EP3526853B1 - Jonction de guide d'ondes pour une structure d'alimentation - Google Patents

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EP3526853B1
EP3526853B1 EP17713304.8A EP17713304A EP3526853B1 EP 3526853 B1 EP3526853 B1 EP 3526853B1 EP 17713304 A EP17713304 A EP 17713304A EP 3526853 B1 EP3526853 B1 EP 3526853B1
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  • the present invention relates to a waveguide junction for a feedings structure of a slot antenna array.
  • the present invention further relates to a feedings structure of a slot antenna array, and to a slot antenna array.
  • the feeding structure and the slot antenna array of the present invention are realized using waveguide junctions of the present invention as power dividers.
  • a slot antenna array has two fundamental parts, a radiating part and a complicated three-dimensional feeding structure, which is arranged below the radiating part.
  • the feeding structure is typically realized by using combinations of conventional E-plane and H-plane power dividers or power splitters, like T junctions. T junctions are the simplest of the commonly used waveguide junctions.
  • US 2009/121952 A1 (SHIBUYA YUZO [JP] ET AL) discloses a feeding structure for a slot antenna array.
  • Fig. 18 shows (lower part) an H-plane T junction 1800, which is a type of waveguide junction that has gained its name, because a top of the "T" in the T junction, i.e. the waveguide forming the two T-arms 1801, is parallel to the plane of the magnetic field H lines in the waveguide.
  • An electromagnetic field (indicated by arrows in Fig. 18 , which indicate the direction of the electromagnetic field) can be fed into the waveguide forming the T-leg 1802, and in-phase outputs can be obtained from the two T-arms 1801. That is, the H-plane T junction 1800 is able to split an input signal into two in-phase (0°) output signals.
  • Fig. 18 also shows (upper part) an E-plane T Junction 1810, which is a type of waveguide junction that has gained its name, because a top of the "T" in the T junction, i.e. the waveguide forming the two T-arms 1811, extends from the main waveguide forming the T-leg 1812 in the same plane as the electric field E in the waveguide.
  • the two output signals of the E-plane T junction 1810 will be out of phase (180°) with each other.
  • the ETSI document (ETSI EN 302 217-4-2) addresses these ETSI requirements for directional fixed beam antennas to be utilized with new Point-to-Point (P-P) systems.
  • the document defines specifically a Radiation Pattern Envelope (RPE) in terms of Co- and Cross-polarization.
  • RPE Radiation Pattern Envelope
  • peak side lobe levels may be reduced via an amplitude control, which is called tapering.
  • tapering non-uniform amplitude weighting functions must be defined.
  • the feeding structure of the slot antenna array must be properly designed. The most prominent trade-off, when implementing amplitude weighting functions in such a feeding structure, is between low side lobe levels and a physical implementation of the distribution over the whole frequency band.
  • the physical implementation requires combinations of equal and unequal waveguide power dividers, respectively. These power dividers should have several important characteristics: wideband, flexibility, compactness and symmetry. Some proposed combinations are just too complex to manufacture. For instance, one such complex combination proposes connecting two waveguides in a cross configuration, wherein the waveguides lie in two different planes.
  • the present invention aims to improve conventional waveguide junctions, and thus conventional feedings structures of conventional slot antenna arrays.
  • the present invention has the object to provide a waveguide junction, which is compact and symmetrical, in order to build an improved feeding structure, and a slot antenna array that fulfills ETSI requirements.
  • the waveguide junction should be flexible in use.
  • a rotation of the phase of the output signals should be easily possible, without changing the symmetry of the waveguide junction, and without variation of the phase of the input signal.
  • a physical rotation of the input of the waveguide junction should also be possible, without increasing return loss and splitting.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a feeding structure for a slot antenna array, such that the slot antenna array can be operated with a RPE complying with ETSI requirements.
  • the slot waveguide which is rotated by preferably 45°, realizes the coupling between, for instance, an input (first) waveguide and an output (second) waveguide.
  • the coupling effect is supported by means of the 45° cut of the first waveguide.
  • the waveguide junction of the present invention can be used in realizing a feeding structure of a slot antenna array, and has several advantages. Firstly, it is very compact and symmetric. Secondly, a rotation of the phase of the output signals is easily possible, without any variation of the waveguide junction symmetry, and without any variation of the phase of the input signal. It is also possible to physicaly rotate the first waveguide, wherein return loss and splitting value stay the same after the rotation.
  • the second waveguide is cut parallel to the longitudinal axis of the slot waveguide at one of its ends.
  • the longitudinal axis of the first waveguide is here perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the second waveguide.
  • This waveguide junction has one input and only one output. Signals can be coupled into one of the waveguides, and are coupled out from the other one of the waveguides.
  • the first waveguide and/or the second waveguide comprises, arranged along its longitudinal axis, at least one narrower portion and at least one broader portion.
  • a waveguide having such different portions has accordingly different waveguide widths arranged along its longitudinal axis.
  • the second waveguide comprises, close to the slot waveguide, a step or groove on one of its surfaces (surface area or face), preferably on a surface (surface area or face) facing away from the first waveguide.
  • the groove reduces the section of the waveguide, thereby allowing to split the power in non-equal parts.
  • the step or groove introduced, for instance, inside the second waveguide realizes an unequal power distribution between the two ends of the second waveguide.
  • the step or groove when placed close to the slot waveguide, may thus lead to a redistribution of the power among output ports of the waveguide junction.
  • the output ports can be at the opposite ends of the second waveguide, while an input port of the waveguide junction is at the end of the first waveguide, which is not cut parallel to the slot waveguide. In other words, the end of the first waveguide, at which the input port is located, is not parallel to the slot waveguide.
  • the distance between the slot waveguide and the step or groove, and the size of the step or groove determine the value (ratio) of the power division between the output ports of such a waveguide junction.
  • the waveguide junction can successfully be used in the design of, for example, a V-Band antenna with frequencies between 57 to 66 GHz.
  • the longitudinal axis of the first waveguide is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the second waveguide.
  • the longitudinal axis of the first waveguide is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the second waveguide.
  • the waveguide junction is for transferring a signal in a frequency range of 40 -100 GHz, preferably 57-66 GHz between the first waveguide and the second waveguide.
  • a second aspect of the present invention provides a feeding structure for a slot antenna array, the feeding structure comprising at least one waveguide junction according to the first aspect or any implementation form.
  • the first waveguide of the at least one waveguide junction is connected to an input port in the feeding structure, and the second waveguide of the at least one waveguide junction is connected to at least one output port in the feedings structure.
  • the at least one waveguide junction is configured as a power divider (power splitter) in the feeding structure.
  • multiple waveguide junctions according to the first aspect or any implementation form of the first aspect are arranged on different levels and connected together to form at least one power splitter element a with an input port and a plurality of output ports, wherein a power division value (a power splitting value) of waveguide junctions at the same level is the same.
  • the first waveguides of the multiple waveguide junctions are arranged with their longitudinal axes parallel to each other, and are connected to a common input port.
  • a slot antenna array having a RPE complying with ETSI requirements can be realized.
  • the waveguide junctions are arranged and connected in the feeding structure as power dividers.
  • the power division of each waveguide junction can be adapted as needed, and particular high values of power division can be used. This enables designing the feeding structure according to ETSI requirements.
  • the waveguide junctions are very compact, particularly in the depth direction. Accordingly, many levels of waveguide junctions can be arranged in the feeding structure, without the feeding structure becoming too large for practical use.
  • a third aspect of the present invention provides a slot antenna array comprising a feeding structure according to the second aspect or any implementation form of the second aspect.
  • the slot antenna array further comprises a radiating part, wherein the feedings structure is arranged below and is connected to the radiating part.
  • the slot antenna array of the third aspect can be provided with a RPE that complies with ETSI requirements.
  • Fig. 1 shows a waveguide junction 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is suitable for a feeding structure 1100 (see e.g. Fig. 11 ) of a slot antenna array 1700 (see e.g. Fig. 17 ) of the present invention.
  • the waveguide junction 100 comprises a first waveguide 101, and a second waveguide 102 arranged above the first waveguide 101.
  • a slot waveguide 103 is further arranged between the first waveguide 101 and the second waveguide 102, in order to couple the first and second waveguides 101, 102. That means, a signal that is input, for instance, to the first waveguide 101 is coupled to, and can be output from, the second waveguide 102.
  • the arrangement of the three different waveguides 101-103 in the waveguide junction 100 is advantageously as follows.
  • a longitudinal axis (extension direction) of the slot waveguide 103 is rotated by 40-50°, preferably by 45°, with respect to the longitudinal axis (extension direction) of the first waveguide 101, and with respect to the longitudinal axis (extension direction) of the second waveguide 102.
  • the longitudinal axes of the first waveguide 101 and of the second waveguide 102, respectively, may be perpendicular to another.
  • the first waveguide 101 is cut parallel to the longitudinal axis of the slot waveguide 103 at one of its ends. That is, the first waveguide 101 has an end face, which runs parallel to the longitudinal axis (extension direction) of the slot waveguide 103.
  • Fig. 2 shows the waveguide junction 100 of Fig. 1 in more detail.
  • the waveguide junction 100 of Fig. 2 includes three waveguides, namely the first waveguide 101, the second waveguide 102, and the slot waveguide 103 rotated by here 45°, which realizes the coupling between the two waveguides 101, 102.
  • the first waveguide 101 is specifically an input waveguide
  • the second waveguide 102 is specifically an output waveguide. That is, a signal input to an input port 200 of the first waveguide 101 can be coupled via the slot waveguide 103 to the second waveguide 102, is (power) divided in the second waveguide 102, and is output at the two opposite ports 201a, 201b of the second waveguide 102.
  • the first waveguide 101 and the second waveguide 102 are perpendicular to each other, when considering their longitudinal axes.
  • Fig. 3 shows that, advantageously, the signal output at a first output port 201a of the waveguide junction 100 is out-of-phase with the signal output at a second output port 201b. Further, the waveguide junction 100 is, advantageously, very compact and also symmetric with respect to the input and output ports 200, 201a, 201b, and the two waveguides 101, 102, respectively.
  • Fig. 4 shows that the waveguide junction 100 of Fig. 3 can be successfully used in the design of a V-Band antenna, i.e. for an operating frequency band between 57 and 66 GHz.
  • an E-field input into the input port 200 of the first waveguide 101 is coupled well to the output ports 201a, 201b of the second waveguide 102, and this particularly over the complete frequency range (see results (b) in Fig. 4 (continued)). It can also be seen (see results (a) in Fig. 4 ) that the E-field (power) distribution in the waveguide junction 100 is very symmetrical.
  • Figs. 5 and 6 show the flexible usability of the waveguide junction 100.
  • the Figs. 5 and 6 demonstrate that a rotation of the phase of the output signals at the output ports 201a, 201b of the second waveguide 102 is possible by changing the orientation of the first waveguide by 180° with respect to the x axis, wherein the x axis is the axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the first waveguide; and by rotating the slot waveguide by 90° with respect to the z axis, wherein the z axis is perpendicular to the plane of the first waveguide.
  • a phase rotation is thus possible without changing the overall symmetry of the waveguide junction 100, and without variation of the phase of the input signal input at the input port 200 of the first waveguide 101.
  • Fig. 5 shows in a perspective view (left side) and a top view (right side) of the waveguide junction 100, that the first waveguide 101 is below the second waveguide 102, and the slot waveguide 103 is arranged between them.
  • the slot waveguide 103, and the parallel cut of the first waveguide 101 extend from upper left to lower right.
  • the output signals at the output ports 201a, 201b are phase-rotated to another by 180°.
  • Fig. 6 shows in a perspective view (left side) and a top view (right side) of the waveguide junction 100, which correspond to the views in Fig. 5 that the slot waveguide 103, and the parallel cut of the first waveguide 101, extend from upper right to lower left (differently than in Fig. 5 ).
  • This difference effects that the signal output from output port 201a in Fig. 5 is phase-rotated by 180° compared to the signal output from output port 201a in Fig. 6 .
  • the signal output from port 201b in Fig. 5 is phase-rotated by 180° compared to the signal output from port 201b in Fig. 6 .
  • Fig. 7 shows another waveguide junction 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, which bases on the waveguide junctions 100 shown in the previous figures.
  • the first waveguide 101 and/or the second waveguide 102 has at least one narrower portion 701 and at least one broader portion 702, which portions 701, 702 are arranged along the longitudinal axis of the respective waveguide 101, 102.
  • the respective waveguide 102 is widened in a direction perpendicular to, but in-plane with, its longitudinal axis.
  • the respective waveguide 101, 102 extends wider outwardly than in a narrower portion 701.
  • a broader portion 702 arranged close to the slot waveguide 103 on a waveguide junction 102 improves the return loss of the waveguide junction 100. Same holds also true for the first waveguide 101.
  • the waveguide junction may also be advantageous to design the waveguide junction so that the first waveguide 101 and/or the second waveguide 102 has two broader portions close to the output ports 201a, 201b, and has a narrower portion between the two broader portions.
  • Fig. 8 shows further flexible usability of the waveguide junction 100.
  • the first waveguide 101 is perpendicular to the second waveguide 102, i.e. with respect to their longitudinal axes.
  • the longitudinal axis of the first waveguide 101 is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the second waveguide 102.
  • a good coupling is simulated over the whole frequency band (57-66 GHz).
  • Fig. 9 shows a waveguide junction 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention, which bases on the waveguide junction 100 shown in the previous figures.
  • an unequal power divider can be realized.
  • Such an unequal power divider is usable for achieving ETSI Class 2 requirements of a slot antenna array, since for these requirements output power tapering of the radiators of the slot antenna array is required.
  • the second waveguide 102 comprises, close to the slot waveguide 103, a step or groove 900 on one of its surfaces, preferably on a surface facing away from the first waveguide 101.
  • the step or groove 900 effects a power redistribution among the output ports 201a, 201b of the second waveguide 102.
  • the step or groove 900 is placed preferably close to the slot waveguide 103.
  • the distance between the slot waveguide 103 and the step or groove 900, and the size of the step or groove 900, determines the value (ratio) of the power division.
  • the value (ratio) of the power division can be adjusted according to practical needs. Even for a very high value of the power division, simulation results show a wideband behavior between particularly the frequencies of 57 to 66 GHz.
  • Fig. 10 shows a waveguide junction 100 according to another embodiment of the present invention, which bases on the waveguide junction 100 shown in the Figs. 1 and 2 .
  • both the first waveguide 101 and the second waveguide 102 are cut parallel to the longitudinal axis of the slot waveguide 103 at one of their ends. That is, the second waveguide 102 is additionally cut (in Figs. 1 and 2 only the first waveguide 101 is cut), and accordingly has an end face running parallel to the slot waveguide 103.
  • This design of the waveguide junction 100 has one input port 200 and only one output port 201, namely at the uncut end of the second waveguide 102. Therefore, the waveguide junction 100 of Fig. 9 realizes a two-plane bend structure, which is very compact, while still its wideband behavior is very good between 57-66 GHz.
  • All the waveguide junctions 100 according to embodiments of the present invention can particularly be used in a feeding structure of a slot antenna array, as described in the following.
  • N denotes a number of power splitting levels within the feeding structure 1100, and is an integer. Due to the 2 N outputs 1102, (2 N -1) power dividers 1103 (also called power splitters) are required. In the example of Fig.
  • Fig. 12 shows a feeding structure 1100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the feeding structure 1100 includes the input 1101, the multiple outputs 1102, and the plurality of power dividers 1103.
  • the feeding structure 1100 preferably includes a plurality of waveguide junctions 100 as selected ones of the power dividers 1103.
  • the power dividers 1103 are arranged on different levels m, where m ⁇ [1, 2, ... , N ], and are connected together to form a power-splitting feeding structure 1100. Again, values of power division of the power dividers 1103 at the same level m are the same.
  • the feeding structure 1100 of Fig. 12 is specifically divided into different kinds of power splitting elements, namely at least one splitting element 1200 for splitting power along the H-plane, and at least one splitting element 1201 for splitting power along the E-plane.
  • Fig. 13 shows the H-plane splitting element 1200, which is part of the feedings structure 1100 shown in Fig. 12 . It is called H-plane splitting element 1200, since it realizes power splitting along the H-plane.
  • the element 1200 is shown with an input (which corresponds to the input port 1101 of the feeding structure in Fig. 12 ) and with 16 output ports 1300.
  • Selected power dividers 1103 of the element 1200 are realized by waveguide junctions 100 according to the present invention. Each waveguide junction 100 thus individually serves as a power divider 1103 (power splitter) in the feeding structure 1100.
  • the first waveguide 101 of each waveguide junction 100 is connected directly or indirectly to the input port 1101 of the feeding structure 1100, and the second waveguide 102 of each waveguide junction 100 is connected directly or indirectly to at least one output port 1300 in the feedings structure 1100.
  • Each waveguide junction 100 can thus act as a power splitter for the power of the input signal.
  • the first waveguides 101 of the multiple waveguide junctions 100 are further arranged with their longitudinal axes parallel to each other.
  • the multiple power dividers 1103 are arranged on different levels N of the element 1200 (and thus also the feeding structure 1100 shown in Fig. 12 ), and are connected together to form the element 1200.
  • the power division value (power splitting ratio) of the power dividers 1103 at the same level m is the same, m ⁇ [1, 2, ..., N ].
  • Power dividers 1103, which are provided displaced from another perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the first and second waveguides 101, 102, are at different levels N of the element 1200.
  • Fig. 14 shows that in the H-plane splitting element 1200 of Fig. 13 , the power distribution is symmetric in each level m, and the power is split evenly towards higher levels of the N levels.
  • Fig. 15 shows the H-plane splitting element 1200 of Fig. 13 in another perspective. It can particularly be seen, which power dividers 1103 are implemented by waveguide junctions 100. Preferably, all power dividers 1103 except for the one on the lowest level of the N levels are implemented by waveguide junctions 100. That is, the power divider 1103 on the lowest level directly at the input port 1101 of the signal is preferably a conventional power divider 1103, preferably a conventional T-junction, while all further power dividers 1103 (shown by dotted circles on one side of the element 1200, repeated likewise on the other side of the element 1200) are waveguide junctions 100.
  • One advantage of the waveguide junctions 100 is here their very low depth, which allows reducing size and costs of a feedings structure with several layers N.
  • Fig. 16 shows the E-plane splitting element 1201 of Fig. 12 .
  • the element 1201 has an input port 1600, multiple power dividers 1103, and radiator elements 1601, which are connected to the power dividers at the highest level of the N levels.
  • selected ones of the power dividers 1103 are implemented by waveguide junctions 100.
  • all power dividers 1103 except for those on the highest level are implemented by waveguide junctions 100.
  • Fig. 17 shows a slot antenna array 1700 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the slot antenna array 1700 comprises a radiating part 1701 and a feeding structure 1100, for instance, as shown in Fig. 12 .
  • the feedings structure 1100 is arranged below, and is connected to the radiating part 1701.
  • the feeding structure 1100 includes a plurality of waveguide junctions 100 as selected power dividers 1103, preferably connected together as shown in the Figs. 13-16 , respectively.

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  1. Jonction (100) de guides d'ondes pour une structure d'alimentation (1100) d'une antenne réseau à fente (1700), la jonction (100) de guides d'ondes comprenant
    un premier guide d'ondes (101),
    un deuxième guide d'ondes (102) au-dessus du premier guide d'ondes (101), et
    un guide d'ondes à fente (103) agencé entre le premier guide d'ondes (101) et le deuxième guide d'ondes (102) pour accoupler les premier et deuxième guides d'ondes (101, 102),
    l'axe longitudinal du guide d'ondes à fente (103) subissant une rotation de 40 à 50°, de préférence de 45°, par rapport à l'axe longitudinal du premier guide d'ondes (101) et par rapport à l'axe longitudinal du deuxième guide d'ondes (102), caractérisée en ce que le premier guide d'ondes (101) présente une face d'extrémité qui s'étend parallèlement à l'axe longitudinal du guide d'ondes à fente (103) à l'une de ses extrémités dans une région chevauchée par le deuxième guide d'ondes.
  2. Jonction (100) de guides d'ondes selon la revendication 1, dans laquelle
    le premier guide d'ondes (101) et/ou le deuxième guide d'ondes (102) comprennent/comprend, agencées suivant leur/son axe longitudinal, au moins une partie plus étroite (701) et au moins une partie plus large (702).
  3. Jonction (100) de guides d'ondes selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans laquelle
    le deuxième guide d'ondes (102) comprend, près du guide d'ondes à fente (103), un gradin ou une rainure (900) sur l'une de ses surfaces, de préférence sur une surface orientée à l'opposé du premier guide d'ondes (101).
  4. Jonction (100) de guides d'ondes selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, dans laquelle l'axe longitudinal du premier guide d'ondes (101) est perpendiculaire à l'axe longitudinal du deuxième guide d'ondes (102).
  5. Jonction (100) de guides d'ondes selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, dans laquelle l'axe longitudinal du premier guide d'ondes (101) est parallèle à l'axe longitudinal du deuxième guide d'ondes (102).
  6. Jonction (100) de guides d'ondes selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5 destinée à transférer un signal dans une plage de fréquences de 40 à 100 GHz, de préférence de 57 à 66 GHz, entre le premier guide d'ondes (101) et le deuxième guide d'ondes (102).
  7. Structure d'alimentation (1100) pour une antenne réseau à fente (1700), la structure d'alimentation (1100) comprenant au moins une jonction (100) de guides d'ondes selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6.
  8. Structure d'alimentation (1100) selon la revendication 7, dans laquelle
    le premier guide d'ondes (101) de l'au moins une jonction (100) de guides d'ondes est relié à un port d'entrée (1101) dans la structure d'alimentation (1100), et
    le deuxième guide d'ondes (102) de l'au moins une jonction (100) de guides d'ondes est relié à au moins un port de sortie (1102) dans la structure d'alimentation (1100).
  9. Structure d'alimentation (1100) selon la revendication 7 ou 8, dans laquelle
    l'au moins une jonction (100) de guides d'ondes est configurée comme un diviseur de puissance (1103) dans la structure d'alimentation (1100).
  10. Structure d'alimentation (1100) selon l'une des revendications 7 à 9, dans laquelle
    de multiples jonctions (100) de guides d'ondes selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6 sont agencées sur des niveaux différents et reliées entre elles pour former au moins un élément diviseur de puissance (1200, 1201) avec un port d'entrée (1101, 1600) et une pluralité de ports de sortie (1300, 1601), une valeur de division de puissance de jonctions (100) de guides d'ondes au même niveau étant la même.
  11. Structure d'alimentation (1100) selon la revendication 10, dans laquelle
    les premiers guides d'ondes (101) des multiples jonctions (100) de guides d'ondes sont agencés avec leurs axes longitudinaux parallèles entre eux et sont reliés à un port d'entrée commun (1101).
  12. Antenne réseau à fente (1700) comprenant une structure d'alimentation (1100) selon l'une des revendications 7 à 11.
  13. Antenne réseau à fente (1700) selon la revendication 12, comprenant en outre
    une partie rayonnante (1701),
    la structure d'alimentation (1100) étant agencée sous la partie rayonnante (1701) et étant reliée à celle-ci.
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