EP2232638A1 - Reseau d'antennes directives multi polarisations large bande - Google Patents
Reseau d'antennes directives multi polarisations large bandeInfo
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- EP2232638A1 EP2232638A1 EP08868381A EP08868381A EP2232638A1 EP 2232638 A1 EP2232638 A1 EP 2232638A1 EP 08868381 A EP08868381 A EP 08868381A EP 08868381 A EP08868381 A EP 08868381A EP 2232638 A1 EP2232638 A1 EP 2232638A1
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- antenna
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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
- H01Q9/16—Resonant antennas with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole
- H01Q9/26—Resonant antennas with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole with folded element or elements, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of operating wavelength
- H01Q9/27—Spiral antennas
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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
- H01Q21/205—Arrays of individually energised antenna units similarly polarised and spaced apart the units being spaced along or adjacent to a curvilinear path providing an omnidirectional coverage
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
- H01Q21/28—Combinations of substantially independent non-interacting antenna units or systems
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- the invention relates to an architecture for a broadband multi-polarization antenna array. It applies in a frequency range including very high frequency or VHF (30 MHz to 300 MHz), ultra high frequency or UHF (300 MHz to 3 GHz) and SHF frequency range (3 GHz at 30 GHz).
- the very broadband multi-polarization directive antenna array makes it possible, in a direction-finding context, to process signals of various polarizations without interaction with the wearer by the use of adapted direction-finding treatments.
- the use of directional antennas eliminates the carrier structure.
- the antenna array according to the invention can be placed anywhere on the mast of a boat because of its directional radiation, without being disturbed by it.
- direction finding antennas One of the main problems encountered when integrating direction finding antennas is the choice of the mechanical structure holding the elementary antennas and the positioning of the complete antennal system on a supporting structure. Indeed, this placement is strategic because the antenna network must not be disturbed by the holding structure. This problem is accentuated in a multi polarization context. For example, in the case of naval direction finding, the choice of the positioning of the antenna is crucial and limited because of the many on-board equipment such as radars, communication transmitters, the navigation system, etc. A compound antennal system Several directional antennas can be placed much more easily, for example around a mast. Because of its directional radiation, the performance of the antennas are not penalized by the carrier structure. In the field of direction-finding, most existing antenna systems operate only in vertical polarization.
- the main disadvantages of antennas direction finding systems consisting of vertical and horizontal polarization omnidirectional antennas include: o their performance depends on the mechanical structure maintaining the elementary antennas and / or the carrier structure of the complete antenna system, and this in function the polarization of the signals, where a calibration phase with the carrier structure is necessary to get closer to the optimal performances and to take into account the disturbances generated by the mechanical structure holding the elementary antennas and / or the carrying structure of the system complete year. In some cases, the implementation of a calibration phase requires considerable resources which leads to high integration costs or impossibility of technical realization.
- this patent describes the use of a cavity containing an electromagnetic absorber to make the antennas direction.
- the antenna architecture or antenna array according to the invention is based on a combination of several elementary antennas arranged according to a chosen structure and adapted to the carrier structure in order to obtain a given azimuthal radio coverage, for example, over 360 ° with directional antennas. or made directive through suitable elements.
- This invention can also be used in the case where a smaller angular coverage (over 180 ° for example) is desired and used in detection systems or 360 ° coverage is not required.
- the antenna processing used may vary and be adapted to the performance targeted by an application.
- the invention relates to an array of wideband multi-polarization directive antennas operating in a selected frequency band, characterized in that it comprises at least the following elements: n complementary multi-strand sinuous spiral-type elementary sensors arranged according to a structure for obtaining a given azimuthal coverage, where each of the N sensors having a reflector plane attached to the antenna by an insulating spacer E, each of the N sensors comprising matching cells adapted to the working frequency band of said network, each of the N sensors comprising separate output channels and for the vertically polarized signals and for the horizontally polarized signals, a device adapted to execute a direction finding algorithm using the amplitude and the phase of said signals and adapted to the configuration of the network.
- the antenna array comprises: means for grouping the signals having the same polarization, on the one hand the vertically polarized signals coming from the different elementary sensors and, on the other hand, the horizontally polarized signals; device adapted to execute a direction finding algorithm using the amplitude and phase of said grouped signals and adapted to the configuration of the network.
- the azimuth radio coverage is for example close to 360 ° and may be a function of the carrier on which the antenna array is located.
- FIG. 2 a configuration of the 4 strands in the center of the elementary antenna
- FIG. 3 an impedance matching system
- FIG. 4 an example of FIG. configuration of the antennal system according to the invention in the case of an antenna network
- FIG. 5 a radiation pattern result measured for an antenna array according to the invention in vertical and horizontal polarization
- FIG. 6 an example of positioning the antenna array at the top of a mast according to the invention
- FIGS. 7 and 8 effective height curves showing the gain obtained with the antenna array according to the invention and obtained with the antennas according to the prior art.
- FIG. 1 represents an elementary antenna 1 printed on a dielectric substrate composed of four branches I 1 , 1 2 , U and 1 4 complementary or self-complementary.
- This element 1 is arranged in front of a reflector 2 which makes it possible, in particular, to make the antenna element 1 or elementary antenna directional.
- the reflector 2 also plays a role of protection against parasitic radiation from other antennal elements forming part of the network according to the invention.
- This reflective plane allows in particular to obtain a better performance than when using an absorbent cavity.
- the geometry of an equiangular spiral is defined by:
- the excitation (center of the spiral) of the N arms is made on a circle of radius r 0
- each arm is contained in an area defined by an angle ⁇ 0 and the outer radius of this arm. Once the angle determined, by performing a simple "zigzag" in the clockwise direction, then counterclockwise on ⁇ 0 degrees from the center, an arm of the spiral can be obtained.
- the dimensions of a radiating element or elementary antenna 1 are therefore determined by the outside diameter D ⁇ Xt of the spiral which is proportional to the longest wavelength ⁇ ma ⁇ , that is to say the frequency of use the lowest F min .
- the diameter D ⁇ Xt corresponds to the diameter composed by a circle passing the parts of the outermost arms E 1 , E 2 , E 3 , E 4 , on the contrary, the internal diameter D int of the spiral is defined from the parts of the most internal sinuous strands I 1 , I 2 , U, I 4 (FIGS. 3 and 4).
- the antenna is said to be independent of the frequency.
- the overall geometry of the antennal system (number and size of the elementary antennas, dimensions of the antenna array) varies in particular as a function of the frequency band to be treated, the carrier on which the antenna array is positioned and the desired direction-finding performance. for a given application.
- the accuracy of direction finding is, for example, inversely proportional to the opening of the network (distance between antennas) and is inversely proportional to the number of antennas used.
- the spacing between antennas must not be too great so as not to increase too much the risks of ambiguity on the direction-finding accuracy. For example, a direction-finding antenna operating on the band 20MHz - 160MHz with 5 dipoles arranged on a circle of radius 1, 5 m has a good accuracy of direction finding.
- the geometry of the antenna array may also be a function of the carrier of the antenna array. It is for example chosen in order to obtain a cover azimuthal electric radio equal or close to 360 °.
- This configuration can be for example circular type, arranged on the mast of a boat or positioned on each side of a vehicle or linearly on the wings of an aircraft.
- the elementary antenna is maintained at reflector 2 by insulating spacers E (FIG. 5) of length defined by the distance separating the antenna from the reflector plane, as will be detailed hereinafter.
- FIG. 6 depicts an exemplary representation in which 4 strands of an antenna are connected together in pairs through printed tracks, for example, the strand 1 i with the strand 1 3 (vertical polarization) and the strand 1 2 with the strand “I 4 (horizontal polarization).
- the strands receiving same polarization signals are connected to an adapter device (symmetrical transformer sor) before being transmitted to the signal processing devices and antenna processing.
- This device better known by the acronym "balun” aims to symmetrize the currents transmitted in the radiating elements and to adapt the impedance of the antenna to the characteristic impedance of the receiver, ideally 50 ⁇ .
- FIG. 1 depicts an exemplary representation in which 4 strands of an antenna are connected together in pairs through printed tracks, for example, the strand 1 i with the strand 1 3 (vertical polarization) and the strand 1 2 with the strand “I 4 (horizontal polarization).
- the strands receiving same polarization signals are connected to an adapter device (
- a first impedance matching system (balancing transformer) 4 connects the strands 1 2 and 1 4 and also allows the adaptation with respect to a signal processing system 5.
- the strands 1 i and 1 3 are connected by an adaptation system 6 to a processing device 7 which will process the vertical polarization signals received on each of the elementary antennas constituting the complete system for conducting direction finding. Likewise, this device processes horizontally polarized signals.
- the sizing of these adaptation devices is a function of the frequency bands processed and the desired adaptation performance. They are placed orthogonally to the antenna between it and the reflector plane at the excitation level.
- the 7 is associated with an antenna switch (not shown in the figure) which will make it possible to select the radiating element and the selected polarization successively allowing the acquisition of the different signals received on the antenna or the antennal system. All the signals acquired on the antennas will then be sent to a processing module which, using a goniometry algorithm adapted to the multi polarization, and a calculator will realize the estimation of the angle of arrival of the signal regardless of its polarization.
- the signals are grouped by polarization mode, the vertically polarized signals are grouped together before being processed and the horizontally polarized signals are grouped together before being processed.
- the system includes means for grouping signals according to their polarization, for example.
- the signals may optionally be coupled at the output of each radiating element by a hybrid type component.
- This direction finding processing is based in particular on the use of the amplitude and the phase of the signals. Indeed, unlike conventional methods using only the amplitude or the phase of the signals, the invention uses the two quantities. This makes it possible to obtain rough information of the angle by the amplitude (sectorization) and precise information by the phase, which significantly improves the accuracy of the system.
- the reflective plane 2 By nature the sinuous spiral has no directional radiation.
- an absorbent cavity as in EP 0 198 578 or a square metal reflector plane 2, which is placed behind the antenna 1, Figure 1.
- the dimensions of the reflector plane 2 are in particular determined compared to those of the sinuous spiral which forms the antenna according to the invention and with respect to the low frequency of use of the system. Indeed, to be optimal, a reflective plane must be at least ⁇ dimension for this frequency.
- the main advantage of using a reflector plane is that it improves the efficiency of the antenna compared to a solution using absorbent cavities.
- the distance, defined by the normal between the center of the antenna 1 and the reflector plane 2 must be equal in the optimum case to a quarter of a wavelength for a frequency F considered. Therefore, the band of use of the antenna will be limited by the dimensions of the reflective plane and its distance to the radiating elements.
- One of the main qualities of a directive antenna being to have the best possible back-to-back ratio (directivity ratio between the front and the rear of the antenna), the value of the distance is, therefore, chosen so to allow the operation of the antenna on the widest possible frequency band while maintaining a good front-to-back ratio in the radiation of the antenna. For example, if the objective is to have the best front-to-back ratio for the frequency F1 of a frequency band, then the distance "d" between the reflective plane 2 and the antenna is
- the dimensions of the antenna are a function of the target frequency band.
- the low frequency is proportional to the outside diameter D ⁇ Xt of the spiral
- the high frequency is proportional to the inner diameter D int of the spiral.
- the matching circuits disturb the radiation of the antenna for high frequencies of use.
- the matching circuit may comprise a metal shield "B" in FIG. 1, which makes it possible to avoid the damage that the "baluns" can bring to the radiation of the antennas, whatever the polarization.
- FIG. 7 gives an exemplary embodiment of a grating according to a regular polygonal configuration comprising 5 radiating elements.
- the network pentagonal thus formed offers, in particular, the advantage of having a network of directional antennas which makes it possible to place this network of multi-polarization antennas on any carrier structure without being disturbed by it. It also allows to work with a radio coverage of 360 ° For example, it is possible to position it at the top of a mast as it is represented in Figure 9.
- the dimensions of the network defined by the height H, the length L and the width of the system P depend on the size of the elementary radiating element as well as the frequency band and the expected performances.
- the network is associated with a means not shown in the figure for performing the steps of the antenna processing algorithms capable of processing the multi polarization of the signals and operating taking into account the amplitude and the phase of the signals.
- the radiation diagram of FIG. 8 shows a measurement result at 1 GHz of the antennas of the network described by the preceding example of the invention. These diagrams were measured with a vertical and horizontal linear polarization source and the responses of each antenna in the corresponding polarizations were measured.
- the opening at 3dB is 75 ° which allows, with at least 5 sinuous spirals, to have good coverage in all directions.
- the configuration of the network may be different: linear or homothetic network in the case of an airborne configuration.
- N sinuous spiral antennas whose dimensions are adapted to the frequency band of use N metal reflectors of the same dimension as the elementary antennas, 2N matching circuits (balun), N protections (shielding) to compensate for the presence of the matching circuits, a direction finding algorithm adapted to multi-polarization processing and installation configuration.
- FIG. 10 represents in a diagram where the abscissa axis corresponds to the frequency axis expressed in MHz and the ordinate axis represents the Effective Height of an antenna according to the prior art, curve I, and an antenna according to the invention, the curve II corresponding to the vertical polarization and the curve III the horizontal polarization.
- the array of multi-polarization directive antennas described above therefore makes it possible to process signals whatever the polarization without being hindered by the carrier structure of the antenna. This allows easier integration on a carrier.
- the radiation patterns of the antennas (opening, front to back ratio, etc.) make it possible to obtain good precision performance without being disturbed by the carrier structure.
- the good stability of the antenna network also makes it possible to envisage calibration by simulation since the radiation patterns will be weakly disturbed by the carrier structure.
- the fact that the antenna is insensitive to the supporting structure therefore makes it possible to envisage interchangeability antenna from one carrier to another without having to re-calibrate.
- each radiating element makes it possible to directly and independently process the vertical and horizontal polarizations as well as any other type of polarization by suitable processing.
- a pentagonal network consisting of these antennas, we can have a 360 ° coverage to apply the goniometry treatments without being disturbed by the elements supporting the antenna. In some configurations, this also makes it possible to simplify or eliminate the calibration phases, since the elementary antennas will not be affected by the carrier structure.
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