Communications: radio wave antennas – Antennas – Spiral or helical type
Patent
1990-05-14
1993-11-02
Wimer, Michael C.
Communications: radio wave antennas
Antennas
Spiral or helical type
343844, H01Q 1108
Patent
active
052587711
ABSTRACT:
Arrays of helical antennas are desired for operation at spaced-apart frequencies, such as 1.5 and 2.5 GHz. In order to reduce mutual coupling between the antenna elements of the lower-frequency array, they are spaced apart by more than .lambda.. Grating lobes occur due to the spacing. The lengths of the lower-frequency helices are adjusted to move the nulls in their radiation patterns into congruence with the unwanted peaks of the array pattern, thereby suppressing the grating lobes. In order to reduce the total area of the combined arrays, the higher-frequency antennas of the second array are interleaved with the elements of the first array. At the higher frequency, the antenna elements of the second array are spaced apart even further, in terms of wavelength, than the elements of the first array, so mutual coupling of the antennas of the second array is reduced even more than in the first array. The number of turns of the helices of the second array are adjusted to bring nulls of the individual radiation patterns into coincidence with the unwanted grating lobes.
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Berard C. A.
General Electric Co.
Meise W. H.
Wimer Michael C.
Young S. A.
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