WO1999054955A2 - Zentral gespeistes antennensystem und verfahren zum optimieren eines solchen antennensystems - Google Patents
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- WO1999054955A2 WO1999054955A2 PCT/DE1999/001188 DE9901188W WO9954955A2 WO 1999054955 A2 WO1999054955 A2 WO 1999054955A2 DE 9901188 W DE9901188 W DE 9901188W WO 9954955 A2 WO9954955 A2 WO 9954955A2
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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
- H01Q19/02—Details
- H01Q19/021—Means for reducing undesirable effects
- H01Q19/023—Means for reducing undesirable effects for reducing the scattering of mounting structures, e.g. of the struts
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- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q15/00—Devices for reflection, refraction, diffraction or polarisation of waves radiated from an antenna, e.g. quasi-optical devices
- H01Q15/14—Reflecting surfaces; Equivalent structures
- H01Q15/141—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing reflecting surfaces
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- H01Q19/02—Details
- H01Q19/021—Means for reducing undesirable effects
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- 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
- H01Q19/02—Details
- H01Q19/021—Means for reducing undesirable effects
- H01Q19/025—Means for reducing undesirable effects for optimizing the matching of the primary feed, e.g. vertex plates
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- 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
- H01Q19/02—Details
- H01Q19/021—Means for reducing undesirable effects
- H01Q19/028—Means for reducing undesirable effects for reducing the cross polarisation
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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
- H01Q19/12—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
- H01Q19/13—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 the primary radiating source being a single radiating element, e.g. a dipole, a slot, a waveguide termination
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- the invention relates to a centrally fed antenna system and a method for optimizing such an antenna system.
- Antenna systems of this type are usually systems with a single reflector and a feed system, although double reflector systems are also known in which the feed system irradiates a subreflector, which in turn illuminates a main reflector.
- double reflector systems are also known in which the feed system irradiates a subreflector, which in turn illuminates a main reflector.
- the following always speaks of a single reflector antenna system; however, the designs are always possible for a double reflector antenna system.
- centrally fed antenna systems with a single reflector are structurally more compact.
- a centrally fed antenna has no offset cross polarization and thus generates less cross polarization than an antenna system with a single reflector and an offset feed system.
- centrally powered antennas have two major disadvantages with regard to the electromagnetic properties: firstly, the electromagnetic field emanating from the reflector is shadowed by the feed system, the supports for the feed system and the feed cable, and secondly, this electromagnetic field affects the feed system.
- the shading essentially has an influence on the copolar antenna diagram: there is a ripple in this diagram in the main on the other hand, this electromagnetic field affects the feed system.
- the shading essentially has an influence on the copolar antenna diagram: there is a ripple in this diagram in the main beam direction and a change in the level of the side lobes. In the case of a circularly polarized, centrally fed antenna, this will also result in a higher cross polarization.
- the reaction to the feed system due to the near field emitted by the reflector essentially has an influence on the cross-polar antenna pattern and the reflection factor of the overall system.
- the shading can be reduced by making the parts of the antenna system in the near field, that is to say the supports and the feed system, and the cables, as transparent as possible for the electromagnetic field;
- electrically conductive cladding is possible, which avoids additional scattering in the near field and thus also reduces interference in the far field.
- the reaction of the near field to the feed system can be reduced by interfering or scattering bodies, for example small cone-shaped scattering bodies that are inserted into the center of the reflector.
- the scatter bodies are shaped in such a way that the stray field emanating from them and the near field reflected by the reflector overlap destructively in the area of the feed system, so that a zero point is generated here. Nevertheless, this stray field naturally also disturbs the far field.
- the invention has for its object to modify a centrally fed antenna system so that the effects of shading and the retroactive effect on the feed system are significantly reduced; in addition, a method is to be specified with which this can be achieved.
- essentially the entire effective reflector surface is shaped such that, according to the far field requirement, the maximum of the copolar far field lies on the illuminated cover area and the minimum of the copolar near field lies with the feed system, e.g. at the aperture of a horn.
- the actual shape of the effective surface of the reflector system is determined in a computer with the aid of a software program.
- the surface shape of the reflector is calculated on the basis of a program based on the requirements for the copolar far field, the effects of the reaction between the reflector surface and the feed system being neglected.
- a program is known and is generally referred to as a PO program, ie physical optics; see. such as “Stig Busk Sorensen: Manual for POS, Physical Optics Single reflector shaping program. TICRA engineering consultants, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 1995 ". Antenna system adapted to the requirements regarding the copolar far field.
- This calculation model is then optimized on the basis of an optimization program which is applied to the essentially entire effective reflector surface in such a way that the repercussions of the near field on the feed system are essentially brought to zero, without the optimization of the properties of the copolar Far field are changed significantly.
- Figure 1 is a schematic perspective view of a centrally fed antenna with a horn as a feed system and a single reflector, the surface of which is shaped according to the invention
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic perspective illustration of the deviation of the surface shape of the reflector shaped according to the invention from a conventional parabolic reflector
- FIG. 3 shows the reflection factor of the overall system for a reference system with a parabolic reflector for the polarization in the X direction and for an antenna system according to the invention for the polarizations in the X and Y directions;
- FIG. 1 shows a centrally fed antenna system 1 with a single reflector 2 and a feed system, in this case a horn 3, the horn being held in the middle above the reflector 2 by means of four supports 4 and being fed via cable 5.
- the reflector 2 is a parabolic reflector which is designed in accordance with conventional methods in such a way that a desired covering area 6 (FIG. 4) is adequately illuminated.
- the antenna system 1 is e.g. deployed on a communications satellite so that the coverage area is a specific area on the earth's surface.
- the supports 4 are produced as struts with a honeycomb structure made of fiber-reinforced plastic. Aramid fibers are preferably used as fibers.
- the horn 3 is covered with a reflective film, e.g. an aluminum foil, roughly wrapped, which is used in particular to prevent reflections of the near field on sharp edges etc.
- the surface of the parabolic reflector is first calculated using a So tware program so that the remote Field of the antenna system covers the desired coverage area 6. This is done, for example, with the help of the PO program mentioned above.
- a likewise computer-assisted optimization process is carried out with the aid of an optimization program with which essentially the entire reflector surface is optimized point by point in order to optimize the conditions in the near field and those in the far field.
- the condition in the near field is essentially that the surface is designed so that there is a zero at the aperture of the horn in the copolar near field, and that a maximum is generated on the covering surface in the copolar far field.
- FIG. 2 shows the deviations of the optimized reflector surface compared to the pre-shaped reflector surface calculated therewith.
- the data apply to an antenna reflector with a diameter of 100 cm and a distance of the horn aperture above the center of the parabolic reflector of 40 cm.
- the frequency band for this antenna is between 5.8 and 6.4 GHz with double linear polarization.
- the deviations of the optimized reflector 2 from the preformed parabolic shape shown in FIG. 2 are between -1.74 mm and +4.41 mm.
- FIG. 3 shows the reflection factor of the overall system in relation to the reference system with a preformed parabolic reflector in the frequency band between 5.6 and 6.5 GHz.
- 7 shows the curve for the reference system in copolarization; 8 is the corresponding curve for the optimized antenna system according to FIGS. 1 and 2 shown. You can see that the values are much better here.
- 9 also shows the curve for the cross polarization for the antenna system according to the invention. The average amplitude for the overall system is around 22 dB.
- FIG. 4 shows antenna diagrams over the cover area 6 for the reference system with parabolic reflector and for the antenna system according to the invention:
- FIGS. 4a and 4b show the copolar antenna diagrams for the reference system and the system according to the invention, the lines with the respective dB values.
- an area 10 can be clearly seen approximately in the middle of the covering area 6, which is delimited by a line with 24 dB. Such an area does not exist in FIG. 4b in the antenna system according to the invention.
- the entire coverage system in the antenna system according to the invention is virtually bounded by an area with a dB value of 24.
- the copolar far field can be better designed by optimizing the entire surface of the antenna reflector according to the invention.
- the interference of the copolar field caused by the attenuation by the horn, the struts and the cables are greatly reduced with the antenna system according to the invention.
- FIG. 4c shows the antenna diagram of the reference system in the cross polarization, in FIG. 4d that of the antenna system according to the invention.
- the invention achieves a substantial improvement in the antenna properties, ie that by optimizing the essentially total reflection the influence of the repercussions of the near field on the feed system can be reduced.
- the overall system is improved in such a way that the disturbing influences caused by damping and the feedback on the feed system act approximately as an equivalent disturbance of more than - 30 dB.
- the antenna properties in the cross-polarization which are generated due to the reaction of the near field to the feed system, can be better designed with a reforming of the entire reflector surface than with the use of interfering bodies.
- the antenna properties in copolarization at the edge of the covering area are better with a reflector area optimized in accordance with the invention than when using interfering bodies. pern.
- the interfering bodies disrupt the entire field, which was originally designed under copolar requirements.
- the surface of the reflector which is re-shaped according to the invention corresponds to an optimal compromise between the copolar antenna property and the reduction in the reaction to the feed system.
- antenna systems with double reflectors are of course also possible.
- a sub-reflector and a main reflector according to the invention.
- the sub-reflector irradiated by the feed system is first optimized over the entire surface in order to minimize the reaction to the feed system and to optimally illuminate the main reflector.
- the main reflector is then again optimized in such a way that the maximum of the copolarization on the covering area is maximal and the reaction to the subreflector is minimal.
- the optimization agrees very well with the analysis, ie the measured properties of the antenna system agree very well with the previously calculated properties.
- the method thus provides a very effective tool for constructing antenna systems without complicated and lengthy tests.
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EP99927692A EP1074061B1 (de) | 1998-04-21 | 1999-04-20 | Zentral gespeistes antennensystem und verfahren zum optimieren eines solchen antennensystems |
DE59903754T DE59903754D1 (de) | 1998-04-21 | 1999-04-20 | Zentral gespeistes antennensystem und verfahren zum optimieren eines solchen antennensystems |
JP2000545212A JP2002512462A (ja) | 1998-04-21 | 1999-04-20 | 中央給電型アンテナシステム及びかかるアンテナシステムの最適化方法 |
DK99927692T DK1074061T3 (da) | 1998-04-21 | 1999-04-20 | Centralt født antennesystem og fremgangsmåde til optimering af et sådant antennesystem |
US09/673,838 US6489929B1 (en) | 1998-04-21 | 1999-04-20 | Centrally fed antenna system and method for optimizing such an antenna system |
CA002329739A CA2329739C (en) | 1998-04-21 | 1999-04-20 | Centrally fed antenna system and method for optimizing such an antenna system |
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