EP2458680A3 - Antenna for receiving circular polarised satellite radio signals - Google Patents

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EP2458680A3
EP2458680A3 EP11010231.6A EP11010231A EP2458680A3 EP 2458680 A3 EP2458680 A3 EP 2458680A3 EP 11010231 A EP11010231 A EP 11010231A EP 2458680 A3 EP2458680 A3 EP 2458680A3
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Heinz Lindenmeier
Leopold Reiter
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q7/00—Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
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    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
    • H01Q21/24—Combinations of antenna units polarised in different directions for transmitting or receiving circularly and elliptically polarised waves or waves linearly polarised in any direction
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    • 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
    • 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
    • H01Q3/26—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 relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture
    • H01Q3/30—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 relative phase or relative amplitude of energisation between two or more active radiating elements; varying the distribution of energy across a radiating aperture varying the relative phase between the radiating elements of an array

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Antenne (1) für den Empfang zirkular polarisierter Satellitenfunksignale umfassend wenigstens eine im Wesentlichen horizontal orientierte über einer leitenden Grundfläche (6) angeordneten Leiterschleife, mit einer mit einem Antennenanschluss (5) verbundenen Anordnung zur elektromagnetischen Erregung (3) der Leiterschleife, gekennzeichnet durch die folgenden Merkmale:
- die Leiterschleife ist als Ringleitungsstrahler (2) durch eine polygonale oder kreisförmige geschlossene Ringleitung in einer im Wesentlichen horizontalen Ebene mit der Höhe h über der leitenden Grundfläche (6) verlaufend gestaltet
- der Ringleitungsstrahler (2) bildet eine Resonanzstruktur und ist durch die elektromagnetische Erregung (3) in der Weise elektrisch erregt, dass sich auf der Ringleitung die Stromverteilung einer laufenden Leitungswelle in einer einzigen Umlaufrichtung einstellt, deren Phasenunterschied über einen Umlauf gerade 2π beträgt
- zur Unterstützung der vertikal orientierten Anteile des elektromagnetischen Feldes ist mindestens ein am Umfang des Ringleitungsstrahlers (2) vertikaler und zur leitenden Grundfläche hin verlaufender Strahler (4) vorhanden, welcher sowohl mit dem Ringleitungsstrahler (2) als auch der elektrisch leitenden Grundfläche (6) elektromagnetisch verkoppelt ist
- die Höhe h ist kleiner als 1/5 der Freiraum-Wellenlänge λ.

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Antenna (1) for receiving circularly polarized satellite radio signals comprising at least one substantially horizontally oriented conductor loop arranged above a conductive base (6), with an arrangement for electromagnetic excitation (3) of the conductor loop connected to an antenna connection (5), characterized by the following Characteristics:
- The conductor loop is designed as a ring line radiator (2) by a polygonal or circular closed loop in a substantially horizontal plane with the height h over the conductive base (6) extending
- The ring line emitter (2) forms a resonant structure and is electrically excited by the electromagnetic excitation (3) in such a way that adjusts the current distribution of a current line wave in a single direction of rotation on the loop, the phase difference over a revolution is just 2π
- To support the vertically oriented portions of the electromagnetic field is at least one on the circumference of the ring line radiator (2) vertical and the conductive base surface extending radiator (4) present, which both with the ring line radiator (2) and the electrically conductive base (6) Electromagnetically coupled
the height h is less than 1/5 of the free-space wavelength λ.
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