7184368B2 (en) | 2001-11-13 | 2007-02-27 | Sinvent As | Optical displacement sensor element |
WO2007047362A1 (en) * | 2005-10-19 | 2007-04-26 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | Radio frequency holographic transformer |
US7460084B2 (en) | 2005-10-19 | 2008-12-02 | Northrop Grumman Corporation | Radio frequency holographic transformer |
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NL9400974A (nl) | 1996-01-02 |
EP0688062B1 (de) | 2001-07-18 |
DE69521744D1 (de) | 2001-08-23 |
EP0688062A3 (de) | 1996-05-15 |
DE69521744T2 (de) | 2002-05-23 |
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