EP1500163A2 - Passive abstimmbare breitbandantenne - Google Patents

Passive abstimmbare breitbandantenne

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Publication number
EP1500163A2
EP1500163A2 EP03747473A EP03747473A EP1500163A2 EP 1500163 A2 EP1500163 A2 EP 1500163A2 EP 03747473 A EP03747473 A EP 03747473A EP 03747473 A EP03747473 A EP 03747473A EP 1500163 A2 EP1500163 A2 EP 1500163A2
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Prior art keywords
inductors
antenna
toroids
antenna according
inductor
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French (fr)
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EP1500163B1 (de
Inventor
Ronald Craig Davidson
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Cobham Aerospace Communications Dourdan SA
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Chelton Antennas SA
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
    • H01Q9/06—Details
    • H01Q9/14—Length of element or elements adjustable
    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • 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
    • H01Q11/08—Helical antennas

Definitions

  • the invention relates to a passive broadband connectable antenna.
  • An object of the invention is in particular to provide an antenna capable of operating in a range as wide as the 30-512 MHz range.
  • a solution would consist in using at least two antennas of very different lengths, typically a 2.5m antenna tuned to 30MHz and a 15cm antenna tuned to 512MHz, preferably a single antenna whose diagram radiation could not be satisfactory at the same time for these two frequencies.
  • Various solutions with a single antenna have nevertheless been proposed to constitute a passive broadband tunable antenna.
  • a frequently proposed solution consists in using a radiating element made up of several inductors connected in series and in providing means for short-circuiting the inductors individually and on demand (cf. for example US 4,564,843, US 4,656,483, US 4 862 184, US 4,924,238, US 6,169,523), which allows the antenna to be tuned to different frequencies depending on the number of shorted elements.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide an antenna whose selectivity is satisfactory in a very wide range of operating frequencies.
  • an antenna which comprises a radiating element consisting of several inductors connected in series and which comprises means for short-circuiting the inductors individually and on demand, characterized in that the antenna also comprises means for interrupting the connection between any two successive inductors, in that each inductor is designed to delimit a space surrounded by the inductor and in which the magnetic field generated by the passage of a current in the inductor is circumscribed, in that the inductors are arranged so that these spaces are superimposed, and in that the means for short-circuiting the inductors and the means for interrupting the connections between the inductors include switches arranged near the inductors and connected to placed control means remotely via electrical conductors which pass through said space s superimposed.
  • the conductors are passed through a metal tube in the center of these spaces.
  • the inductors are constituted by toroids whose natural resonant frequency is chosen to be greater than the highest operating frequency of the antenna.
  • toroids to constitute a radiating element of an antenna
  • US 4 622 588 and US 5 422 369 The use of toroids to constitute a radiating element of an antenna is known per se (cf. for example the publications US 4 622 588 and US 5 422 369), but none of these publications plans to use a series of toroids to make an antenna tunable over a whole range of frequencies.
  • the present invention therefore makes it possible to tune the antenna over a wide range of frequencies and to vary its length as a function of the tuning frequency, so that the selectivity of the antenna is maintained at a high value.
  • FIG. 1 is a view in a vertical plane where the inductors are seen from the side.
  • Figure 2 is a similar view in a vertical plane but where the inductors have been shown in plan.
  • the radiating element (1) of the antenna consists of toroids (Tn-1), (Tn), ... arranged horizontally.
  • the toroids have any shape (in a circle, in a polygon, in a square, in a triangle, etc.) provided that the magnetic field generated by the passage of an electric current in the toroids is circumscribed in a limited area, which considerably reduces the mutual inductance between the different toroids.
  • the set of toroids is crossed by a metal tube (2) inside which pass the conductors (3) which are connected by decoupling inductors (5) to the switches which include switches such as (b) and (d ) which are used to cut the successive toroids and switches such as (a) and (c) which are used to short-circuit the toroids individually.
  • the different toroids have identical or different individual resonance frequencies, but outside the antenna operating band.
  • the switches are constituted in this example and in a manner known per se by capacitor-transistor pairs (6,7) or by pairs of opposite transistors (8,9), depending on whether they are switches (b) and (d), or switches (a) and (c).
  • the invention is not limited to this exemplary embodiment.

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  • Variable-Direction Aerials And Aerial Arrays (AREA)
EP03747473A 2002-04-29 2003-04-29 Passive abstimmbare breitbandantenne Expired - Lifetime EP1500163B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
FR0205349 2002-04-29
FR0205349A FR2839207B1 (fr) 2002-04-29 2002-04-29 Antenne accordable passive a large bande
PCT/FR2003/001341 WO2003094291A2 (fr) 2002-04-29 2003-04-29 Antenne accordable passive a large bande

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EP1500163A2 true EP1500163A2 (de) 2005-01-26
EP1500163B1 EP1500163B1 (de) 2005-10-26

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US (1) US20050200552A1 (de)
EP (1) EP1500163B1 (de)
AU (1) AU2003246871A1 (de)
DE (1) DE60302059T2 (de)
FR (1) FR2839207B1 (de)
WO (1) WO2003094291A2 (de)

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AU2003246871A1 (en) 2003-11-17
WO2003094291A2 (fr) 2003-11-13
US20050200552A1 (en) 2005-09-15
EP1500163B1 (de) 2005-10-26
DE60302059T2 (de) 2006-07-20
WO2003094291A3 (fr) 2004-04-01
FR2839207A1 (fr) 2003-10-31
DE60302059D1 (de) 2005-12-01
FR2839207B1 (fr) 2004-07-16

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