KR101727492B1 - Antenna with adjustable beam radiation direction - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an antenna, and more particularly, to an antenna including a feed part and a radiating part, the radiating part including a top conductor which is upwardly raised at a first angle with respect to a predetermined horizontal plane and a bottom conductor And the lower conductor includes a parallel lower conductor parallel to the horizontal plane and a protruding conductor positioned at the end of the lower conductor and protruding from the upper surface of the lower conductor, The present invention relates to an antenna capable of easily adjusting a directing direction and reducing radiation by side lobes.
The present invention relates to a feeder for feeding electromagnetic signals to be transmitted and received; And a radiator for radiating the electromagnetic signal to the outside or receiving the electromagnetic signal from the outside, wherein the radiator comprises: an upper conductor forming an upward opening with a first angle with respect to a predetermined horizontal plane; And a lower conductor positioned below the upper conductor, wherein the lower conductor comprises: a parallel lower conductor parallel to the horizontal plane; And a protruding conductor positioned at an end of the parallel lower conductor and protruding from the upper surface of the parallel lower conductor.
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The present invention relates to an antenna, and more particularly, to an antenna including a feed part and a radiating part, the radiating part including a top conductor which is upwardly raised at a first angle with respect to a predetermined horizontal plane and a bottom conductor And the lower conductor includes a parallel lower conductor parallel to the horizontal plane and a protruding conductor positioned at the end of the lower conductor and protruding from the upper surface of the lower conductor, The present invention relates to an antenna capable of easily adjusting a directing direction and reducing radiation by side lobes.
Background of the Invention As wireless communication services are widely used and related technologies are developed, various types of antennas are being developed to meet various specifications. At this time, since the various types of antennas have advantages and disadvantages, appropriate antennas are selected or modified according to the standard of the system to be applied.
One of the most commonly used antennas is a horn antenna. 1 (a) illustrates a typical shape of a horn antenna. The horn antenna is advantageous in that it has a high efficiency in structural characteristics and is advantageous in controlling the beam width and gain. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 1 (b) Pattern, it is difficult to control the direction of the main lobe, and there is a problem that the radiation by side lobes can be increased.
In this connection, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2012-0021538 (Mar. 3, 2012) discloses a structure for suppressing radiation by side lobes using an electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structure, A complicated manufacturing process is required, so that the manufacturing cost may be greatly increased, and further, there may arise a problem that the characteristic deviation between the products may become large.
Recently, as the number of systems using an array antenna increases, various types of antenna structures and specifications such as a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) structure that can be easily integrated with a substrate to implement an array antenna can be used An antenna that can be easily applied is being actively studied.
Accordingly, it is possible to control the direction of the main lobe while maintaining the advantage of the horn antenna, and to suppress the radiation by the side lobe. Furthermore, various structures and specifications such as the substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) However, there is still no adequate solution to this problem.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a horn antenna capable of adjusting the direction of a main lobe while controlling the high efficiency and the beam width / gain of the horn antenna, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an antenna which can suppress radiation due to side lobes and can be easily applied to various structures and specifications.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an antenna including a feeder for feeding electromagnetic signals to be transmitted and received; And a radiator for radiating the electromagnetic signal to the outside or receiving the electromagnetic signal from the outside, wherein the radiator comprises: an upper conductor forming an upward opening with a first angle with respect to a predetermined horizontal plane; And a lower conductor positioned below the upper conductor, wherein the lower conductor comprises: a parallel lower conductor parallel to the horizontal plane; And a protruded conductor positioned at an end of the parallel lower conductor and protruding from the upper surface of the parallel lower conductor.
At this time, the radiating portion may have an opening structure that does not include a conductor connecting the upper conductor and the lower conductor to the side surface of the radiating portion.
Here, the feeding part and the radiating part may have a fastening structure that can be coupled to or separated from each other.
At this time, the radiation characteristic may be controlled by replacing one or all of the upper conductor or the lower conductor of the radiating portion with the upper conductor or the lower conductor having another structure, dimension or shape.
In addition, the power feeder may include a substrate integrated waveguide structure.
At this time, an array antenna including a plurality of the radiation units may be formed.
According to the present invention, there is provided a plasma display panel including a power supply part and a radiating part, wherein the radiating part includes an upper conductor which is upwardly raised at a first angle with respect to a predetermined horizontal plane and a lower conductor located at a lower part thereof, And a protruding conductor which is positioned at a terminating end of the lower conductor and has a shape protruding from the upper surface of the lower conductor. Thus, the high efficiency and the beam width / It is possible to provide an antenna which can control the direction of the main lobe while suppressing the radiation by the side lobe and can be easily applied to various structures and specifications.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
1 is an exemplary view of a horn antenna according to the prior art.
2 is a structural view of a typical SIW horn antenna.
3 is a graph showing radiation pattern characteristics of a typical SIW horn antenna.
4 is a structural view of an antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a graph illustrating radiation pattern characteristics of an antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is an exemplary view illustrating a detachable structure of an antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
The terms first, second, etc. may be used to describe various components, but the components are not limited by the terms, and the terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another Is used.
The horn antenna according to the related art has a high efficiency due to its structural characteristics and is advantageous in controlling the beam width and gain while the horn antenna according to the related art has an advantage in that the radiation pattern symmetrical in the direction of the aperture of the horn The present invention has been made to solve the problem that the direction of the main lobe is difficult to control and that the radiation by the side lobe can be increased, and includes a feeding part and a radiating part, And a bottom conductor positioned beneath the top conductor, the bottom conductor including a parallel bottom conductor parallel to the horizontal plane, and a bottom conductor positioned at the end of the bottom conductor, And the protruding conductor having a shape protruding from the upper surface of the lower conductor, so that the high efficiency and the beam width / gain of the horn antenna An antenna which can control the direction of the main lobe while suppressing radiation due to side lobes and can easily be applied to various structures and specifications .
Hereinafter, the structure and characteristics of a typical horn antenna will be described first, and then, exemplary embodiments of an antenna according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
Hereinafter, an antenna having a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) structure will be described as an example, but the present invention is not limited thereto.
First, FIG. 2 illustrates the structure of a planar horn antenna having a conventional substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) structure. As shown in FIG. 2, the horn antenna has an aperture for transmitting and receiving an electromagnetic signal. At this time, as can be seen from FIG. 2 (b), the horn antenna radiates upwardly or downwardly symmetrically It is difficult to adjust the direction of the main lobe.
In addition, FIG. 3 shows the radiation characteristics of a planar horn antenna having a conventional substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) structure. More specifically, FIG. 3 (a) illustrates modeling (frequency is 27.425 GHz) for simulating the radiation characteristics of a planar horn antenna having a SIW structure, and FIG. 3 , It can be seen that the direction of the aperture is located in the x-axis direction.
3 (b) shows a radiation pattern in an elevation angle direction in the x-z plane, and FIG. 3 (c) shows a three-dimensional (3D) stereoscopic radiation pattern. As can be seen from FIG. 3 (b), it can be seen that the direction of the main lobe is not upside-down but coincides with the direction of the beam in the normal horn antenna, It can be seen that the maximum value of the gain is calculated to be -9.7 dB.
2, a horn antenna having a substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) structure may be realized by disposing a substrate including a feed structure between the upper conductor and the lower conductor of the horn antenna In this case, the array antenna can be configured more efficiently.
In contrast, FIG. 4 shows the structure of the
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FIG. 5 illustrates a radiation pattern characteristic graph of the
5 (a) shows an elevation direction radiation pattern in the xz plane for the
6 illustrates an attachment / detachment structure of the
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The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention but to illustrate the present invention. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.
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And a radiator for radiating the electromagnetic signal to the outside or receiving the electromagnetic signal from the outside,
The radiating portion includes:
An upper conductor forming an opening upward at a first angle relative to a predetermined horizontal plane; And
And a lower conductor located below the upper conductor,
Wherein the lower conductor comprises:
A parallel bottom conductor parallel to the horizontal plane; And
And a protruded conductor positioned at a terminating end of the parallel lower conductor in a direction in which the electromagnetic signal fed from the feeding part radiates, and protruding from the upper surface of the parallel lower conductor.
The radiating portion includes:
And an opening structure not including a conductor connecting the upper conductor and the lower conductor to a side surface of the radiating portion.
Wherein the feeding part and the radiating part have a fastening structure that can be coupled to or separated from each other.
Wherein the radiation characteristic is adjustable by replacing one or all of the upper or lower conductors of the radiating portion with a top conductor or a bottom conductor of different structure, dimension or shape.
Wherein the power feeder comprises a substrate integrated waveguide structure.
And an array antenna including a plurality of the radiation parts.
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