Monolithic quadrifilar helix antenna
First Claim
1. A quadrifilar helix antenna comprising:
- a hybrid junction power divider feed circuit, said hybrid junction power divider providing 0 to 180 degrees phase shift anda plurality of radiating elements including at least four radiating elements connected in pairs to said hybrid junction power divider feed circuit, a first pair of said radiating elements being connected to said hybrid junction power divider feed circuit at a 180 degree interval from a second pair of said radiating elements, each of said radiating elements being connected on one end to said hybrid junction power divider feed circuit and being open circuited at the other end thereof, and each of said radiating elements operating in endfire mode and n/4 wavelength mode where n is an odd number.
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Abstract
A quadrifilar helix antenna containing a hybrid junction power divider feed circuit and a plurality of radiating elements. The radiating elements are connected on one end to the hybrid junction power divider feed circuit and are free to radiate on the other end. In a particular embodiment, the antenna includes a microstrip hybrid junction power divider feed circuit deposited on the lower rectangular section of a dielectric substrate. The hybrid junction power divider feed circuit provides both a 0 to 180 degree phase shift and impedance matching. The antenna also includes four radiating microstrip elements deposited on the upper section of the dielectric substrate at a predetermined angle to form a helical pattern upon turning the planar antenna into a cylinder. The radiating elements are connected to the microstrip hybrid junction power divider feed circuit in pairs. The first pair is connected to the hybrid junction power divider feed circuit at the location of the 0 degree phase shift whereas the other pair is located at the 180 degree phase shift location. The second element of each pair is shorter than the first element by a predetermined distance to provide a phase quadrature between them. Therefore through this method, the required phase relationships for a circularly polarized beam pattern are achieved.
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9 Claims
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1. A quadrifilar helix antenna comprising:
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a hybrid junction power divider feed circuit, said hybrid junction power divider providing 0 to 180 degrees phase shift and a plurality of radiating elements including at least four radiating elements connected in pairs to said hybrid junction power divider feed circuit, a first pair of said radiating elements being connected to said hybrid junction power divider feed circuit at a 180 degree interval from a second pair of said radiating elements, each of said radiating elements being connected on one end to said hybrid junction power divider feed circuit and being open circuited at the other end thereof, and each of said radiating elements operating in endfire mode and n/4 wavelength mode where n is an odd number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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