US3659094A - Moving object communication systems - Google Patents

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US3659094A
US3659094A US24240A US3659094DA US3659094A US 3659094 A US3659094 A US 3659094A US 24240 A US24240 A US 24240A US 3659094D A US3659094D A US 3659094DA US 3659094 A US3659094 A US 3659094A
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Tsuneo Nakahara
Noritaka Kurauchi
Hiroshi Kitani
Kenji Takemura
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    • H04B5/00—Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems
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    • H04B5/28—Near-field transmission systems, e.g. inductive or capacitive transmission systems characterised by the transmission technique; characterised by the transmission medium using the near field of leaky cables, e.g. of leaky coaxial cables
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    • H01Q13/00—Waveguide horns or mouths; Slot antennas; Leaky-waveguide antennas; Equivalent structures causing radiation along the transmission path of a guided wave
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  • ABSTRACT Radio interference of a moving object communication system, wherein radio communication is between ground stations and a moving object such as a train, with other communication systems which is caused by the electromagnetic coupling between a leaky waveguide and an antenna aboard the moving object, is greatly reduced by providing a ground structure supporting the leaky waveguide in such a way that a narrow space or channel is left between the ground structure and the body of the moving object adjacent the direct coupling space between the line and the antenna.
  • An electromagnetic wave absorbing substance is provided in this narrow space or channel and further the channel is preferebly additionally provided 7 Claims, 11 Drawing Figures BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1.
  • This invention relates to a communication system for moving objects such as trains.
  • the interference noise level at the receiver on board the moving vehicle and which is connected to the train antenna is very high or serious, while the interference noise level at the receiver located at the ground stations and connected to the leaky waveguide is not serious.
  • the electromagnetic waves from other communication system couple strongly to the train antenna, while they couple weakly to the leaky waveguide because they greatly attenuate when they enter a waveguide.
  • the present invention has as a principle object, the reduction of interference between other communication systems and the train communication system, particularly such other systems found at a train station.
  • the present invention uses a device which reduces the radiation power of electromagnetic waves eminating from the train antenna without affecting the degree of coupling between the train antenna and the leaky waveguide.
  • two embodiment may be used in accordance with the teachings of the present invention.
  • the first means is performed by the absorption of electromagnetic waves which would radiate outwards in undesired directions from the train antenna by means of a wave absorbing substance disposed around the train antenna.
  • the second means is performed by the absorption of electromagnetic waves by way of attenuation due to diffraction of electromagnetic waves at a corner of a narrow space between a train body and a ground structure.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic sectional view showing the rela tionship between an antenna on a train and a leaky waveguide for the communication system of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic perspective view of the measurement device for the explanation of the principle of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic front elevation of the same device shown in FIG. 2, and
  • FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 are characteristics graphs showing the results of measurements made from the afore-said measurement device.
  • FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 are diagrammatic sectional views in elevation showing other example embodiments.
  • FIG. 8 is also a diagrammatic perspective view of a measurement device for the explanation of the principles of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a characteristics graph showing the measurement results.
  • FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 are diagrammatic sectional views in front elevation showing other examples of embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 shows an example embodiment of this invention according to the first aforementioned means.
  • FIG. I 1 denotes the leaky waveguide, 3 the main body of the train, 5 the electromagnetic wave absorbing substance disposed around the antenna, 6 the duct for the installation of the waveguide along the-indicated tracks, and 7 a ground structure on the railroad track which supports the leaky waveguide and which is installed near to the train, for the object of this invention, to prevent the leakage of electromagnetic waves.
  • the ground structure is made of such a material as metal, concrete, etc. which reflects electromagnetic waves or which absorbs electromagnetic waves to some degree, though not completely.
  • 2cand 2d denote parts constituting the train antenna, 2Q being a'primary radiator of the traveling wave type made of a rectangular waveguide, and 2d being a secondary radiator made of a metal reflector having an elliptical cylinder shape.
  • D is a narrow spacing between the train body 3 and the ground structure 7.
  • the principle of the first example means of the present invention is that the electromagnetic wave radiated by the train antenna is transmitted well to the leaky waveguide in the duct 6, but that portion which is apt to pass through the narrow channel region defining space D between the ground structure 7 and the electromagnetic wave absorbing substance 5 disposed around the antenna on the train body as shown by the arrows of the broken lines, is subjected to great attenuation. Thus, the amount of electromagnetic wave radiation directed outwards becomes very small.
  • the width of the narrow channel region is significant, meaning that it is of sufficient width such that the wave absorbing material can effectively attenuate the electromagnetic waves passing through the channel region.
  • FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the experimenting apparatus.
  • FIG. 3 is its front elevation. Rectangular waveguides 13, 14 are placed between planes of metal 11 and 12, the appertures of the waveguides being opposed at the distance Z to each other. The distance between 11 and 12 is represented by d.
  • the rectangular waveguide 13 is connected to an oscillator and the rectangular waveguide 14 to a receiver. The distance between their appertures is represented by Z.
  • the rectangular waveguide 13 on the transmission side is fixed and the rectangular waveguide 14 on the receiver side is moved forward and back to vary the distance Z between the appertures of the two waveguides, and the changes in the amount of attenuation of electromagnetic waves with respect to distance 2 are measured.
  • FIG. 4 shows the results of the above-mentioned measurements.
  • the abscissa is the distance 2, expressed in mm, between the appertures of the transmitting and receiving rectangular waveguides, while the ordinate is attenuation between the transmitting and receiving waveguide.
  • the curvea represents the results when metal was used for both 11 and 12 of FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, while the curve-b represents the results when metal was used for 11 and an electromagnetic wave absorbing substance was used in place of metal for 12,
  • FIG. shows the results of measurement of the variations in the attenuation of an electromagnetic wave versus the distance d between the metal plate 11 and the electric wave absorbing substance 12, while keeping a constant distance 2 between the appertures of the aforementioned rectangular waveguides 13 and 14.
  • the ratio of the distance d to the wavelength A, d/)., is shown on the abscissa and the ratio of the attenuation, Art, to the wavelength A, Art/k, is shown on the ordinate.
  • electromagnetic waves can be attenuated effectively by making the distance small between the electromagnetic wave absorbing substance and the metal body.
  • FIG. 6 shows an example embodiment wherein the system of the present invention based, on the above-described measurement results, is made applicable to an air or magnetic suspension train which is expected to be developed in the future.
  • 1 denotes a leaky waveguide
  • 2a and 2b the primary and secondary radiators of the train antenna respectively
  • 3 the main body of the train
  • 5 and electromagnetic wave absorbing substance 6 a duct to house the leaky waveguide
  • 8 the road floor made of concrete or the like.
  • the spacing between the train and the road floor will be made very small, so that the train antenna and the electromagnetic wave absorbing substance can be brought very near to the road floor.
  • Electromagnetic waves radiated from the train antenna to the outside through space D attenuate very greatly.
  • the second means of the present invention consists in the utilization of attenuation due to diffraction of electric waves, at a corner of the narrow space between train body and a ground structure or floor.
  • An embodiment of the present invention according to the second means is shown in FIG. 7.
  • the electromagnetic waves radiated from the train antennas 2a and 2b couple directly with the waveguide l and at the same time part of them are radiatedoutward through the space between the road floor 8 and the electromagnetic wave absorbing substance 5.
  • this space is provided with a corner P, and the present invention takes advantage of the attenuation which occurs when electromagnetic waves diffract at this corner. The results of experimental measurement of the attenuation of electromagnetic waves at such a corner are shown hereinafter.
  • FIG. 8 shows an apparatus for this experiment.
  • 1 l is a metal body, 12 an electromagnetic wave absorbing substance, 13 a rectangular waveguide on the transmission side, and 14 a rectangular waveguide on the receiving side, the appertures of these waveguide being spaced at the distance Z.
  • Point P is, as in FIG. 7, the corner of the electromagnetic wave passage of an electromagnetic wave absorbing substance. While an electromagnetic wave comes out from the rectangular waveguide 13 on the transmission side, passes the part P and reaches the rectangular waveguide 14 on the receiving side, it undergoes great attenuation.
  • FIG. 9 The results of measurement by the above-mentioned experiment are shown in FIG. 9.
  • the abscissa represents the distance Z between the appertures of the waveguides on the transmission and the receiving side, expressed in millimeters.
  • the ordinate represents the degree of attenuation, Art of, electromagnetic waves, expressed in decibels.
  • the curve-a and curve-b of FIG. 4 are transcribed on FIG. 9 for reference, the curve-a showing attenuation for waves passing between two metal bodies and the curve-b showing the attenucation of waves passing between a metal body and an electromagnetic wave absorbing substance.
  • the curve-c shows the results of measurement made by the aforementioned apparatus shown in FIG. 8.
  • the part-Q of the curve-c shows the attenuation due to the bend of the electromagnetic wave passage, i.e. part-P as shown in the FIG. 8.
  • the attenuation due to the corner namely the difference between the curve-b and the curve-c at the part-Q, amounts to approximately 20 db for the wave of a wavelength of 30 mm.
  • This remarkable amount of attenuation is very suitable for the purpose of the present invention.
  • theamount of attenuation due to the corner is very much greater than that due to the reduction of the distance d between the metal body and the electromagnetic wave absorbing substance.
  • FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 show other examples of embodiment of the present invention.
  • corner portions channeling electromagnetic waves are provided in the space between the electromagnetic wave absorbing substance 5 and the road floor 8.
  • one corner is provided in the space to either side of the antenna.
  • a corner shall not be limited to one, but the greater the number of such corners provided in the space between the train and ground structure is, the more effective it will be to increase attenuation.
  • electromagnetic wave absorbing substance is placed only in the neighborhood of the antenna aboard the train. However, it should not necessarily be installed on the train. It goes without saying that the same effect can be obtained also by installing such a substance in the neighborhood of the waveguide on the ground or in the neighborhood of both.
  • a leaky waveguide has always been used for the transmission line on the ground vfor train communication.
  • the present invention is not to be limited to systems where a leaky waveguide is used. It is equally applicable to systems using a leaky coaxial cable, which is a coaxial cable provided with leaky apperture, or a surface wave line, or the like. Such lines shall therefore be given a generic name hereinafter as an open type transmission line.
  • a communication coupling system for a moving vehicle following a predetermined path comprising a support structure following said path and supporting a continuous opentype transmission line therealong spaced adjacent to an antenna mounted on a vehicle on said path for movement thereover and continuously providing an electromagnetic coupling space between said line and said antenna while said vehicle is in motion, said support means providing a continuous reflective or semi-electromagnetic wave absorbing surface behind said transmission line opposite to said coupling space, the surfaces of said support structure and said vehicle defining a closely spaced channel region therebetween of significant width and at least coextensive with said antenna on at least one side of said electromagnetic coupling space, at least one of the surfaces in said channel region including electromagnetic wave absorbing material to attenuate electromagnetic waves passing through said channel region.

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