WO2000028621A1 - Cavity-driven antenna system - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates generally to antenna systems. More specifically, the present invention relates to a cavity-driven antenna system having a passive antenna element.
- an antenna system radiate efficiently the power supplied to it in the form of an electromagnetic wave.
- Some of the simplest known antenna systems include a single antenna element which is driven with a current to transmit an electromagnetic wave at the wavelength of the applied current.
- Known antenna elements include, for example, a dipole, a quarter-wave monopole, a helix, a spiral and a loop.
- Antenna systems may also be required to concentrate the radiated power (i.e., the propagated electromagnetic wave) in a given direction and to minimize the radiated power in other directions. To achieve such directionality often requires a complicated antenna system that incorporates a number of individual antenna elements (e.g., an array configuration) and/or the addition of a reflector or cavity.
- an antenna system comprising a helix antenna element within a relatively long, extended cavity has better directionality than a helix antenna alone because the cavity can suppress the side-lobes (i.e., off-axis radiated power normally present in an antenna pattern) normally present with a helix antenna alone.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a cross-section view of a known antenna system having a helix antenna element within an extended cavity.
- the antenna system 10 has an antenna element 11 disposed within a cavity 12.
- the antenna element 11 is driven by a current from a power source 13.
- the cavity has an extended length to provide additional directivity; the length of the cavity is extended in the sense that it is typically longer than several wavelengths of the antenna system.
- the extended length of the cavity suppresses the propagation of side-lobes in the antenna pattern.
- known antenna systems can provide some level of directionality, such systems suffer several shortcomings. For example, the use of an extended cavity adds to the weight, size and cost associated with the antenna system. Antenna systems that use multiple antenna elements, for example, in an array configuration again add to the cost and complexity associated with the antenna system.
- the antenna system of the present invention overcomes the shortcomings of the known antenna systems by providing improved directivity.
- An electromagnetic wave can be transmitted from and received by an antenna system having a cavity member, a passive antenna element and at least one driver element.
- the cavity member has a back portion and a wall portion which define a substantially cylindrical interior portion.
- the passive antenna element has a first end disposed within the interior portion of the cavity member.
- the driver element is coupled to the interior portion of the cavity member rather than being directly connected to the passive antenna element.
- a driver element is driven with a current by a power source to produce an electromagnetic field, where the driver element is coupled to an interior portion of a cavity member.
- the electromagnetic field can be coupled into an antenna element having a first end disposed within the interior portion of the cavity to transmit an electromagnetic wave.
- FIG. 1 illustrates a cross-section view of a known antenna system.
- FIG. 2 illustrates a cross-section side view of an antenna system, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an end view of the antenna system shown in FIG. 2.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a cross-sectional side view of an antenna system, according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 illustrates an end view of the antenna system shown in FIG. 4.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a cross-sectional view of an antenna system, according to yet another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a perspective view of a path traced by the terminus of the electric field vector for an electromagnetic wave transmitted and/or received by the embodiments of the present invention shown in FIGS. 8 and 10.
- FIG. 8 illustrates an end view of an antenna system having multiple driver elements, according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 9 illustrates examples of signals to be sent to the driver elements of the antenna system shown in FIG. 8 to generate the electromagnetic wave shown in FIG.
- FIG. 10 illustrates an end view of an antenna system having multiple driver elements, according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 11 illustrates examples of signals to be sent to the driver elements of the antenna system shown in FIG. 10 to generate the electromagnetic wave shown in
- FIG. 2 illustrates a cross-section side view of an antenna system, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 illustrates an end view of the antenna system shown in FIG. 2.
- the antenna system includes a stub probe. More specifically, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the antenna system 100 has a cavity member 110, an antenna element 120, a driver element 130 and a power source 140.
- Cavity member 110 includes a back portion 111 and a wall portion 112 which define an interior portion 113.
- the antenna element 120 can be a helix of dimension and materials typical for a helix antenna at the operational frequency and environment of interest.
- the diameter of the helix and the spacing between each turn of the helix can be large fractions of the wavelength; the circumference of the turns can be substantially equal to the wavelength. Deviation from "equal" is possible, but the greater the deviation, the more likely there will be less than optimal performance.
- the pitch angle of the turns in the helix can be, for example, between 12 degrees and 14 degrees.
- the antenna element 120 can be a spiral.
- the antenna element 120 is at least partially disposed within interior portion
- Antenna element 120 can be disposed substantially along the longitudinal axis of the cavity member. Although antenna element 120 need not be connected to cavity member 110, antenna element 120 can be connected to cavity member 110 substantially at the center of back portion 111 of cavity member 110 to fix the position of antenna element 120 within the interior portion
- antenna element 120 can be disposed within interior portion 113 of cavity member 110 by other mechanisms, such as a support member (not shown) attaching antenna element 120 to wall portion 112 of cavity member 110.
- the cavity member 110 includes the back portion 111 and wall portion 112 which define a substantially cylindrical interior portion 113.
- the back portion 111 can act as a ground plane for the antenna element 120.
- the back portion can have, for example, a diameter of approximately one-half of the wavelength.
- the wall portion 112 can be connected to back portion 111 along the perimeter of back portion 111.
- the wall portion 112 can have, for example, a length of approximately one-quarter of the wavelength.
- the interior portion 113 defined by back portion 111 and wall portion 112 is substantially cylindrical in the sense that the interior portion has a shape acting as a cylindrical waveguide producing the fundamental mode (i.e., TE n ) at the wavelengths of operation.
- the wall portion 112 is shown as being perpendicular to the back portion 111 to form a cylindrical cavity, other cavity configurations are possible such as a frustrum cavity which allow the interior portion 113 to act as a cylindrical waveguide producing the fundamental mode at the wavelengths of operation.
- the driver element 130 can be coupled to the interior portion 113 of cavity member 110 and can be coupled to power source 140 because the driver element 130 is an active component.
- the power source 140 drives the driver element 130 with a current having a wavelength that defines the wavelength of the electromagnetic wave to be propagated by the antenna system 100.
- the driver element 130 can be any type of probe that when receiving a current from the power source 140 produces an electromagnetic field within the interior portion 113 of the cavity member 110.
- the driver element 130 can be a stub probe or a loop probe located within the interior portion 113 near the perimeter of the cavity member 110. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the driver element 130 is located on the wall portion 112 of the cavity member 110 and extended into the interior portion 113.
- FIG. 4 illustrates a cross-sectional side view of an antenna system having a loop probe, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 5 illustrates an end view of the antenna system shown in FIG. 4.
- the antenna system 200 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 has a cavity member 210, an antenna element 220, a driver element 230 and a power source 240.
- Cavity member 210 includes a back portion 211 and a wall portion 212 which define an interior portion 213.
- the driver element 230 is a loop probe located on the back portion 212 near the perimeter of cavity member 210.
- the electromagnetic field is coupled into the antenna element 120. Once the electromagnetic field is coupled into the antenna element 120, an electromagnetic wave can be transmitted by antenna element 120.
- the electromagnetic wave transmitted by antenna element 120 will be a circularly polarized wave rotating in the direction corresponding to the direction of the turns of antenna element 120.
- the transmitted wave will be circularly polarized with an electric-field vector rotating in the clockwise direction.
- the transmitted wave will be circularly polarized with an electric-field vector rotating in the counterclockwise direction.
- the electromagnetic wave is propagated in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the antenna element
- the electromagnetic wave has a frequency substantially equal to the frequency of the current produced by the power source 140.
- the antenna system can also be used to receive electromagnetic waves and the above-discussed principles are analogously applicable.
- the antenna element 120 can establish an electromagnetic field within the interior portion 113 of the cavity member 110 based on the received electromagnetic wave.
- the electromagnetic field established within the interior portion 113 of the cavity member 110 can then be coupled into the driver element 130 to produce a signal.
- This signal can then be sent to receiver components (not shown) for processing.
- the antenna system 100 would have receiver components substituted for the power source 140 shown in FIG. 3.
- the use of the term "driver element" includes configurations of the antenna system used as a transmitter (where the driver element establishes an electromagnetic field based on current received from the coupled power source) and as a receiver (where the driver element produces a current to receiver components based on the electromagnetic wave received by the antenna element).
- the antenna element 120 is a passive element and that the driver element 130 is the active element.
- the power source drives the driver element unlike typical known systems where the antenna element, is driven directly.
- the antenna element 120 is passive in the sense that it is not directly driven with a current from the power source 140.
- the quality factor (also referred to as "Q") is greater than would be the case if the antenna element 120 was an active element.
- Quality factor is a figure-of-merit representative of the antenna losses. Generally, the quality factor is proportional to energy storage divided by the power loss. Consequently, a high quality factor is allows the antenna system 100 to operate with a more narrow bandwidth. This can be applicable for such communications applications as cellular telephony receivers with a predetermined narrow operational bandwidth so that a broadband antenna system is not required.
- the antenna system 100 also provides narrow directivity due to the structure of the cavity member 110 acting as a cylindrical waveguide in establishing an electromagnetic field that couples to the passive antenna element 120.
- FIG. 6 illustrates a cross-sectional view of an antenna system having a two portion antenna element, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- Antenna system 300 has a cavity member 310, antenna element 320, a driver element 330 and a power source 340.
- Cavity member 310 includes back portion 311 and wall portion 312 which define interior portion 313.
- Antenna element 320 includes a first helix 321 having turns in one direction (e-g-, clockwise) and a second helix 322 having turns in the opposite direction (e.g., counterclockwise).
- the first helix 321 is co-linear with the second helix 322.
- the electromagnetic wave transmitted has one component that is circularly polarized in one direction (e-g-, clockwise) and a second component that is circularly polarized in an opposite direction (e.g., counterclockwise).
- two co-linear circularly polarized waves at the same carrier rotating in opposite directions superpose to a linear wave.
- the antenna system can be configured to transmit or receive electromagnetic waves other than circularly polarized, linearly polarized or elliptically polarized.
- electromagnetic waves other than circularly polarized, linearly polarized or elliptically polarized.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a perspective view of a path traced by the terminus of the electric field vector for an electromagnetic wave transmitted and/or received by the embodiments of the present invention shown in FIGS. 8 and 10.
- FIG. 8 illustrates an end view of an antenna system having multiple driver elements, according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Antenna system 400 includes a cavity member 410, antenna element 420, the driver elements 430 and 431 , and the power sources 440 and 441.
- the passive antenna element 420 can include a first helix having turns in one direction (e.g., clockwise) and a co- linear second helix having turns in the opposite direction (e.g., counterclockwise). The helix and the second helix are co-linear in the sense that both have substantially aligned longitudinal axes.
- Driver elements 430 and 431 are connected to power sources 440 and 441, respectively.
- Driver elements 430 and 431 are angularly positioned within the interior portion of the cavity member 410 separated by 90 degrees.
- the power sources 440 and 441 can drive driver elements 430 and 431, respectively, with currents that vary in relationship to the angular position of the driver elements 430 and 431 within the interior portion of the cavity member. More specifically, the electromagnetic waves shown in FIG. 7 can be generated by antenna system 400 (in a transmitter configuration) by driving the driver elements 430 and 431 with signals having an envelope 180 degrees out of phase.
- FIG. 9 illustrates examples of signals to be sent to the driver elements to generate the electromagnetic wave shown in FIG. 7.
- Signals 450 and 451 have modulation envelopes 452 and 453, respectively, which are 180 degrees out of phase. Note for purposes of clarity that FIG.
- Both signals 450 and 451 contain information modulation signals 454 and 455, respectively, which are in phase. The effect driving the driver elements 430 and 431 with the signals 450 and
- FIG. 10 illustrates an end view of an antenna system having multiple driver elements, according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- Antenna system 500 includes a cavity member 510, antenna element 520, the driver elements 530, 531 and 532, and the power sources 540, 541 and 542.
- the passive antenna element 520 can include a first helix having turns in one direction (e.g., clockwise) and a co-linear second helix having turns in the opposite direction (e.g., counterclockwise).
- Driver elements 530, 531 and 532 are connected to power sources 540, 541 and 542, respectively.
- Driver elements 530, 531 and 532 are angularly positioned within the interior portion of the cavity member 510 separated by 120 degrees. The electromagnetic waves shown in FIG.
- FIG. 7 can be generated by antenna system 500 (in a transmitter configuration) by driving the driver elements 530, 531 and 532 with signals having an envelope 120 degrees out of phase similar to the discussion above with respect to FIG. 8 (where the antenna system has two driver elements 90 degrees apart).
- FIG. 11 illustrates examples of signals to be sent to the driver elements to generate the electromagnetic wave shown in FIG. 7.
- Signals 550, 560 and 570 have modulation envelopes 551, 561 and 571, respectively, which are 120 degrees out of phase. Note for purposes of clarity that FIG. 11 is not to scale and therefore does not necessarily accurately reflect the relative sizes of the variations in information modulated signals 552, 562 and 572 with respect to the modulation envelopes 551, 561 and 571, respectively. Dashed lines 580 through 585 illustrate that the signals 550, 560 and 570 are 120 degrees out of phase. For example, dashed line 580 can represents a zero phase reference point so that dashed line 581 indicates a 120 phase shift. Dashed lines 582 and 584 indicate a 180 degree and 360 degree phase shift from the reference dashed line 580.
- Dashed line 583 indicates a 240 degree phase shift from the reference dashed line 580. All three signals 550, 560 and 570 contain information modulation signals 552. 562 and 572, respectively, which are in phase.
- the effect driving the driver elements 530, 531 and 532 with the signals 550, 560 and 570, respectively, which have envelopes out of phase with each other based on the angular separation of driver elements 530, 531 and 532 within the cavity member 510, is that of establishing an electromagnetic field with a sweeping orientation.
- This electromagnetic field with a sweeping orientation can then be coupled into the antenna element 520 to generate the an electromagnetic wave similar to that shown in FIG. 7.
- the antenna system can have any number of driver elements where the corresponding signals driven by the various driver elements have a phase relationship corresponding to the angular separation between the driver elements.
- driver elements where the corresponding signals driven by the various driver elements have a phase relationship corresponding to the angular separation between the driver elements.
- the back portion of the cavity member need not be exactly circular.
- Other shapes can be possible, such as a square-like cross-sectional shape with rounded corners, so long as a cavity member can act as a cylindrical waveguide producing the fundamental mode at the wavelengths of operation.
- embodiments having multiple driver elements are discussed above as having two or three driver elements, other embodiments can have more driver elements, for example, nine elements.
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