US3689923A - Stabilised aerial - Google Patents
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- US3689923A US3689923A US57266A US3689923DA US3689923A US 3689923 A US3689923 A US 3689923A US 57266 A US57266 A US 57266A US 3689923D A US3689923D A US 3689923DA US 3689923 A US3689923 A US 3689923A
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- G—PHYSICS
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- G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
- G02B7/18—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for prisms; for mirrors
- G02B7/182—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for prisms; for mirrors for mirrors
- G02B7/183—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for prisms; for mirrors for mirrors specially adapted for very large mirrors, e.g. for astronomy, or solar concentrators
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- 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
- H01Q19/10—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
- H01Q19/104—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 using a substantially flat reflector for deflecting the radiated beam, e.g. periscopic antennas
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- 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
- H01Q19/10—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
- H01Q19/18—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 having two or more spaced reflecting surfaces
- H01Q19/185—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 having two or more spaced reflecting surfaces wherein the surfaces are plane
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- a lightweight aerial mast for electromagnetic waves is provided witha planar reflector fixed to the top of the mast for reflecting waves onto a planar reflector near the ground, which in turn reflects the waves to a parabolic reflector at whose focus there is a horn aerial.
- the parallelism of the two planar reflectors is made independent from the bending of the mastdue to a connection between these two reflectors provided by three parallel wires of equal lengths which are held 9 Claims, 1 Drawing Figure 6/1950 Black "52/40 STABILISED AERIAL
- the present invention concerns aerials for very high frequency electromagnetic radiation and including reflectors. More particularly, it concerns aerials in which these reflectors are mounted on a structure with relatively low rigidity.
- This parabolic mirror is easily stabilized since it is supported on the ground on a relatively small structure.
- the plane mirror being placed at the top of the mast, suffers displacements due to the flexibility of the mast and gusts of wind. There results an instability in the lobe of the aerial and a loss in gain which may be considerable. While it is possible to increase the rigidity of the mast, particularly by the use of a sufficient number of stays, it is not possible to reduce these variations in the gain of the aerial to negligible proportions, by reducing flexing of the mast, without an increase in the weight of the mast structure which would be unacceptable in most applications.
- the present invention is intended to provide an aerial which is light and which has a directionally stable principal lobe.
- an aerial comprising a first reflector mounted at the top of a mast and a second reflector disposed at the foot of the mast, the first and second reflectors being linked by ties extending between them and being so mounted that displacements of one reflector are transmitted to the other through the ties.
- the aerial suitably comprises three parallel ties and has the second reflector mounted so as to be rotatable about at least two axes perpendicular to the ties.
- an aerial comprises a light and flexible mast 2 which is maintained in position by stays 4, 6, 8, l0, l2, 14.
- a triangular support frame 16 at the top of the mast 2 carries a first plane reflector 18.
- a second plane reflector 20 is disposed at the foot of the mast, and the two reflectors are linked by parallel ties 22, 24 and 26 of the same length.
- a parabolic reflector 258 is mounted on the mast 2 opposite the reflector 20, and has a horn aerial (not shown) at its focus, connected to a transmitter-receiver system not shown).
- the reflector 20 is supported on frames 30, 32 and 34. The frames elastically support the reflector 20 and dampen any vibrations.
- the center of the reflector 20 remains in a substantially fixed position.
- the ties 22, 24, 26 are substantially vertical, the reflector 20; being displaced slightly from the position directly below the reflectorlfl to provide a suitable clearance between itself and the reflector 28.
- the ties 22, 24, 26 are equally spaced around the reflector rims, and the reflectors are inclined at 45 to a horizontal plane.
- the aerial acts as a receiver aerial
- horizontally propagated waves from the appropriate direction are reflected downwardly from the reflector 18 to the reflector 20, whence they are reflected to the reflector 28 and its horn aerial.
- the reflector 20 is mounted so as to be rotatable about any axis perpendicular to the ties 22, 24, 26, so that when a gust of wind alters the inclination of the reflector 18, the movements of the reflector 18 are transmitted to the reflector 20 through the ties 22, 24, 26; the movements of the two reflectors are identical, so that the reflectors remain parallel.
- the incident waves are thus reflected horizontally from the reflector 20 to reflector 28, even though the inclinations of the two plane reflectors have changed. There is thus no significant change in the gain of the aerial, provided that the reflector 18 is sufficiently large for substantially all of the waves reflected downwardly from the reflector 18 to fall on the reflector 20.
- a particular aerial such as just described, for operation at a frequency of 13 GHz, has a parabolic reflector 28 of 60 centimeters diameter, with horizontal axis.
- the reflector 20 is elliptical, with a smaller axis slightly greater than 60 centimeters, so as to be able to reflect all waves from the parabolic reflector 28.
- the mast height is 15 meters, but evidently depends on the site of the aerial and the height of the surrounding vegetation.
- the reflector 20 may be made larger than the reflector l3, and even slightly concave to correct for the deformations of the wave fronts between the reflectors 18 and 20. In this particular example, the concavity is l centimeter.
- the reflector 18 must be sufficiently large to ensure all waves reflected from it land on the reflector 20. It is only for the sake of clarity that these reflectors are shown the same size in the drawing.
- the parabolic reflector 28 is suitably provided with means for adjusting its alignment, so that it can be adjusted for optimum operation once the aerial is erected.
- the stays 10, 12, 14 are arranged so as to minimize the possibility of the mast 2 rotating about its axis.
- An aerial comprising a mast; a first reflector connected to said mast; a second reflector located adjacent the base of said mast; the first and second reflectors,
- tie means linking said first and second reflectors, and means for mounting said first and second reflectors so that angular displacements of one reflector are transmitted to the other by said tie means.
- tie means comprises two ties and wherein said second reflector is mounted parallel to said first reflector and is rotatable about at least one axis inclined to the plane of said ties.
- An aerial as claimed in claim 4 further comprising a parabolic reflector and wherein said second reflector is situated opposite and co-operates with said parabolic reflector.
- An aerial comprising a mast; a first reflector connected to said mast; a second reflector located adjacent the base of said mast; the first and second reflectors being elliptical; tie means linking said first and second reflectors, and means for mounting said first and second reflectors so that angular displacements of one reflector are transmitted to the other by said tie means.
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FR696925176A FR2050326B1 (fr) | 1969-07-23 | 1969-07-23 |
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CH (1) | CH514239A (fr) |
DE (1) | DE2036146A1 (fr) |
FR (1) | FR2050326B1 (fr) |
GB (1) | GB1253174A (fr) |
NL (1) | NL7010698A (fr) |
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Cited By (2)
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US4249183A (en) * | 1976-04-16 | 1981-02-03 | Thomson-Csf | Periscope arrangement with protection against parasitic radiation |
WO1999019935A1 (fr) * | 1997-10-14 | 1999-04-22 | At & T Corp. | Systeme de montage d'antenne unipolaire |
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DE2623955C2 (de) * | 1976-05-28 | 1978-03-02 | Fa. Carl Zeiss, 7920 Heidenheim | Periskopisches Winkelspiegelsystem mit umschaltbarer Blickrichtung |
DE3106321A1 (de) * | 1981-02-20 | 1982-09-09 | Licentia Patent-Verwaltungs-Gmbh, 6000 Frankfurt | Nachfuehrverfahren fuer auf schwankenden richtfunktuermen angeordnete antennen |
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US2510059A (en) * | 1945-05-16 | 1950-06-06 | Us Sec War | Platform |
US2665383A (en) * | 1952-01-31 | 1954-01-05 | Pierre G Marie | Microwave dispersive mirror |
US3538428A (en) * | 1966-08-02 | 1970-11-03 | Barringer Research Ltd | Supporting system for maintaining a pair of devices in a predetermined angular relationship with one another |
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FR372952A (fr) * | 1906-12-27 | 1907-04-25 | Gabriel Gars | Appareil de vision à distance |
BE501888A (fr) * | 1950-05-16 |
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US2510059A (en) * | 1945-05-16 | 1950-06-06 | Us Sec War | Platform |
US2665383A (en) * | 1952-01-31 | 1954-01-05 | Pierre G Marie | Microwave dispersive mirror |
US3538428A (en) * | 1966-08-02 | 1970-11-03 | Barringer Research Ltd | Supporting system for maintaining a pair of devices in a predetermined angular relationship with one another |
Cited By (2)
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US4249183A (en) * | 1976-04-16 | 1981-02-03 | Thomson-Csf | Periscope arrangement with protection against parasitic radiation |
WO1999019935A1 (fr) * | 1997-10-14 | 1999-04-22 | At & T Corp. | Systeme de montage d'antenne unipolaire |
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CH514239A (fr) | 1971-10-15 |
FR2050326B1 (fr) | 1973-02-02 |
GB1253174A (fr) | 1971-11-10 |
SE353982B (fr) | 1973-02-19 |
BE753596A (fr) | 1971-01-18 |
NL7010698A (fr) | 1971-01-26 |
DE2036146A1 (de) | 1971-02-04 |
FR2050326A1 (fr) | 1971-04-02 |
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