High efficiency, high power antenna system
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1. An antenna system composed of (N+1) virtually identical radiating structures with N greater than or equal to 1, said (N+1) structures arranged parallel to each other, each radiating structure is connected to a power supply and impedance matching device wherein it comprises at least a processor equipped with control logic Cm adapted to tune the “
- master”
radiating structure and vary at least one of the tuning parameters so that they converge towards the values leading to tuning and logic Cs for transferring the parameters corresponding to the tuning of the “
master”
radiating structure to the “
slave”
radiating structure(s).
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Abstract
Antenna system composed of (N+1) virtually identical radiating structures with N greater than or equal to 1, said (N+1) structures being arranged parallel to each other and each radiating structure being connected to a power supply and impedance matching device. Use for frequency ranges between 1.5 to 30 MHz.
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1. An antenna system composed of (N+1) virtually identical radiating structures with N greater than or equal to 1, said (N+1) structures arranged parallel to each other, each radiating structure is connected to a power supply and impedance matching device wherein it comprises at least a processor equipped with control logic Cm adapted to tune the “
- master”
radiating structure and vary at least one of the tuning parameters so that they converge towards the values leading to tuning and logic Cs for transferring the parameters corresponding to the tuning of the “
master”
radiating structure to the “
slave”
radiating structure(s). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method to tune an antenna system comprising (N+1) virtually identical radiating structures, with N greater than or equal to 1, comprising at least a step where each of the radiating structures arranged parallel to each other is powered and matched in impedance for a given operating frequency value wherein it comprises at least the following steps:
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associate to one radiating structure a master function and to the other radiating structures a slave function, transmit the tuning parameters of the master radiating structure to the slave radiating structures, vary at least one of the tuning parameters so that they converge and to obtain tuning. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
a) initialise the tuning parameters for the “
master”
radiating structure,b) transmit the tuning parameters to the other radiating structures, c) determine the impedance value Zmeasured output from the master radiating structure and compare said value with a specified value Zfixed, d) whilst the said determined value is different from the specified value determine the values of the parameters required to tune the master radiating structure, e) vary at least one of the tuning parameters of the master radiating structure and repeat steps c to d.
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13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the parameters are transmitted by modulating the information at a frequency value different from that of the system operation.
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14. The method according to claim 11, wherein the operating frequency range is chosen in the range 1.5 to 30 MHz.
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