Dual-band antenna
11652294 · 2023-05-16
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H01Q19/19
ELECTRICITY
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H01Q19/19
ELECTRICITY
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to coaxial dual-band antennas. One example antenna includes a waveguide tube, a ring groove, and a high frequency feed. The waveguide tube has a tubular structure and is configured to transmit a first electromagnetic wave. The ring groove whose opening direction is the same as an output direction of the first electromagnetic wave is on a wall of the waveguide tube. A frequency of the first electromagnetic wave is lower than a frequency of an electromagnetic wave transmitted by the high frequency feed. The high frequency feed is located in the waveguide tube and has a same axis with the waveguide tube.
Claims
1. A coaxial dual-band antenna, comprising a waveguide tube, a ring groove, a dielectric ring, and a high frequency feed, wherein: the waveguide tube has a tubular structure and is configured to transmit a first electromagnetic wave, wherein the ring groove whose opening direction is the same as an output direction of the first electromagnetic wave is on a wall of the waveguide tube, and wherein a frequency of the first electromagnetic wave is lower than a frequency of an electromagnetic wave transmitted by the high frequency feed; the high frequency feed is located in the waveguide tube and has a same axis with the waveguide tube; and the dielectric ring has a multi-layer structure, wherein a height of the dielectric ring is less than a height of the waveguide tube, wherein the dielectric ring has a same axis with the waveguide tube, wherein area sizes of planes that are at layers of the dielectric ring and that are perpendicular to the axis alternately change, wherein an outer wall of at least one of two adjacent layers of the dielectric ring is connected to an inner wall of the waveguide tube, and wherein an inner wall of the at least one of the two adjacent layers of the dielectric ring is connected to an outer wall of the high frequency feed.
2. The coaxial dual-band antenna according to claim 1, wherein a height of the high frequency feed is the same as a height of the waveguide tube.
3. The coaxial dual-band antenna according to claim 1, wherein a sum of a radius of an inner wall of the waveguide tube and a radius of an outer wall of the high frequency feed is greater than 1/π of a wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave, and wherein a difference between the two radiuses is less than ½ of the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave.
4. The coaxial dual-band antenna according to claim 1, wherein a difference between a radius of the ring groove and a radius of an inner wall of the waveguide tube is ⅛ of a wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave.
5. The coaxial dual-band antenna according to claim 4, wherein a depth of the ring groove is between ⅕ and ¼ of the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave, and wherein a width of the ring groove is ⅛ of the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave.
6. The coaxial dual-band antenna according to claim 1, wherein a layer that is of the dielectric ring and that is farthest from an output plane of the waveguide tube is not connected to the waveguide tube and the high frequency feed at a same time.
7. The coaxial dual-band antenna according to claim 1, wherein a height of each layer of the dielectric ring is ¼ of a wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave.
8. The coaxial dual-band antenna according to claim 1, wherein a relative dielectric constant of the dielectric ring is between 2 and 4.
9. A dual-band parabolic antenna, comprising: a primary reflector; a secondary reflector; and a coaxial dual-band antenna, the coaxial dual-band antenna comprising a waveguide tube, a ring groove, a dielectric ring, and a high frequency feed, wherein: the waveguide tube has a tubular structure, and is configured to transmit a first electromagnetic wave, wherein the ring groove whose opening direction is the same as an output direction of the first electromagnetic wave is on a wall of the waveguide tube, and wherein a frequency of the first electromagnetic wave is lower than a frequency of an electromagnetic wave transmitted by the high frequency feed; the high frequency feed is located in the waveguide tube, and has a same axis with the waveguide tube, and wherein the first electromagnetic wave excites a transverse electric mode TE11 in the waveguide tube; and the dielectric ring has a multi-layer structure, wherein a height of the dielectric ring is less than a height of the waveguide tube, wherein the dielectric ring has a same axis with the waveguide tube, wherein area sizes of planes that are at layers of the dielectric ring and that are perpendicular to the axis alternately change, wherein an outer wall of at least one of two adjacent layers of the dielectric ring is connected to an inner wall of the waveguide tube, and wherein an inner wall of the at least one of the two adjacent layers of the dielectric ring is connected to an outer wall of the high frequency feed.
10. The dual-band parabolic antenna according to claim 9, wherein a height of the high frequency feed is the same as a height of the waveguide tube.
11. The dual-band parabolic antenna according to claim 9, wherein a sum of a radius of an inner wall of the waveguide tube and a radius of an outer wall of the high frequency feed is greater than 1/π of a wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave, and wherein a difference between the two radiuses is less than ½ of the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave.
12. The dual-band parabolic antenna according to claim 9, wherein a difference between a radius of the ring groove and a radius of an inner wall of the waveguide tube is ⅛ of a wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave.
13. The dual-band parabolic antenna according to claim 12, wherein a depth of the ring groove is between ⅕ and ¼ of the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave, and wherein a width of the ring groove is ⅛ of the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave.
14. The dual-band parabolic antenna according to claim 9, wherein a layer that is of the dielectric ring and that is farthest from an output plane of the waveguide tube is not connected to the waveguide tube and the high frequency feed at a same time.
15. The dual-band parabolic antenna according to claim 9, wherein a height of each layer of the dielectric ring is ¼ of a wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave.
16. The dual-band parabolic antenna according to claim 9, wherein a relative dielectric constant of the dielectric ring is between 2 and 4.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
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DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS
(17) The following describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of this application with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of this application.
(18) A structure of an existing coaxial dual-band antenna is show in
(19) The high frequency feed is metallic, and affects electromagnetic field distribution of the high order mode. Therefore, the high frequency feed cannot directly extend to an aperture of the large-mouth horn-shaped waveguide, and a dielectric pin needs to guide a phase center of the high frequency feed to the aperture of the large-mouth horn-shaped waveguide. However, processing of the dielectric pin is uneasy, and a loss of the dielectric pin is relatively large. Therefore, a high frequency gain of the dual-band antenna cannot reach a level of a single-band antenna, either.
(20) An embodiment of the present application provides a coaxial dual-band antenna. As shown in
(21) The waveguide tube 301 has a tubular structure, and is configured to transmit a first electromagnetic wave, the ring groove 302 whose opening direction is the same as an output direction of the first electromagnetic wave is on a wall of the waveguide tube 301, and a frequency of the first electromagnetic wave is lower than a frequency of an electromagnetic wave transmitted by the high frequency feed 303.
(22) The high frequency feed 303 is located in the waveguide tube 301, and has a same axis with the waveguide tube 301, and the first electromagnetic wave excites a transverse electric mode TE.sub.11 in the waveguide tube 301.
(23) The dielectric ring 304 is filled between the waveguide tube 301 and the high frequency feed 303. The dielectric ring 304 has a multi-layer structure, and has a same axis with the waveguide tube 301. Area sizes of planes that are at layers of the dielectric ring 304 and that are perpendicular to the axis alternately change. A height of the dielectric ring 304 is less than a height of the waveguide tube 301.
(24) Optionally, a height of the high frequency feed 303 is the same as the height of the waveguide tube 301. It should be understood that, it is also feasible if the height of the high frequency feed is slightly less than the height of the waveguide tube.
(25) In this embodiment of the present application, a waveguide tube excites a TE.sub.11 mode of a first electromagnetic wave at a low frequency, and no high order mode is generated inside the waveguide tube. This avoids a transmission loss of a high order mode in the waveguide, and improves low frequency radiation efficiency of a dual-band antenna. In addition, because no high order mode is generated inside the waveguide tube, there is no need to worry about that a high frequency feed located in the waveguide tube affects electromagnetic field distribution of the high order mode. Therefore, a dielectric pin can be omitted, and high frequency radiation efficiency of the dual-band antenna can be improved.
(26) It should be understood that, in the coaxial dual-band antenna shown in
(27) It should be noted that, electromagnetic field distribution on a cross section of a waveguide is referred to as a propagation mode of the waveguide. Different propagation modes have different cut-off wavelengths, a mode without a cut-off wavelength or with a longest cut-off wavelength is referred to as a dominant mode or a base mode, and another mode with a shorter cut-off wavelength is referred to as a high order mode. A higher order of a propagation mode indicates a shorter cut-off wavelength. In this embodiment of the present application, the TE.sub.11 mode is used as the base mode, and another mode with a cut-off wavelength shorter than that of the TE.sub.11 mode is referred to as a high order mode.
(28) It should be understood that, the waveguide tube provided in this embodiment of the present application may be in a shape of a cylinder, a rectangular tube, or the like. A mouth for outputting the first electromagnetic wave may be slightly expanded, provided that only the base mode of the first electromagnetic wave is excited in the coaxial dual-band antenna including the waveguide tube, the high frequency feed, the ring groove, and the dielectric ring. A wall of the waveguide tube is usually metallic.
(29) Optionally, a sum of a radius of the inner wall of the waveguide tube 301 and a radius of the outer wall of the high frequency feed 303 is greater than 1/π of a wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave, a difference between the two radiuses is less than ½ of the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave, and a frequency of the first electromagnetic wave is lower than a frequency of an electromagnetic wave transmitted by the high frequency feed 303.
(30) Specifically, the coaxial waveguide including the high frequency feed 303 and the waveguide tube 301 in the present application is used as an example. Cut-off wavelengths of the first electromagnetic wave in different modes are related to an outer radius a of an inner waveguide (the radius of the outer wall of the high frequency feed 303) and an inner radius b of an outer waveguide (the radius of the inner wall of the waveguide tube 301) in the coaxial waveguide. A correspondence is listed in Table 1.
(31) TABLE-US-00001 TABLE 1 Propagation mode Cut-off wavelength TEM No cut-off wavelength TE.sub.11 π × (b + a) TM.sub.m1 (m = 0, 1, 2 . . . ) TE.sub.01 2 × (b − a) TE.sub.21 π × (b + a)/2 TE.sub.m1 (m = 3, 4, 5 . . . ) π × (b + a)/m TM.sub.m2, TE.sub.02 b − a TM.sub.mn (n = 3, 4, 5 . . . ), TE.sub.0n (n = 3, 4, 5 . . . ) 2 × (b − a)/n
(32) If the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave is λ, it can be learned from Table 1 that the first electromagnetic wave may excite the TE.sub.11 mode if the coaxial waveguide meets a condition in which (b+a)>λ/π and (b−a)<λ/2. If b in the coaxial waveguide becomes larger, and consequently (b−a)>λ/2 and (b+a)<2λ/π, the first electromagnetic wave may excite modes such as TE.sub.11, TM.sub.m1, and TE.sub.01 in theory. However, a continuous tangential component needs to be ensured when an electromagnetic field mode changes, that is, m needs to be consistent. Therefore, only two modes actually exist: TE.sub.11 and TM.sub.11. As the inner radius b of the outer waveguide in the coaxial waveguide increases, more modes exist gradually.
(33) It should be noted that, a transverse electromagnetic mode (TEM) may also exist in the coaxial waveguide, and no cut-off wavelength exists in this mode or a cut-off wavelength in this mode is infinitely long. However, before being excited in the coaxial dual-band antenna, the TEM mode is suppressed in a symmetrical feeding manner. Therefore, this mode is not considered in this embodiment of the present application.
(34) Further, as shown in
(35) Optionally, a difference between a radius of the ring groove 302 and the radius of the inner wall of the waveguide tube 301 is ⅛ of the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave. The depth of the ring groove 302 is between ⅕ and ¼ of the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave, and the width of the ring groove 302 is ⅛ of the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave. Specifically, at a location that is on a wall plane at an output end of the waveguide tube and whose distance with the inner wall of the waveguide tube is ⅛ of the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave, a ring whose width and depth meet the foregoing requirements is excavated on the wall, to form the ring groove 302. The ring groove 302 causes discontinuity on a surface of the wall, so that the high order mode is excited. The location, the width, and the depth of the ring groove 302 meet the foregoing requirements, so that the high order mode TM.sub.11 with an appropriate amplitude can be generated. Electric field distribution of the TM.sub.11 mode is shown in
(36) In addition, a large-mouth horn-shaped waveguide is omitted in this embodiment of the present application. Therefore, characteristic impedance of the coaxial dual-band antenna and wave impedance of free space cannot match each other by gradually changing the characteristic impedance at the output end of the waveguide tube by using a gradually increasing diameter of the waveguide tube. In this embodiment of the present application, impedance matching may be implemented in the following two manners.
(37) (1) The dielectric ring 304 filled between the waveguide tube 301 and the high frequency feed 303 is used to implement impedance matching. The dielectric ring 304 has the multi-layer structure, and has the same axis with the waveguide tube 301. The area sizes of the planes that are at the layers of the dielectric ring 304 and that are perpendicular to the axis alternately change. The height of the dielectric ring 304 is less than the height of the waveguide tube 301. The structure of the dielectric ring 304 may be any structure shown in
(38) According to an impedance matching principle, when load impedance and characteristic impedance of a waveguide are inconsistent, to ensure that energy is transferred to a load and is not reflected back, a matching section is required between the load and the waveguide. When characteristic impedance Z.sub.0 of the matching section meets the following formula, the characteristic impedance of the waveguide is equal to the load impedance after being converted by the matching section.
Z.sub.0=√{square root over (R.sub.0R.sub.L)}(1)
(39) R.sub.0 is the characteristic impedance of the waveguide, and R.sub.L is the load impedance.
(40) In this embodiment of the present invention, the load impedance is the wave impedance of the free space, and the characteristic impedance of the waveguide is the characteristic impedance of the coaxial dual-band antenna. The characteristic impedance of the waveguide tube can be changed by filling a dielectric in the waveguide tube. That is, the filled dielectric ring forms the matching section. However, if the waveguide tube is fully filled with the dielectric, in the waveguide tube, a sudden change of the characteristic impedance occurs on a contact surface between the dielectric and the air, and there is strong reflection.
(41) The dielectric ring 304 used in the present application does not fully fill a gap between the waveguide tube 301 and the high frequency feed 303, but uses the multi-layer structure having the same axis with the waveguide tube 301. The area sizes of the planes that are at the layers of the dielectric ring 304 and that are perpendicular to the axis alternately change, to form a mixture of the dielectric and the air. Therefore, an equivalent relative dielectric constant is no longer equal to a relative dielectric constant of a material, and can be controlled and changed. A purpose of such control and change is to enable the characteristic impedance of the matching section to reach a value obtained by means of calculation by using the foregoing formula.
(42) Optionally, a height of each layer of the dielectric ring 304 is ¼ of the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave, and the first electromagnetic wave is a low frequency electromagnetic wave transmitted by the coaxial dual-band antenna.
(43) Optionally, in a structure shown in
(44) Optionally, a layer that is of the dielectric ring 304 and that is farthest from an output plane of the waveguide tube 301 is not connected to the waveguide tube 301 and the high frequency feed 303 at a same time, so as to reduce reflection of the first electromagnetic wave. The layer that is of the dielectric ring and that is farthest from the output plane is a bottom layer of the dielectric ring shown in
(45) A dielectric material whose relative dielectric constant is between 2 and 4 may be used for the dielectric ring in this embodiment of the present application, for example, polycarbonate, polystyrene, and polytetrafluorethylene. A specific material is not limited in this embodiment of the present application.
(46) After the material is determined, spacing between an inner wall and an outer wall at each layer of the dielectric ring 304 is further related to the wavelength of the first electromagnetic wave. The following provides a specific embodiment in which the frequency of the first electromagnetic wave is 18 GHz. It is assumed that polycarbonate whose relative dielectric constant is 2.8 is used to prepare the dielectric ring, the radius of the inner wall of the waveguide tube is R, and the dielectric ring has six layers. As shown in
(47) (2) Multiple metal rings 601 are disposed in the waveguide tube to implement impedance matching. The metal rings form a matching section. A possible structure is shown in
(48) Optionally, a dielectric layer 602 may further be filled at a location that is inside the waveguide tube 301 and that is close to the output plane. As shown in
(49) It should be understood that,
(50) The coaxial dual-band antenna provided in the present application has the following advantages: A waveguide tube 301 excites a TE.sub.11 mode of a first electromagnetic wave at a low frequency, and no high order mode is generated inside the waveguide tube 301. This avoids a transmission loss of a high order mode in the waveguide tube 301, and improves low frequency radiation efficiency of the dual-band antenna. In addition, because no high order mode is generated inside the waveguide tube 301, there is no need to worry about that a high frequency feed 303 located in the waveguide tube 301 affects electromagnetic field distribution of the high order mode. Therefore, a dielectric pin can be omitted, and high frequency radiation efficiency of the dual-band antenna can be improved. In addition, according to a design of a ring groove 302 and a dielectric ring 304, a beam width of the first electromagnetic wave on an E plane can be consistent with that on an H plane, and characteristic impedance of the coaxial dual-band antenna and wave impedance of free space can match each other.
(51) The foregoing descriptions are merely specific implementations of this application, but are not intended to limit the protection scope of this application. Any variation or replacement readily figured out by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosed in this application shall fall within the protection scope of this application. Therefore, the protection scope of this application shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.