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US2705754A
US2705754A US574334A US57433445A US2705754A US 2705754 A US2705754 A US 2705754A US 574334 A US574334 A US 574334A US 57433445 A US57433445 A US 57433445A US 2705754 A US2705754 A US 2705754A
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    • H01Q19/12—Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic using reflecting surfaces wherein the surfaces are concave
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    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q19/00—Combinations of primary active antenna elements and units with secondary devices, e.g. with quasi-optical devices, for giving the antenna a desired directional characteristic
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  • This invention relates to antenna systems and particularly to directive antenna systems.
  • the width of the major lobe at the half power point is about 6 degrees, the gain is about 17 decibels and the minor lobes are about 30 per cent of the major lobe.
  • the half power widths in the vertical and horizontal planes are, respectively, 3.4 and 1.8 degrees and the gain is about 32 decibels.
  • aperture has its optical meaning and signifies the diameter of the opening, that is, the maximum chord lying in the plane of curvature of a cylindrical parabolic reilector.
  • One embodiment of the invention comprises a large main cylindrical parabolic reliector having a long horizontal line focus, a small auxiliary cylindrical parabolic reector facing the large reilector and having a short vertical line focus, a pair of parallel end plates attached to the bottom and top ends of the small parabolic reector and spaced a half wavelength or less, and a primary antenna aligned with the focal line of the small reflector.
  • the horizontal longitudinal axis of the rec- 2,705,754 Patented Apr. 5, 1955 ICC tangular orifice, formed by the two end plates and the short vertical ends of the small reflector, is aligned with the horizontal focal line of the large reilector.
  • the primary antenna energizes the short auxiliary reector and, by reason of the small spacing and the action of the short parabolic reliector, a tlat or plane wave front is produced in the rectangular orifice. After leaving the orilice the wave front becomes cylindrical and the main rellector transforms the cylindrical wave front into a liat wave front. Since the orifice of the main reflector is large, and since the wave front produced is liat, a high gain is realized.
  • the short parabolic reflector produces highly directive action in the horizontal plane and the long parabolic reilector produces directive action in the vertical plane, so that an exceedingly sharp point-beam is secured.
  • a horizontal plane reflector is attached to the bottom longitudinal edge of this half section of the main reflector so as to extend in front of and in the axial plane of the main reector.
  • waves reected downwardly by the main retlector are reflected skywardly whereby a fan-beam, the upper half of which conforms to a cosecant pattern, is obtained.
  • Figs. l, 2 and 3 are respectively side, front and top views of one embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 4 is a side view of a diterent embodiment of the invention.
  • Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are respectively sectional side, top and perspective views of still another embodiment of the invention.
  • Figs. 8 and 9 are measured directive patterns for the embodiment of Figs. 5, 6 and 7.
  • reference numeral 1 denotes a translation device such as a radar transceiver and numeral 2 denotes a coaxial line comprising an inner conductor and an outer conductor.
  • Numeral 3 denotes an auxiliary cylindrical parabolic metallic Ieector having an axis or axial plane 4, a short focal line 5 having the dimension D a half wavelength long or less and a long latus rectum 6.
  • Numerals 7 and 8 denote metallic plates or guide members which are attached to the top and bottom ends of the short parabolic reiiector 3 and form therewith a rectangular tone 9.
  • the longitudinal. dimension of the perennial 9 and the aperture of the reflector 3 are coincident and equal in length.
  • the extreme portion 10 of the inner line conductor extends through an insulator 11 in the bottom plate 8 and forms a linear primary antenna member aligned with the vertical focal line S of the reflector 3.
  • the linear antenna member 10, the parabolic reiiector 3 and the end plates 7, 8 constitute an auxiliary line-type antenna 12, hereinafter termed a parallel-plate or box antenna.
  • Reference numeral 13 denotes a main cylindrical parabolic rellector having a focal length L, an axis or axial plane 14, a long focal line 15, the focal line 15 being aligned with the longitudinal dimension of the rectangular perennial 9.
  • waves supplied by the transceiver 1 are conveyed over line 2 to the linear antenna member 10 and are thence radiated.
  • the Waves emitted by member 1i) impinge upon reliector 3 and are then directed toward the rectangular oritice 9.
  • the wave front 17 of the Waves emitted by member 10 is circular, as shown by the circular line, Fig. 3, and the parabolic reflector 3 converts this circular front to a linear front which is represented by the line 18, Fig. 3.
  • the wave front 17 of the waves emitted by member 10 is almost linear, as illustrated in Fig.
  • the wave front is flat.
  • the wave front of the waves emitted by orifice 9 and propagated toward the main relector 13 remains linear in the horizontal plane containing the focal line 15 as shown by line 18, but in the vertical plane containing the axis 14 of reflector 13, the wave front becomes circular after leaving orifice 9, as shown by the dot-dash curve 19, Fig. 1. Consequently, as is desired, the long or main reflector 13 is energized or illuminated by a wave arriving from the focal line and having a cylindrical wave front.
  • auxiliary or short reflector 3 produces maximum action along the intersection of the axial planes 4, 14 of the two reectors so that the illumination of the long reflector, Fig. 3, is tapered from a maximum at the center to values less than maximum at the transverse ends and 21.
  • the circular wave front 20 is transformed by the long rellector 13 into a linear wave front, as shown by the straightdot-dash line 22, Fig. 1 and, in the horizontal plane containing the focal line 15, the parabolic reflector 13 functions in a sense as a plane reflector so that the linear wave front is not changed, as shown by the straight line 23, Fig. 3.
  • the cylindrical wave front derived from the plane wave along the focal line 15 is converted to a plane wave front which is propagated in the axial direction 24.
  • applicants system produces a purely flat, or more nearly perfectly flat, wave front.
  • the beam produced by the system of Figs. l, 2 and 3, comprising a full main reflector, is essentially a point-beam, the half power widths of the major lobe patterns, taken in the horizontal and vertical planes, being exceedingly small. While the vertical and horizontal plane patterns are interdependent to some extent, generally speaking, the horizontal directivity is produced by the directive action of the short parabolic reflector 3 whereas the vertical plane directivity is produced by the directive action of the long parabolic reflector 13. In reception, the converse operation obtains by virtue of the reciprocity theorem.
  • the reflectors 3 and 13 may be rotated 90 degrees so that the focal lines of the auxiliary reflector 3 and the main reector 13 are, respectively, horizontal and vertical, instead of as shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3.
  • the high gain system of Figs. l, 2 and 3 is much easier to construct or manufacture than a comparable paraboloidal system and much less bulky than a comparable horn system.
  • the antenna system is substantially the same as that illustrated by Figs. l, 2 and 3 except that the lower half of the main reflector 13 and the lower half of the parallel-plate antenna 12 are omitted and a plane horizontal reflector 25 extends from the bottom longitudinal edge of the half size rellector 13 to the bottom end plate 8 of the auxiliary antenna 12.
  • the spacing between the end plates is D/2.
  • a dat wave front is produced in the rectangular orifice 9 and waves are emitted as, for example, in direction 16 towards the half size long reflector 13.
  • the waves impinging upon the long reflector are rellected or reradiated by the segmental portions of the reflector 13 in various directions as, for example, directions 26, 27, 28 and 29. Since only the upper section of the long reflector is utilized, the beam width in the vertical plane is greater than the beam width in the horizontal plane, and a fan-beam is secured. Also, a portion of the reected wavelets are reected by the horizontal reector 25, as illustrated by arrow 30. As a. I 6 S1l lt while mum action in the vertical plane occurs primarily along the axial direction 31, the intensities of the wavelets emitted in the upward directions as, for example, direction 32 are considerably greater than the intensities of the waves emitted in the downward directions as, for example, direction 33.
  • Figs. S, 6 and 7 illustrate, except for certain constructional details, a double parabolic system which has been actually constructed and successfully tested, the design wavelength of the system being about 9.8 centimeters.
  • the system comprises the upper half section of a main reector 13 having a horizontal axis or axial plane 14 and a long horizontal focal line 15, and an auxiliary parabolic antenna 12 tilted downwardly so that its axis 4 makes an acute angle with the horizontal.
  • the main reflector comprises a wooden form 34 covered with copper foil 35 and supported by the wooden members 36.
  • the length and height of the main reflector 13 are approximately 32 and 7 feet, respectively, corresponding to 99.5 and 22.4 wavelengths.
  • the focal length L of the main reflector is 42 inches corresponding to about 10.9 wavelengths
  • the auxiliary antenna 12 comprises a cylindrical parabolic reflector 3 having a short focal line 38 and a long latus rectum 39.
  • a pair of parallel plate members 40 and 41 are attached to the ends of reflector 3.
  • the parabolic reflector 3 and the parallel plate members are constructed of Wood covered with copper foil 35.
  • the feed reflector 3 has a focal length F of 94 inches corresponding to approximately 24.3 wavelengths and the spacing S between the metallic surfaces of the plate members 40 and 41 is approximately one and a quarter inches corresponding to 0.324 wavelength.
  • the longitudinal dimension of the rectangular orifice 42 formed by the plate members 40 and 41 and the ends of the auxiliary parabolic reflector 3 is 31 feet and 8 inches corresponding to about 98.4 wavelengths and is aligned substantially with the horizontal focal line 15 of the main reflector 13.
  • the tilted box antenna 12 is supported in an iron and wood framework or cradle 43 comprising the longitudinal wooden beam members 44 and the transverse wooden members 45.
  • the top of the cradle is equipped with the wooden platforms 46 and 47 which are covered with copper foil 35.
  • the platform 46 extends horizontally from the bottom of the main reflector 13 to the rectangular orifice 42 of the parallel-plate antenna 12 and the platform 47 extends from the rectangular orifice 42 horizontally over the parallel-plate antenna 12. While the copper foil covered platforms are not exactly in the same horizontal plane they constitute, or function as, a single horizontal plane reflector 48.
  • the parallel-plate antenna is accurately positioned in a manner utilizing simple supporting structure and, at the same time, the use of the extended horizontal reflector 48 is permitted.
  • Reference numeral 49 denotes an air-filled wave guide connected at its lower end to a translation device 1 and equipped at its upper end with a polystyrene plug 50.
  • the plug 50 projects into the parallel-plate antenna 12.
  • the surface of the plug 50 facing the auxiliary parabolic reector 3 is Unshielded and extends parallel, and adjacent, to the focal line 38 of reflector 3; and the surface facing the main reflector 13 is shielded by the brass member 51.
  • the plug 50 and brass member 51 are securely held in position by means of the screw 52.
  • the plug 50 constitutes a unidirectional primary horn antenna aligned, substantially, with the focal line 38 of the small parabolic rellector 3 and oriented so as to illtuninate reflector 3, but not reflector 13.
  • waves are supplied by the translation device or transceiver 1 over guide 49 to the primary horn antenna 50 and thence emitted, as a cylindrical wave, toward the small parabolic reflector 3.
  • This cylindrical wave is transformed, by the parabolic reflector 3 and by reason of the small spacing between the end plates 40 and 41, into a plane wave at the rectangular orifice 42.
  • the wave After leaving orifice 42, the wave becomes cylindrical, as shown by the circular line 19, and is propagated toward the main reflector 13.
  • the entire main reflector is illuminated and, as in the system of Fig.
  • the arrow 53 illustrates a typical direction of propagation of the waves emanating from the rectangular tone 42 and the arrows 54, 55, 56 and 57 represent several of the reflected components for this direction. While most of the components are reflected in directions which avoid the horizontal reflector 48, certain of the reflected components are reflected again by the horizontal reflector 48, as shown by the arrows 58 and 59 whereby, as explained in detail in connection with Fig. 9, the energy is propagated primarily in horizontal and upwardly pointing directions.
  • the measured gain of the antenna system of Fgs. 5, 6 and 7 is about 41 decibels and the wave front established in the rectangular orifice 39 of the large reflector 13 is within 145 degrees of a plane, that is, a zero degree, wave front. In reception, the converse operation obtains.
  • reference numeral 60 denotes the measured partial directive pattern, taken in the horizontal plane and at the design frequency of 9.8 centimeters, of the antenna system of Figs. 5, 6 and 7.
  • the antenna was connected to a receiver and vertically polarized waves were received from a local test transmitter.
  • the pattern represents the transmitting, as well as the receiving, characteristic.
  • the pattern comprises a major lobe 61 having its axis aligned with the axis 4 of the auxiliary parabolic reflector 3, and the minor lobes 62.
  • the major lobe 61 is symmetrical about its axis and the angular width of the major lobe 61, taken at the half power point 63, corresponding to 0.707 on the power square root scale and -3 decibels on the decibel scale, is exceedingly small, that is, about 0.75 degree. Since the horizontal beam width is very small the azimuthal direction of an incoming wave may be determined with a high degree of accuracy. Accordingly, the double parabolic antenna of Fig. 7, when mounted for horizontal rotation, is particularly suitable for use in an azimuthal scanning radar system. Beyond t 25 degrees (not shown on Fig. 8) the measured minor lobes are not above -30 decibles. Beyond :1:70 degrees they are not above -40 decibels and beyond x80 degrees they are not above -50 decibels.
  • reference numeral 64 denotes the vertical plane directive pattern for the system of Figs. 5, 6 and 7.
  • the pattern includes the major lobe 65 which is aligned with the axis 14 of the main reflector 13 and the small minor lobe 66 on the down side of the pattern.
  • the major lobe 65 is about 2.9 degrees wide at the half power point 63 and, since the corresponding width of the major lobe pattern in the horizontal plane is 0.75 degree, the antenna system produces a fan-beam.
  • the up half of lobe 65 is, by reason of the action of the horizontal reflector 48, much wider than the down half so that the lobe is asymmetrical about its axis.
  • the curves 67 and 68, Fig. 9, illustrate a pair of ideal vertical patterns for an early warning or long range sky-searching radar antenna employed, at a ground or other surface station, for detecting enemy aircraft at all range values up to 200 miles and for observing the approach of the aircraft.
  • Curve 67 was computed on the assumption that the approaching aircraft flies at the constant height of 3 miles, whereas curve 68 is based on the assumption that the aircraft travels at the constant height of miles. Since the ideal curve 67 falls entirely below the antenna pattern, assuming the power output of the radar system to be 500 kilowatts and neglecting ground reflection, the radar system equipped with the antenna system of Fig.
  • the radar 7 is capable of detecting or illuminating any target aircraft flying at an altitude of 3 miles and having any range up to 200 miles, and is capable of continuing to detect or observe the aircraft as it approaches the radar station. Also, since the curve 68 is below the pattern 64 for the range values of 60 to 200 miles, enemy aircraft flying at a height of 5 miles and having a range of 60-200 may be detected and thereafter continuously observed.
  • the curves 67 and 68 are approximately cosecant curves and the general slope of the upper half of the antenna pattern 64 is substantially the same as the slope of curve 67 or 68.
  • the pattern 65 of the asyrmnetrical vertical plane major lobe of the antenna system of Figs. 5, 6 and 7 is essentially a cosecant pattern, whereby uniform illumination of the horizontal target plane, taken at any altitude such as 3 or 5 miles, is secured.
  • An antenna system for transceiving waves having a given wavelength comprising a first cylindrical parabolic reflector having a short focal line, said short focal line having a length equal to or less than one half of said wavelength, a pair of parallel plates attached to the ends of said first reflector and forming therewith a rectangular orifice having a width equal and parallel to said short focal line, a second cylindrical parabolic reflector having a long focal line equal and parallel to the longitudinal dimension of said orifice, a unidirective primary antenna positioned adjacent to the focal line of and facing said first reflector, and a transceiver connected to said primary antenna.
  • a main cylindrical parabolic reflector section having a horizontal axial plane and a longitudinal edge included in said plane, a horizontal reflector attached to said edge, said horizontal reflector extending in front of said main reflector section, an auxiliary parabolic reflector facing said main reflector section, said auxiliary reflector having a latus rectum, a focal line and an axial plane extending perpendicular to said focal line, said latus rectum extending parallel to the focal line of said main reflector section, said auxiliary reflector being positioned below said horizontal reflector, said axial plane forming an acuate angle with said horizontal reflector, a transceiver, and a primary antenna aligned with the focal line of said auxiliary reflector and connected to said transceiver.
  • a transceiver for transmitting and receiving waves having a given wavelength
  • a transceiver for transmitting and receiving waves having a given wavelength
  • a main cylindrical parabolic reflector having a focal line a plurality of said wavelengths long
  • a line-type antenna comprismg a primary antenna element connected to said transceiver and extending less than one half of said wavelength for emitting or receiving a substantially cylindrical wave front
  • an auxiliary cylindrical parabolic reflector having a focal line less than one half of said wavelength long and aligned with said element
  • said auxiliary reflector having a latus rectum substantially equal in length to and parallel with the focal line of the main reflector
  • a pair of parallel metallic flat members attached to said auxiliary reflector and forming therewith a rectangular orifice, said orifice and the focal line of the main reflector being included in the same plane.
  • An antenna system for transceiving waves having a given wavelength comprising a first cylindrical parabolic reflector having a short focal line, a pair of parallel plates attached to the ends of said first reflector and forming therewith a rectangular orifice having a width equal and parallel to said short focal line, a second cylindrical parabolic reflector facing said reflector and having a long focal line parallel to the longitudinal dimension of said orifice, and a unidirective primary antenna positioned adjacent to the focal line of and facing said first reflector.
  • An antenna system for transceiving electro-magnetic waves comprising a main cylindrical parabolic reflector section having a first axial plane and a longitudinal edge included in said plane, said main reflector section having a long focal line substantially lying in said first plane, an auxiliary parabolic reflector facing said main reflector section, said auxiliar@I reflector having a short focal line and an axial plane perpendicular to said short focal line,
  • auxiliary reflector the major portion of said auxiliary reflector being positioned on a side of said first plane opposite said first reector section, said perpendicular plane of said auxiliary reflector intersecting said first plane along substantially said long focal line, said perpendicular plane forming an acute angle with said first plane, and a unidirective primary antenna positioned adjacent to the focal line of and facing said auxiliary reflector.
  • An antenna system for transceiving electro-magnetic waves comprising a first cylindrical parabolic reector having a short focal line and a latus rectum, a pair of parallel plates attached to the ends of said first reflector and forming therewith a rectangular orifice having a width substantially equal and parallel to said short focal line and a length substantially equal and parallel to said latus rectum, a second cylindrical parabolic refiector facing said first retiector having a long focal line substantially equal and parallel to said latus rectum, and a unidirective primary antenna positioned adjacent to the focal line of and facing said first reflector.
  • An antenna comprising a pillbox type radiating element adapted to radiate energy in a pencil type radiation pattern, means for feeding electromagnetic energy to said pillbox, said pillbox comprising a parabolic cylindrical refiecting surface of small axial dimension and a pair of parallel plane plate members enclosing the ends of said surface, and means for eliminating substantially half of said radiation pattern, said last mentioned means comprising a single plane member extending forwardly of said pillbox in the same plane as one only of said plates.
  • a directive antenna comprising a first parabolic cylindrical refiecting surface having a first focal line, a second parabolic cylindrical reflecting surface having a second focal line and mounted facing said first reflecting surface with said second focal line being skew relative to said first focal line and perpendicular to a line parallel to said first focal line, a conductive end plate mounted perpendicular to said first focal line and extending between said first and second reflecting surfaces with said second focal line adjacent said end plate and on the same side of said end plate as said reecting surfaces, and radiating means positioned to illuminate said first refiecting surface.

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