EP1833116B1 - Wendelantenne mit vier gewendelten Strahlerelementen - Google Patents

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EP1833116B1
EP1833116B1 EP07075467.6A EP07075467A EP1833116B1 EP 1833116 B1 EP1833116 B1 EP 1833116B1 EP 07075467 A EP07075467 A EP 07075467A EP 1833116 B1 EP1833116 B1 EP 1833116B1
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Daniel G. Morris
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    • 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
    • H01Q1/362—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith for broadside radiating helical antennas
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    • 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

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  • the present invention relates generally to antenna systems for satellite digital audio radio service and more specifically to a quadrifilar helical antenna used in satellite digital audio radio service communications.
  • SDARS satellite digital audio radio service
  • SDARS systems broadcast high quality uninterrupted audio through satellites and earth-based stations.
  • SDARS systems typically include an antenna with a low-noise amplifier and a receiver.
  • the antenna initially receives encoded signals from the satellites and/or terrestrial transmitters.
  • the amplifier which is conventionally housed within the antenna, amplifies the received signal.
  • the receiver decodes the transmitted signal and provides the signal to the radio.
  • FIG. 1 a simplified block diagram of a typical satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) system is shown.
  • An Earth-orbiting satellite 11 broadcasts SDARS signals.
  • the SDARS signals may be received by a SDARS-receiving device 14, such as a radio (shown) or a television (for example), and/or they may be received by stationary transmitters 12.
  • the terrestrial transmitters 12 re-broadcast the SDARS signals, which may then be received by SDARS-receiving devices 14.
  • the SDARS-receiving device includes an antenna (not shown in Figure 1 ) to receive the broadcast SDARS signals.
  • Typical SDARS-receiving devices further include other components, such as an amplifier, receiver, speakers, etc. to convert the SDARS signals into audible sounds and/or visual images.
  • Terrestrial SDARS-receiving devices commonly use a quadrifilar helix antenna to receive SDARS signals.
  • An exemplary known quadrifilar helix antenna is shown in Figure 2 .
  • the illustrated quadrifilar helix antenna 16 includes four conductive elements 18a - 18d, such as electrically-conductive wires, arranged to define two separate helically twisted loops. Each of the loops is connected between an antenna feed and a ground plane, and the conductive elements each fold over itself at a distal point from the antenna feed and the ground plane to form a loop, as shown in Figure 1 .
  • the two conductive elements of a quadrifilar helix antenna 16 are excited in phase quadrature. That is, each conductive element is excited at a 90° phase shift from the adjacent conductive element.
  • Conventional quadrifilar helix antennas used in SDARS-receiving devices have a number of disadvantages.
  • Known quadrifilar helix antennas are most effective when receiving signals from a satellite at zenith.
  • Known quadrifilar helix antennas are typically less effective at receiving SDARS signals transmitted from low elevation satellites and from stationary terrestrial transmitters.
  • some SDARS-receiving devices include a second antenna dedicated to receiving SDARS signals from stationary terrestrial transmitters.
  • known quadrifilar helix antennas have limited utility for portable and/or wearable SDARS-receiving devices, such as personal radios, headphones, etc.
  • the present invention provides an SDARS receiving device as defined in the attached claims.
  • the antenna for receiving satellite digital audio radio service (SDARS) communications is disclosed.
  • the antenna has a plurality of elongated conductors.
  • the elongated conductors have both a straight portion and a helical portion.
  • FIG 3A illustrates an example of a quadrafilar helix antenna 13 for an SDARS-receiving device.
  • Antenna 13 includes a plurality of elongated conductors 18a - 18d, such as copper wires for example.
  • the conductors 18 are mounted in a mylar base 29, though other types of mounting structures could be used.
  • Each conductor 18 has a substantially straight portion 26a - 26d near the base 29 (shown in Figures 3A and 3B as extending directly from the base 29) and a substantially helical portion 28a - 28d thereafter.
  • the helical portion 28a - 28d of each conductor 18 further extends away from the base 29.
  • the straight portion 26a - 26d is shown as significantly shorter than the helical portion 28a - 28d.
  • the respective lengths of the straight portion 26a - 26d and the helical portion of the conductors 18 may be adjusted relative to each other to optimize signal reception.
  • the conductors 18 are electrically connected together by a substantially circular conductor 20, such as a copper wire.
  • the conductors 18 together approximately define a hollow cylinder shape.
  • the elongated conductors may wrap around a solid core material, such as a dielectric 22, which may be a ceramic material for example.
  • antenna 13 may be electrically coupled to a phasing network at the base 29.
  • the phasing network includes a substrate 27 and a conductive transmission line 30, which electrically couples antenna 13 to other components in an SDARS-receiving device, such as an amplifier (not shown).
  • the phasing network may excite conductors 18 in phase quadrature as is known in the art.
  • FIG 3B illustrates another example of antenna 13.
  • conductors 18 are capacitively loaded, which enables the antenna 13 to be tuned to a particular frequency.
  • Conductors 18 may be capacitively loaded by including a break in one or more of the conductors 18 and maintaining the ends of the conductor at the point of the break in close proximity to each other, as shown at segment A of Figure 3B .
  • This structure effectively creates a capacitive effect at the point of the break (segment A).
  • the voltage differential across the break (segment A) tunes the antenna 13.
  • Other known methods for capacitively loading and/or tuning antenna 13 may also be used.
  • antenna 13 in Figure 3B further includes conductive tuning stubs 24 coupled to conductors 18.
  • Tuning stubs 24 enable impedance matching between the antenna 13 and other proximate components, such as an amplifier, which improves transmission of the SDARS signal from the antenna to other components, such as an amplifier.
  • the impedance of the antenna 13 may be adjusted by varying the length of the tuning stubs 24a - 24d.
  • the above-described examples have resulted in the ability to reduce the overall length and volume of the antenna 13 relative to known SDARS antennas. Further, the described configurations have demonstrated increased reception efficiency, including reception of signals from relatively low-elevation satellites and stationary terrestrial transmitters. Additionally, the described configurations have demonstrated less susceptibility to interference from human bodies, thus better enabling them to be used in SDARS-receiving devices configured to be used in close proximity to human bodies, such as personal wearable radios for example. In certain embodiments - for example, when the disclosed SDARS antenna is used in connection with a portable and/or wearable SDARS-receiving device- a hollow bore may be made longitudinally through the dielectric core 22.
  • Audio wires such as for headphones, may be routed through the bore, causing the antenna to appear to be coupled "around" the headphone wire, which improves the aesthetics of the SDARS-receiving device.
  • the antennas 13 described herein can be configured to allow audio wires to pass there through to electrically couple, for example, ear phones 42 to a primary housing 40 (housing an amplifier, receiver, etc.).

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  1. Eine tragbare SDARS-Empfangsvorrichtung, die aufweist:
    eine primäre Gehäuseeinheit (40);
    zumindest einen Kopfhörer (42), der mit dem primären Gehäuse unter Verwendung eines Audio-Drahts elektrisch gekoppelt ist; und
    eine Antenne (13), wobei die Antenne (13) aufweist:
    eine Vielzahl von länglichen Leitern (18), die zusammen eine im Wesentlichen zylindrische Form bilden;
    wobei die länglichen Leiter (18) einen im Wesentlichen geraden Abschnitt (26) und einen im Wesentlichen spiralförmigen Abschnitt (28) haben; und
    einen im Wesentlichen kreisförmigen Leiter (20), der mit den länglichen Leitern (18) elektrisch gekoppelt ist;
    wobei die Antenne (13) zwischen der primären Gehäuseeinheit (40) und dem Kopfhörer (42) positioniert ist derart, dass der Audio-Draht durch die im Wesentlichen zylindrische Form geht, die durch die länglichen Leiter (18) definiert wird.
  2. Die SDARS-Empfangsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, die weiter aufweist:
    einen festen Kern (22) in der im Wesentlichen zylindrischen Form, die durch die länglichen Leiter (18) definiert ist, wobei der feste Kern (22) eine Längsbohrung hindurch hat; und
    wobei der Audio-Draht durch die Längsbohrung geht.
  3. Die SDARS-Empfangsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, wobei die länglichen Leiter (18) mit einer Basis (29) gekoppelt sind und sich von dieser erstrecken.
  4. Die SDARS-Empfangsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 3, wobei der im Wesentlichen kreisförmige Leiter (20) die länglichen Leiter (18) miteinander an einem distalen Ende von der Basis (29) elektrisch koppelt.
  5. Die SDARS-Empfangsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 3, wobei der im Wesentlichen gerade Abschnitt (26) zwischen der Basis (29) und dem im Wesentlichen spiralförmigen Abschnitt (28) positioniert ist.
  6. Die SDARS-Empfangsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, wobei der im Wesentlichen gerade Abschnitt (24) kürzer ist als der im Wesentlichen spiralförmige Abschnitt (28).
  7. Die SDARS-Empfangsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, wobei die länglichen Leiter (18) um einen festen Kern (22) gewickelt sind.
  8. Die SDARS-Empfangsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 7, wobei der feste Kern (22) eine Längsbohrung hindurch umfasst.
  9. Die SDARS-Empfangsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 7, wobei der feste Kern (22) ein dielektrisches Material aufweist.
  10. Die SDARS-Empfangsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, wobei die länglichen Leiter (18) kapazitiv belastet sind.
  11. Die SDARS-Empfangsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, die weiter Einstellabschnitte (24) aufweist, die mit den länglichen Leitern (18) gekoppelt sind.
  12. Die SDARS-Empfangsvorrichtung gemäß Anspruch 1, die weiter ein Phasen-Netzwerk aufweist, das mit den länglichen Leitern (18) elektrisch gekoppelt ist.
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