CN216624567U - Buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna - Google Patents

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CN216624567U
CN216624567U CN202122493519.6U CN202122493519U CN216624567U CN 216624567 U CN216624567 U CN 216624567U CN 202122493519 U CN202122493519 U CN 202122493519U CN 216624567 U CN216624567 U CN 216624567U
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The utility model discloses a buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna, which comprises a hollow packaging structure, an electromagnetic shielding cover, a radiation unit, a mounting structure and a cable assembly, wherein the electromagnetic shielding cover is arranged in the packaging structure, the opening of the electromagnetic shielding cover faces the top of the packaging structure, the mounting structure is used for fixing the radiation unit in the electromagnetic shielding cover, the cable assembly is arranged at the bottom of the packaging structure, the radiation unit penetrates through the electromagnetic shielding cover to be connected with the cable assembly, and the buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna comprises: the radiating unit comprises at least one vibrator unit, and the vibrator unit comprises a plurality of vibrators; the electromagnetic shielding cover comprises a shielding cover body and at least four vibrator unit installation positions which are circumferentially distributed on the shielding cover body; the mounting structure comprises a mounting piece for fixing the vibrator unit on the mounting position of the vibrator unit. The buried broadband parallel T-shaped oscillator antenna can realize signal coverage on one or more peripheral target buildings; can be arranged in green belts or lawns around buildings, relieves the fear of residents and reduces the construction difficulty due to a concealed installation mode.

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Bury formula broadband parallel T type oscillator antenna
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of communication equipment, in particular to a buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna.
Background
The existing base station antenna is usually installed at a high place, generally, the antenna can be installed on the ceiling of a high-rise building, the signal radiation mode is radiation from top to bottom, and the antenna has the defects that due to the limitation of the radiation mode, the dense high-rise building cannot be covered comprehensively, in addition, the base station antenna is installed on the ceiling of a residential area, the conflict emotion of residential residents is easily caused, and in addition, the attractiveness of the building is also influenced.
Disclosure of Invention
The utility model mainly aims to provide a buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna to solve the technical problem that the radiation range of the antenna is limited in the prior art.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a buried broadband parallel T-shaped dipole antenna, including a hollow package structure, an electromagnetic shielding cover disposed inside the package structure and having an opening facing the top of the package structure, a radiation unit, a mounting structure for fixing the radiation unit in the electromagnetic shielding cover, and a cable assembly disposed at the bottom of the package structure, wherein the radiation unit passes through the electromagnetic shielding cover and is connected to the cable assembly, wherein:
the radiating unit comprises at least one vibrator unit, and the vibrator unit comprises a plurality of vibrators;
the electromagnetic shielding cover comprises a shielding cover body and at least four vibrator unit installation positions which are circumferentially distributed on the shielding cover body;
the mounting structure comprises a mounting piece for fixing the vibrator unit on the mounting position of the vibrator unit;
the vibrator is a T-shaped vibrator, the T-shaped vibrator comprises an exciter, a micro-strip electromagnetic feed source connected with the exciter, a feed source interface arranged on the micro-strip electromagnetic feed source and connected with a cable assembly, and a reflector fixedly connected with the micro-strip electromagnetic feed source.
The exciter comprises two horn exciters which are arranged in opposite directions, and the two horn exciters are connected with the microstrip electromagnetic feed source.
The embedded broadband parallel T-shaped oscillator antenna is provided with at least four oscillator unit mounting positions, and the number of the mounted oscillator units is selected according to the signal coverage direction, so that signal coverage on one or more peripheral target buildings is realized. In addition, the buried broadband parallel T-shaped oscillator antenna has the radiation mode that radiation is from bottom to top, so that the buried broadband parallel T-shaped oscillator antenna is allowed to be arranged in green belts or lawns around buildings, the worry of residents is relieved due to the concealed installation mode, and the site observation and construction difficulty is reduced.
Further, the installed part includes the support frame and sets up the oscillator fixed position on the support frame.
Further, the oscillator unit mounting position is arranged on the bottom surface of the shielding cover body.
Furthermore, the support frame includes that the fixing bolt hole is used for the extension board of being connected with the shield cover body bottom surface and the fixed oscillator fixed position's of having slope support, the fixed position of oscillator is for setting up the draw-in groove that supplies the oscillator card to establish on the slope support, when the installed part is installed on the shield cover body the slope support is unanimous with the cover wall gradient of the shield cover body between them.
Furthermore, the clamping groove comprises clamping pieces vertically arranged on two sides of the inclined support, each clamping piece comprises a supporting plate and a clamping plate vertically arranged on the supporting plate, and the clamping plates tightly press the top surface of the angular exciter when the vibrator is clamped in the clamping groove. The vibrator unit is embedded in the clamping groove and plays a role in fixing the interval size of the two angular exciters of the T-shaped vibrator unit.
Furthermore, the clamping piece is detachably matched and connected with the inclined bracket.
Further, the oscillator unit comprises two oscillators mounted in parallel in the same direction, the mounting part comprises a support plate and two inclined supports arranged on the support plate side by side, bolt holes for connecting the support plate with the support plate of an adjacent oscillator unit are formed in two ends of the support plate respectively, the support plate further comprises a support extending out from the rear side, four oscillator unit mounting positions are circumferentially arranged on the shielding cover body, the oscillator unit mounting positions comprise mounting holes for fixing the support, and a mounting seat for allowing the support to penetrate through the mounting holes and then to be fixedly mounted is arranged at the bottom of the packaging structure. The oscillators arranged in parallel effectively improve the width and distance of signal coverage pointing.
Furthermore, the radiation unit is connected with the cable assembly through a cable hole arranged on the electromagnetic shielding cover, and an output interface connected with the cable assembly is arranged at the bottom of the packaging structure.
Furthermore, the packaging structure comprises an upper cover and a lower cover which is matched and clamped with the upper cover.
Therefore, at least four oscillator unit mounting positions are provided in the buried broadband parallel T-shaped oscillator antenna, and the number of the mounted oscillator units is selected according to the signal coverage direction, so that signal coverage on one or more peripheral target buildings is realized. In addition, the buried broadband parallel T-shaped oscillator antenna has the radiation mode that radiation is from bottom to top, so that the buried broadband parallel T-shaped oscillator antenna is allowed to be arranged in green belts or lawns around buildings, the worry of residents is relieved due to the concealed installation mode, and the site observation and construction difficulty is reduced.
The utility model is further described with reference to the following figures and detailed description. Additional aspects and advantages of the utility model will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the utility model.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an overall structure of a buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an assembly structure of the vibrator unit and the electromagnetic shielding case of the present invention
FIG. 3 is a schematic view of the structure of the vibrator unit of the present invention
FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a T-shaped oscillator of the present invention
Detailed Description
The utility model will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those skilled in the art will be able to implement the utility model based on these teachings. Before the present invention is described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, it is to be noted that:
the technical solutions and features provided in the present invention in the respective sections including the following description may be combined with each other without conflict.
Moreover, the embodiments of the present invention described in the following description are generally only some embodiments of the present invention, and not all embodiments. Therefore, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without any creative effort shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
With respect to terms and units in the present invention. The terms "comprising," "having," and any variations thereof in the description and claims of this invention and the related sections are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions. The term "electromagnetic shield" is a shield body that shields the influence of external electromagnetic waves on internal circuits and the outward radiation of internally generated electromagnetic waves.
The utility model provides a bury formula broadband T type element antenna side by side, includes hollow packaging structure, sets up in inside and opening of packaging structure towards the electromagnetic shield cover at packaging structure top, radiating element, be used for being fixed in the mounting structure in the electromagnetic shield cover with radiating element, set up in the cable subassembly 5 of packaging structure bottom, radiating element passes the electromagnetic shield cover and links to each other with cable subassembly 5, wherein:
the radiating unit comprises at least one vibrator unit 2, and the vibrator unit 2 comprises a plurality of vibrators 21;
the electromagnetic shielding cover comprises a shielding cover body 3 and at least four vibrator unit installation positions circumferentially distributed on the shielding cover body 3;
the mounting structure includes a mounting member for fixing the vibrator unit 2 to a vibrator unit mounting position.
The installed part comprises a support frame and a vibrator 21 fixed position arranged on the support frame.
The vibrator unit mounting position is arranged on the bottom surface of the shielding cover body 3.
The support frame comprises a support plate 220 with a fixing bolt hole for being connected with the bottom surface of the shielding cover body 3 and an inclined support 22 for fixing the fixing position of the vibrator 21, the fixing position of the vibrator 21 is a clamping groove which is arranged on the inclined support 22 and used for clamping the vibrator 21, and when the mounting piece is mounted on the shielding cover body 3, the inclination of the inclined support 22 is consistent with that of the cover wall of the shielding cover body 3.
The vibrator 21 is a T-shaped vibrator, and the T-shaped vibrator comprises an exciter, a microstrip electromagnetic feed source 211 connected with the exciter, a feed source interface 212 arranged on the microstrip electromagnetic feed source 211, and a reflector 214 fixedly connected with the microstrip electromagnetic feed source 211.
The exciter comprises two angle exciters 213 which are arranged in an opposite direction, the two angle exciters 213 are connected with the microstrip electromagnetic feed source, the clamping groove comprises clamping pieces 23 which are vertically arranged at two sides of the inclined bracket 22, the clamping pieces 23 comprise a supporting plate 231 and clamping plates 232 which are arranged perpendicular to the supporting plate 231, and the clamping plates 232 press the top surfaces of the angle exciters 213 when the vibrator 21 is clamped in the clamping groove.
The clamping piece 23 is detachably matched and connected with the inclined bracket 22.
The vibrator unit 2 comprises two vibrators which are arranged in the same direction and side by side, the mounting part comprises a support plate 220 and two inclined supports 22 which are arranged on the support plate 220 side by side, bolt holes 221 for connecting the support plate 220 with the support plate 220 of the adjacent vibrator unit 2 are respectively formed in two ends of the support plate 220, the support plate 220 further comprises a support 222 extending out from the rear side, four vibrator unit mounting positions are circumferentially arranged on the shielding cover body 3, each vibrator unit mounting position comprises a mounting hole 32 for fixing the support 222, and a mounting seat 41 for fixedly mounting the support 222 in a matched mode after the support 222 penetrates through the mounting hole 32 is formed in the bottom of the packaging structure.
The radiation unit is connected with the cable assembly 5 through a cable hole 31 arranged on the electromagnetic shielding cover, and an output interface 6 connected with the cable assembly 5 is arranged at the bottom of the packaging structure.
The packaging structure comprises an upper cover 1 and a lower cover 4 clamped with the upper cover 1 in a matching manner.
The present invention is further described below in the case where the number of the vibrator units is four:
as shown in fig. 1, a buried broadband parallel T-shaped dipole antenna comprises a hollow packaging structure, wherein the packaging structure comprises an upper cover 1 and a lower cover 4 matched and clamped with the upper cover 1, an electromagnetic shielding cover with an opening facing the top of the packaging structure, a radiation unit, a mounting structure for fixing the radiation unit in the electromagnetic shielding cover, and a cable assembly 5 arranged at the bottom of the packaging structure, namely on the lower cover 4, wherein the radiation unit is connected with the cable assembly 5 through a cable hole 31 arranged on the electromagnetic shielding cover; the radiating unit includes four vibrator units 2, and in the embodiment shown in fig. 3, each vibrator unit 2 includes two vibrators 21 arranged side by side in the same direction; the electromagnetic shielding cover comprises a shielding cover body 3 and four vibrator unit installation positions circumferentially distributed at the bottom of the shielding cover body 3. The cable assembly 5 penetrates through the cable holes 31 corresponding to each vibrator 21 on the shielding cover body 3, 8 cable holes 31 are formed in the shielding cover body 3, and the bottom of the packaging structure is provided with the output interface 6 connected with the cable assembly 5. Wherein the shielding case body 3 is in a basin-shaped structure with a small bottom and a large opening.
Preferably, the vibrator unit mounting positions are circumferentially and equally spaced at the bottom of the shielding cover body 3.
In the specific embodiment, the upper cover 1 and the lower cover 4 are made of high-strength glass fiber reinforced plastic materials and are divided into a structural layer, an inner coating and an outer coating, the lower edge of the upper cover 1 is connected with the upper edge of the lower cover 4 to form a closed space for installing the electromagnetic shielding cover and the radiation unit inside the electromagnetic shielding cover, and the dustproof and waterproof grade of IP68 is achieved, so that the underground antenna can be ensured to normally operate under all-weather conditions; the output interface 6 is preferably a high-strength waterproof joint with good sealing characteristics, and the cable assembly 5 is a flexible radio frequency cable. The shielding cover body 3 is made of aluminum alloy. The problem of the difference of the dielectric constant of the soil of different peripheries after the antenna is buried underground is solved.
With reference to fig. 1, 2, and 3, the vibrator unit 2 includes two vibrators 21 arranged in the same direction and side by side, the mounting member includes a support plate 220 and two inclined brackets 22 arranged on the support plate 220 side by side, bolt holes 221 for the support plate 220 to be connected with the support plate 220 of an adjacent vibrator unit 2 are respectively arranged at two ends of the support plate 220, the support plate 220 further includes a support 222 extending from the rear side, four vibrator unit mounting positions circumferentially arranged on the shielding cover body 3 are arranged on the shielding cover body 3, each vibrator unit mounting position includes a mounting hole 32 for fixing the support 222, and a mounting seat 41 for fixedly mounting the support 222 in a matching manner after passing through the mounting hole 32 is arranged at the bottom of the package structure.
As shown in fig. 3, the mounting structure includes a mounting member for fixing the vibrator unit 2 to the vibrator unit mounting site. The installed part comprises a support frame and a vibrator 21 fixed position arranged on the support frame. The vibrator unit mounting position is arranged on the bottom surface of the shielding cover body 3. The support frame comprises a support plate 220 with a fixing bolt hole for being connected with the bottom surface of the shielding cover body 3 and an inclined support 22 for fixing the fixing position of the vibrator 21, the fixing position of the vibrator 21 is a clamping groove which is arranged on the inclined support 22 and used for clamping the vibrator 21, and when the mounting piece is mounted on the shielding cover body 3, the inclination of the inclined support 22 is consistent with that of the cover wall of the shielding cover body 3. I.e. the inclination of the opening of the shielding cage 3 is the same as the inclination of the tilting bracket 22.
As shown in fig. 4, the vibrator 21 is a T-shaped vibrator, and the T-shaped vibrator includes an exciter, a microstrip electromagnetic feed source 211 connected to the exciter, a feed source interface 212 disposed on the microstrip electromagnetic feed source 211, and a reflector 214 fixedly connected to the microstrip electromagnetic feed source 211. The exciter comprises two angle exciters 213 which are arranged in an opposite direction, the two angle exciters 213 are connected with the microstrip electromagnetic feed source, the clamping groove comprises clamping pieces 23 which are vertically arranged at two sides of the inclined bracket 22, the clamping pieces 23 comprise a supporting plate 231 and clamping plates 232 which are arranged perpendicular to the supporting plate 231, and the clamping plates 232 press the top surfaces of the angle exciters 213 when the vibrator 21 is clamped in the clamping groove. The clamping piece 23 is detachably matched and connected with the inclined bracket 22. The cable assembly 5 is connected to the feed interface 212 at one end and to the output interface 6 at the other end. The two oppositely arranged angular exciters 213 are welded on the microstrip electromagnetic feed source 211 in a high-frequency electromagnetic heating mode, the feed source interface 212 is connected with the microstrip electromagnetic feed source 211 and is fixed on the reflector 214, and the reflector 214 is a plate-shaped reflector.
The number of the installed oscillator units 2 is correspondingly selected according to the unidirectional signal coverage, the bidirectional signal coverage or the omnidirectional signal coverage direction in the practical application process of the underground antenna. Therefore, at least four oscillator unit mounting positions are provided in the buried broadband parallel T-shaped oscillator antenna, and the number of the mounted oscillator units is selected according to the signal coverage direction, so that signal coverage on one or more peripheral target buildings is realized. In addition, the buried broadband parallel T-shaped oscillator antenna has the radiation mode that radiation is from bottom to top, so that the buried broadband parallel T-shaped oscillator antenna is allowed to be arranged in green belts or lawns around buildings, the worry of residents is relieved due to the concealed installation mode, and the site observation and construction difficulty is reduced.
The contents of the present invention have been explained above. Those skilled in the art will be able to implement the utility model based on these teachings. Based on the above description of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art without any creative effort shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

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1. The utility model provides a bury formula broadband T type element antenna side by side which characterized in that, including hollow packaging structure, set up in inside and opening of packaging structure towards electromagnetic shield cover, the radiating element of packaging structure top, be used for being fixed in the mounting structure in the electromagnetic shield cover with the radiating element, set up in cable subassembly (5) of packaging structure bottom, the radiating element passes the electromagnetic shield cover and links to each other with cable subassembly (5), wherein:
the radiating unit comprises at least one vibrator unit (2), and the vibrator unit (2) comprises a plurality of vibrators (21);
the electromagnetic shielding cover comprises a shielding cover body (3) and at least four vibrator unit mounting positions circumferentially distributed on the shielding cover body (3);
the mounting structure comprises a mounting piece for fixing the vibrator unit (2) on a vibrator unit mounting position;
the vibrator (21) is a T-shaped vibrator, the T-shaped vibrator comprises an exciter, a micro-strip electromagnetic feed source (211) connected with the exciter, a feed source interface (212) arranged on the micro-strip electromagnetic feed source (211) and used for connecting a cable component (5), and a reflector (214) fixedly connected with the micro-strip electromagnetic feed source (211);
the exciter comprises two horn exciters (213) which are arranged in opposite directions, and the two horn exciters (213) are connected with the microstrip electromagnetic feed source (211).
2. A buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna according to claim 1, wherein the mounting member comprises a support frame and an element (21) fixing position arranged on the support frame.
3. A buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna according to claim 2, characterized in that the element unit mounting location is arranged on the bottom surface of the shielding cover body (3).
4. A buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna according to claim 3, wherein the supporting frame comprises a supporting plate (220) with a fixing bolt hole for connecting with the bottom surface of the shielding case (3) and an inclined bracket (22) for fixing the fixing position of the oscillator (21), the fixing position of the oscillator (21) is a slot provided on the inclined bracket (22) for clamping the oscillator (21), and the inclination of the inclined bracket (22) is the same as that of the wall of the shielding case (3) when the mounting member is mounted on the shielding case (3).
5. A buried broadband parallel T-shaped dipole antenna according to claim 4, wherein said card slot comprises card members (23) vertically arranged at both sides of the inclined bracket (22), said card members (23) comprise supporting plates (231) and card plates (232) vertically arranged on the supporting plates (231), and said card plates (232) press against the top surfaces of the angular exciters (213) when the dipole (21) is clamped in said card slot.
6. A buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna according to claim 5, characterized in that the clamping piece (23) is detachably matched and connected with the inclined bracket (22).
7. The buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna according to claim 4, the vibrator unit (2) comprises two vibrators (21) which are arranged in parallel in the same direction, the mounting piece comprises a support plate (220) and two inclined brackets (22) which are arranged on the support plate (220) in parallel, two ends of the support plate (220) are respectively provided with a bolt hole (221) for connecting the support plate (220) with the support plate (220) of the adjacent vibrator unit (2), the support plate (220) further comprises a support (222) extending out of the rear side, the shielding cover body (3) is provided with four vibrator unit mounting positions circumferentially distributed on the shielding cover body (3), the oscillator unit installation position comprises an installation hole (32) for fixing the support (222), and an installation seat (41) for matching and fixing the support (222) after penetrating through the installation hole (32) is arranged at the bottom of the packaging structure.
8. A buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna according to claim 1, wherein the radiating element is connected to the cable assembly (5) through a cable hole (31) formed in the electromagnetic shield, and an output interface (6) connected to the cable assembly (5) is formed at the bottom of the package structure.
9. A buried broadband parallel T-shaped element antenna according to claim 1, wherein the packaging structure comprises an upper cover (1) and a lower cover (4) which is matched and clamped with the upper cover (1).
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