US3820117A - Frequency extension of circularly polarized antenna - Google Patents

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US3820117A
US3820117A US00318137A US31813772A US3820117A US 3820117 A US3820117 A US 3820117A US 00318137 A US00318137 A US 00318137A US 31813772 A US31813772 A US 31813772A US 3820117 A US3820117 A US 3820117A
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q9/00—Electrically-short antennas having dimensions not more than twice the operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q9/04—Resonant antennas
    • H01Q9/16—Resonant antennas with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole
    • H01Q9/26—Resonant antennas with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole with folded element or elements, the folded parts being spaced apart a small fraction of operating wavelength
    • H01Q9/27—Spiral antennas
    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/40—Radiating elements coated with or embedded in protective material
    • H01Q1/405—Radome integrated radiating elements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q21/00—Antenna arrays or systems
    • H01Q21/29—Combinations of different interacting antenna units for giving a desired directional characteristic

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  • the lower range of useful frequency response is thereby changed from a minimum operating frequency wherein the diameter of the spiral tracks constitutes approximately one-half wave length to a value wherein one-half wave length is approximately equal to the width of the antenna elements including the dipoles.
  • This composite structure may be curved to some degree to enable it to conform to the inside surface of a curved radome.
  • This invention relates to circularly polarized, cavitybacked microwave spiral antennas and more particularly to a method and structure for providing a linearly polarized low-frequency extension of the antennas operation.
  • radar warning direction finding systems use circularly polarized, cavity-backed spiral antenna elements operating in the axial mode and producing a cosine pattern.
  • this mode of operation maximum radiation will occur along a line normal to the plane of the spiral element. If a reflecting cavity is placed behind the spiral element, a single lobed radiation pattern perpendicular to the plane of the spiral exists.
  • the present invention is concerned with an extension of this mode of operation into lower frequency bands and with response to left and right-hand circular polarization, as well as linear polarizations and dominantly horizontal polarizations at lower frequency bands.
  • the generally accepted theoretical basis for operation of the spiral antenna is the current band theory. If a spiral antenna is fed so that energy entering the two spiral tracks at the origin is 180 out of phase, the first current band will occur where current in one arm returns to an in-phase condition with the other arm. This condition will occur because of the geometry of the spiral element; that is, each successive turn of the spiral progressively is longer. Analysis indicates that current in adjacent conductors will reach an in-phase condition where the circumference of the ring is equal to one wave length.
  • the generally accepted approach is to increase the diameter of the antenna until the circumference equals one wave length at the lowest frequency required. This approach is incompatible with the need to extend operating frequencies without major modifications of the existing antenna sites.
  • the applicants approach herein depends upon using a spiral antenna whose feed systems provide the 180 phase difference for a suitable band width to satisfy both the initial frequency and the extended (lower) frequencies.
  • the outside ends of the cavity-backed spiral elements are extended by the integration of a cavity-backed dipole element whose effective aperture approximates one half wave length at the lowest required operating frequency.
  • the selected sense of a dominant linear polarization is optional and is determined by the orientation of the dipole elements with respect to the radius vector from the origin of the spiral elements.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an extended frequency range antenna according to our invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the antenna of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a view of a typical radome, shown partly in section, with our antenna installed.
  • a planar spiral microwave antenna element 10 having two separate interlaced spiral tracks 10a and 10b is normally formed as a printed circuit on a substrate of insulating material.
  • Antenna element 10 is positioned overlying a microwave cavity consisting of a cylindrical container 12 which is normally lined internally with microwave absorber material which may be held in place by plastic foam material. Details of the construction of a similar cavitybacked microwave antenna appear in U.S. Pat. No. 3,441,937 (common assignee).
  • dipole elements 14a and 14b Wired to the outside ends of each of conductor tracks 10a and 1012 are dipole elements 14a and 14b.
  • Each of dipole elements 14a and 14b is physically positioned on an insulating substrate 16a and 16b, respectively, supported on housings 18a and 18b which constitute extensions of the microwave cavity housing 12. These housings are also lined with microwave absorber material.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic drawing showing some of the electrical properties of the device'of FIG. 1.
  • a pair of conductors 20 and 22 are connected to the antenna element with conductor 20 connected to spiral track 10a and conductor 22 connected to spiral track 10b. These conductors are normally supplied through a coaxial connector having a shield 24.
  • the dipole elements 140 and 14b are connected to the spiral elements and 10b, respectively, as described above, and these are held physically displaced from the back side of the cavity element 12. In the space between cavity 12 and elements 10a, 10b, 14a and 14b is placed a layer of microwave absorber material.
  • FIG. 3 a radome 25 which is partially broken away to show the antenna installation against its inside wall.
  • the insulating substrate for the antenna element 10 is formed in a dome-shaped configuration to minimize the air space between the antenna surface and the interior surface of the radome 25.
  • the dipole extensions 14a and 14b are positioned against the inside surface of the radome and therefore curved to follow its configuration.
  • Attached to the lower part of housing 12 are metal plates 26a and 26b which constitute ground plane elements for the dipole antenna elements 14a and 14b, respectively.
  • Located between ground plane element 28a and antenna element 14a is a layer of material which may be all microwave absorber material or partially microwave absorber material and partially a plastic foam material which is used as a spacer.
  • a spacer 30 of flexible compressible material may be used between these members.
  • Such a spacer may be made of silicon rubber or other suitable material having dielectric characteristics very similar to that of the radome material.
  • a wide band microwave antenna assembly comprising:
  • a planar spiral antenna mounted on a substrate of insulating material, said antenna including a pair of interlaced spiral elements having terminals near the axis of said assembly,
  • a lower frequency linearly polarized antenna extension comprising a cavity-backed dipole element electrically connected to the outside ends of each of said spiral elements.
  • a wide band microwave antenna assembly com prising
  • an antenna element overlying said cavity including a substrate of insulating material and a pair of interlaced spiral antenna tracks fixed to said substrate,
  • a lower frequency extension comprising a cavity backed dipole element connected to the outside end of each of said tracks such that the overall width of the assembly is approximately one-half wave length at the lowest frequency for which the antenna is expected to provide significant gain.
  • a wide band antenna assembly as set forth in claim 2 wherein said cavity and the cavities backing said dipole elements are lined with microwave absorber material.

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IL43841A IL43841A (en) 1972-12-26 1973-12-17 Frequency extension of circularly polarized antenna
DE2362913A DE2362913C3 (de) 1972-12-26 1973-12-18 Spiralantenne
GB5873773A GB1388230A (en) 1972-12-26 1973-12-19 Frequency extension of circularly polarized antenna
FR7345897A FR2211767B1 (fr) 1972-12-26 1973-12-21
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US4309706A (en) * 1974-11-14 1982-01-05 The United States Of America As Represented By The Secretary Of The Navy Wideband direction-finding system
FR2323244A1 (fr) * 1975-09-08 1977-04-01 American Electronic Lab Antenne a large bande
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US4012744A (en) * 1975-10-20 1977-03-15 Itek Corporation Helix-loaded spiral antenna
US4015264A (en) * 1975-11-20 1977-03-29 Textron, Inc. Dual mode broadband antenna
US4114164A (en) * 1976-12-17 1978-09-12 Transco Products, Inc. Broadband spiral antenna
US4268833A (en) * 1978-09-08 1981-05-19 Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of Canada, As Represented By The Minister Of National Defence Broadband shaped beam antenna employing a cavity backed spiral radiator
US4348677A (en) * 1979-06-25 1982-09-07 General Dynamics, Pomona Division Common aperture dual mode seeker antenna
BE1011665A5 (fr) * 1989-08-03 1999-12-07 Dassault Electronique Dispositif d'antennes spirales perfectionné
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DE2362913A1 (de) 1974-06-27
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