This application is the national phase entry of International Application No. PCT/TR2016/050002, filed on Jan. 4, 2016, which is based upon and claims priority to Turkish Patent Application No. 2015/01912, filed on Feb. 17, 2015, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to a wide band antenna array platform that can find 2-D direction without ambiguities.
In the present applications, the elements of the antenna are generally placed at intervals of half the wave length. In this kind of placements, as the elements of the antenna are close enough to each other, the ambiguity problem seen in the direction finding antenna arrays is not formed.
Direction finding function is realized by utilizing the signals at the output of the elements of the antenna which are placed in the space in order to find direction. Especially in wide band antenna arrays, placing the elements of the antenna at intervals of half wavelength is not possible due to the sizes of the elements of the antenna.
Additionally, the accuracy of estimating direction is directly proportional to the size of the antenna array. When the elements of the antenna are placed at intervals of half the wavelength, too many antennas need to be used for the size of the antenna array to have the required accuracy.
The United States patent document numbered U.S. Pat. No. 6,243,046 (B1) in the background of the invention discloses two antenna units located on a pedestal device. The antenna units which are used for providing communication with satellites are able to move laterally and vertically.
The Japanese patent document numbered JPS63174404 (A) in the background of the invention discloses a device to which the antenna is mounted. Antenna can easily be elevated via elevation angle adjusting part formed in a circular arc. Antenna is located over the elevation angle adjusting part. Mounting board is fixed on a building or a surface. The adjustment of azimuth can be performed by rotating the elevation angle adjusting member.
The Japanese patent document numbered JPH07263939 (A) in the background of the invention discloses an antenna equipment. An antenna main body part is fixed on a rotating part with a spacer between them. Spacer might be inclined at angles 5, 0 and −5 degrees.
The international patent document numbered WO2001089028 (A2) discloses A portable, self-contained satellite transceiver is employed for establishing a communications link between a connected appliance and a satellite including polarized transmit and receive antennas. The transceiver comprises a base unit, including a generally planer upper surface and a direction indicator to facilitate orientation of the base unit along a selected azimuth for communication with the satellite. A generally plate-like antenna support member is pivotally connected to one end of the base unit housing so that the antenna support member is pivotable between a first or transport position and a second position at a selected angle to establish elevational alignment with the satellite. An antenna housing contains polarized, transmit and receive antennas suitable for communicating with the satellite. The antenna housing is rotatable with respect to the antenna support member to a selected angle for aligning the polarization of the antennas with the polarization of the satellite antennas.
The United States patent document numbered US20060168758 (A1) discloses a hinge structure and particularly to a hinge structure for use on a directional antenna to enable a directional plate to swivel relative to a base dock. The hinge structure according to the invention includes a body, a cover and a pair of axles. The body has a magnetic element to enable the entire hinge structure to be attracted to a metal material, such as a metal partition
The object of the invention is to provide an antenna array platform which provides performing the direction of arrival estimation of the incoming signal in two dimensions by means of high accuracy on azimuth and elevation angles in a wide frequency band.
An antenna array platform in order to fulfill the objects of the present invention is illustrated in the attached figures, where:
Elements shown in the figures are numbered as follows:
An antenna array platform (1) which provides performing the estimation of the direction in a wide frequency band without ambiguity in azimuth and elevation angles, using an antenna array having different antenna distances which are longer than the half of the wavelength, essentially comprises:
Thanks to the inventive antenna array platform (1) the estimation of the direction in a wide frequency band without ambiguity in azimuth and elevation angles, using an antenna array having different antenna distances which are longer than the half of the wavelength, can be performed.
In the preferred embodiment of the invention, a bottom plate (2), a box (4) positioned on the bottom plate (2) and antenna openings (10) opened in the antenna hub (6) provided on the lid (5) closing the box (4) are present. In order to estimate the azimuth and elevation angles of the antenna array, taking into account the sizes of antenna elements to be used, accuracy of direction and ambiguity problem during the design phase, antennas are located on the antenna openings (10) at suitable positions so that an ambiguity on a plane is not formed.
Magnets (3) are preferably located on the bottom side of the bottom plate (2), in order for the antenna array platform (1) to be attached to suitable surfaces made of a material that can be attracted by magnetic field force. Thus, no mechanical adaptation processes needed on the platforms used.
An additional lifting mechanism is also used for the antenna array to be able to be positioned on azimuth and elevation angles. This lifting mechanism consists of angling holes (7) opened on the side of the box (4), a plate (8) and a screw (9). Angling holes (7) are present in the side of the box (4), between 0 degrees to 45 degrees with preferably 5 degree intervals, provided that the horizontal of the antenna is assumed 0 degrees. The antenna array can be positioned at a required angle value by means of preferably mace headed screw (9) positioned on at least one side of the plate (8) which is positioned on one side of the box (4), entering the angling holes (7) that corresponds to the required angle.
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