EP0169823A1 - Satellitensender-Empfängersystem - Google Patents

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EP0169823A1
EP0169823A1 EP85850204A EP85850204A EP0169823A1 EP 0169823 A1 EP0169823 A1 EP 0169823A1 EP 85850204 A EP85850204 A EP 85850204A EP 85850204 A EP85850204 A EP 85850204A EP 0169823 A1 EP0169823 A1 EP 0169823A1
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q11/00—Electrically-long antennas having dimensions more than twice the shortest operating wavelength and consisting of conductive active radiating elements
    • H01Q11/02—Non-resonant antennas, e.g. travelling-wave antenna
    • H01Q11/08—Helical antennas
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/36—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith
    • H01Q1/362—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith for broadside radiating helical antennas

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  • the invention relates to a transmitter-receiver system, which as a link in a satelite will receive and transmit signals in the microwave range between one earth station and another earth station. More specifically the invention relates to a transmitter-receiver system in which a new type of omnidirectional circularly polarised aerial or antenna is included.
  • quadrifilar helix aerial i.e. an omnidirectional aerial, mainly consisting of four longitudinal wires, which constitue the antenna radiation element and which are twisted round the longitudinal axis of the aerial, as described in "The Microwave Journal" December, 1970, pp 49-53.
  • Such an omnidirectional antenna has a relatively large lobe width (O> 90°), making it suitable for satelite communication.
  • FIG. 1 on the accompanying drawing illustrates a typical aerial diagram for the known quadrifilar helix aerial (field strength FS as a function of the angle O from the antenna axis).
  • the antenna has good coverage for right-hand polarised interference signal, almost up to 120° width in this case, but that a left-hand polarised interference signal also occurs at lobe angles around 90°, since this signal does not contribute further to the lobe width.
  • the earth station is capable of receiveing (or transmitting) both left and right polarised signals at the same time, high cross polarisation could be useful. Most earth stations can receive both types.
  • the antenna in the transmitter-receiver system it is included in is formed as an octofilar crossed helix antenna, resulting in that there is obtained the desired high cross polarisation, apart from the normal polarisation.
  • LHC left polarised signals
  • the proposed transmitter-receiver system is implemented as will be perceived from the characterising portion of claim 1.
  • Figure 1 is a lobe diagram for a known quadrifilar antenna.
  • a first and a second transmitter-receiver unit are respectively denoted by SMl and SM2 in the block diagram according to Figure 2. These units are conventional and are connected in a suitable way to a directional switch RK (3dB hybrid). Both outputs of the switch are connected to an adaptor unit BL, a so-called “balun", which diverts the signals sent from the switch to four outputs in this case, from which signals with different phase shifts 0°, 90°, 180° and 270° are obtained.
  • the balun BL shown in detail in Figure 4, further serves as mechanical support for the antenna unit AN, which is shown in more detail in Figure 3.
  • This unit is an octofilar crossed helix antenna, which has the property of transmitting and receiving cross-polarised signals, such that it acts omnidirectionally within a given angle O.
  • the fact that the antenna unit ARI has high cross polarisation enables both right and left polarised signals to be processed by the system, providing that both types of signals can be processed simultaneously or individually by the earth station.
  • the transmitter-receiver unit SMI may be intended for the right-hand polarised (RHC) signals as chief polarisation, while the unit SM2 is then intended for the left-hand polarised (LHC) signals as chief polarisation.
  • the directional switch RK equally divides the power from a transmitter-receiver unit on its two outputs, mutually phase-shifted 90°.
  • the radiation diagram for the antenna AN will have the appearance depicted in Figure 5.
  • the radiation diagram from the unit SM2, which is then connected to the other input of the switch RK, will have the appearance as in Figure 5, except that the denotations RHC and LHC change places.
  • Which SM unit is used depends on the application, but most usual is that SM2 replaces SM1 if the latter fails, i.e. a redundant system. It is, however, quite possible to use both transmitter-receiver units simultaneously.
  • Figure 3 illustrates the appearance of the antenna unit AN in more detail.
  • this is an octofilar crossed helix antenna, in contradistinction to previously known systems, in which a quadrifilar helix was utilised.
  • the antenna is in principle built up from two crossing arms with a given mutual spacing.
  • One pair of crossed arms a l , a 3 and a 2 , a4 define an upper antenna plane with end points k 1 -k 4
  • the other pair a 5 -a 7 and a 6 , a 8 defines a lower antenna plane with end points k 5 -k 8 .
  • the arms a 1 -a 4 in the upper plane and arms a 5 -a 8 in the lower are situated relative each other such that respective end points k 1 -k 4 and k 5 -k 8 are directly opposing, i.e. end point k 1 is opposite k 5 , k 2 is opposite k6 etc.
  • Two wires run from each point in the upper plane to the end points in the lower plane, that are situated nearest before and nearest after the end point, opposite the first-mentioned end point.
  • the wires t 6 and t 8 run from the end point k 1 to the end points k 6 and k 8 in the lower plane
  • the wires e25 and e 27 run correspondingly from the end point k 2 to the points k 5 and k 7
  • the wires t 36 and t 38 from the end point k 3 to end points k 6 and k 8
  • the wires t 45 , t 47 run from the end point k 4 to the points k 5 and k 7 .
  • the octofilar helix antenna illustrated in Figure 3 may be said to consist of two quadrifilar helix antenna, of which one (antenna elements: wires t 8 , t 25' t 36' t 47 ) can receive left polarised, and the other (antenna elements: wires t6, t 27' t 38' t 45 ) can receive right polarised signals.
  • the antenna radiation element thus comprises conductive wires (usually of copper), which depart in pairs from each of four end points k 1 , k 2 , k 3 , k 4 in a plane, the wires being bent and twisted with uniform pitch a quarter of a turn forwards or backwards, as respectively seen from each of the end points in the upper and lower planes of the antenna.
  • conductive wires usually of copper
  • FIG. 5 is the radiation diagram for the octofilar helix antenna according to Figure 3 with right-hand polarisation. It will be seen from the diagram that the antenna lobe angle for both left and right polarised signals is increased, particularly for left polarised signals (cross polarised), compared with the diagram of Figure 1.
  • RHC right-hand polarised signals
  • LHC left-hand polarised signals
  • the location of the radiation lobes (field strength) in the O direction may be changed for a given microfrequency by changing the radial distance r and/or the height h, the pitch angle O in Figure 3.
  • FIG 4 illustrates in detail how the octofilar helix antenna is arranged at its feed end (the upper antenna plane) as a balun.
  • the four co-axial conductors bl-b4 of the balun have their respective screens connected to a common earth or ground plane JP.
  • the centre conductors are connected to the four arms al, a4, of the helix antenna, these being split up in pairs and each pair bridged by a bridge bl3 and b24, respectively. Feeding the microwave signals to the four arms al-a4 is thus obtained, the arms being mutually relatively displaced by 90°.
  • the antenna elements i.e.
  • the wires t8, t16 etc run from the respective end points kl-k4 of the arms al-a4, as illustrated in Figure 3.
  • the end points k5, k6, k7 and k8 may be attached by the arms a5-a6 to the balun ground plane JP in a suitable way, or by an unillustrated screen to the balun, e.g. as illustrated for the quadrifilar helix antenna, discussed in the above-mentioned article from "The Microwave Journal", see Figure 1.
  • the helix antenna radiation elements i.e. the wires t6, t18 etc, may each have a length equal to a multiple of 2/2, so that they form a resonant antenna, which is the preferred embodiment. In some applications, however, it is advantageous to form the antenna as non-resonant.
  • the antenna may be manufactured according to known technique. It is very light with wide bandwidth, compared with a slitted wave conductor antenna.
  • the inventive system is primarily intended as a link antenna in satelite projects concerned with so-called relemetry and rele command links.

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FR2597267A1 (fr) * 1986-04-15 1987-10-16 Alcatel Espace Antenne a haute efficacite
EP0427654A1 (de) * 1989-11-10 1991-05-15 France Telecom Wendelförmige Resonanzantenne, bestehend aus je vier Wendelleitern übereinander
WO1996018220A1 (en) * 1994-12-06 1996-06-13 Deltec New Zealand Limited A helical antenna
WO1998028814A1 (en) * 1996-12-24 1998-07-02 Ericsson Inc. Antenna system for dual mode satellite/cellular portable phone
EP0932220A3 (de) * 1998-01-23 2001-04-25 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Multifilare Wendelantenne und tragbares Funkgerät
EP0957533A4 (de) * 1997-12-03 2001-12-19 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Antennenkombination
US8497815B2 (en) 2006-11-28 2013-07-30 Sarantel Limited Dielectrically loaded antenna and an antenna assembly

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DE1129191B (de) * 1960-12-14 1962-05-10 Siemens Ag Richtantenne fuer sehr kurze elektromagnetische Wellen
US4011567A (en) * 1976-01-28 1977-03-08 Rca Corporation Circularly polarized, broadside firing, multihelical antenna

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DE1129191B (de) * 1960-12-14 1962-05-10 Siemens Ag Richtantenne fuer sehr kurze elektromagnetische Wellen
US4011567A (en) * 1976-01-28 1977-03-08 Rca Corporation Circularly polarized, broadside firing, multihelical antenna

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FR2597267A1 (fr) * 1986-04-15 1987-10-16 Alcatel Espace Antenne a haute efficacite
EP0241921A1 (de) * 1986-04-15 1987-10-21 Alcatel Espace Antenne mit hohem Wirkungsgrad
EP0427654A1 (de) * 1989-11-10 1991-05-15 France Telecom Wendelförmige Resonanzantenne, bestehend aus je vier Wendelleitern übereinander
FR2654554A1 (fr) * 1989-11-10 1991-05-17 France Etat Antenne en helice, quadrifilaire, resonnante bicouche.
US5255005A (en) * 1989-11-10 1993-10-19 L'etat Francais Represente Par Leministre Des Pastes Telecommunications Et De L'espace Dual layer resonant quadrifilar helix antenna
WO1996018220A1 (en) * 1994-12-06 1996-06-13 Deltec New Zealand Limited A helical antenna
WO1998028814A1 (en) * 1996-12-24 1998-07-02 Ericsson Inc. Antenna system for dual mode satellite/cellular portable phone
US6025816A (en) * 1996-12-24 2000-02-15 Ericsson Inc. Antenna system for dual mode satellite/cellular portable phone
EP0957533A4 (de) * 1997-12-03 2001-12-19 Mitsubishi Electric Corp Antennenkombination
EP0932220A3 (de) * 1998-01-23 2001-04-25 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Multifilare Wendelantenne und tragbares Funkgerät
US6278415B1 (en) 1998-01-23 2001-08-21 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Multi-filar helical antenna and portable radio
US8497815B2 (en) 2006-11-28 2013-07-30 Sarantel Limited Dielectrically loaded antenna and an antenna assembly
US8692734B2 (en) 2006-11-28 2014-04-08 Sarantel Limited Dielectrically loaded antenna and an antenna assembly

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