Isolation antenna for repeater

• US 8,159,412 B2
• Filed: 12/21/2005
• Issued: 04/17/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Yun, Je-hoon, Jeon, Soon-ik, Lim, Jong-sik, Moon, Jung-ick, Kim, Joung-myoun, Kim, Seung-won, Lee, Yong-tae, Kim, Chang-joo
• Primary Examiner(s): Choi, Jacob Y
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCCAIN, KYANA RASHAWN
• Application Number:
  US11/722,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20090213021A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,309 Days
• Field of Search: 343/726, 343/879, 343/878, 343/893, 343/841, 343/842, 343/885, 343/890, 343/846, 343/843, 343/836
• US Class Current: 343/890
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/521 reducing the coupling between adjacent antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 21/29 Combinations of different interacting antenna units for giving a desired directional characteristic H01Q25/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 25/005 providing two patterns of opposite direction; back to back antennas H01Q25/004 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 7/00 Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 9/16 with feed intermediate between the extremities of the antenna, e.g. centre-fed dipole H01Q9/44 takes precedence

Abstract

Provided is an isolation antenna for a repeater which can acquire high isolation by using loop and dipole antennas, which are positioned in opposite directions to each other based on a shielding means, in a unidirectional repeater generally used in broadcasting or wireless communications even though transmitting antenna/receiving antennas having a co-channel are set up closely to each other. The transmitting/receiving isolation antenna includes: a shielding means including an electric conductor; a first antenna of a dipole antenna type in one side of the shielding means; and a second antenna of a loop antenna type in an opposite side of the shielding means where the first antenna is positioned.

Claims

1. A transmitting/receiving isolation antenna for a repeater for maintaining isolation between transmission and reception signals in a unidirection, comprising:

a shielding unit including an electric conductor;

a first antenna of a dipole antenna type in one side of the shielding unit; and

a second antenna of a loop antenna type in an opposite side of the shielding-unit; and

an antenna device supporting unit setting up in center of the first antenna and second antenna to support the first antenna and the second antenna;

wherein the first antenna generates a radiated wave;

wherein the radiated wave forms a scattered wave in the antenna device supporting unit;

wherein the antenna device supporting unit symmetrically sets up in the center to transmit symmetrically the scattered wave to the second antenna.

2. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

an antenna supporting unit of a pipe shape which has a space inside and is connected to the shielding unit to support the shielding unit.

3. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 2, further comprising:

a base for holding up the antenna supporting unit perpendicularly to a surface on which the isolation antenna is mounted by being connected to the supporting unit.

4. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 3, wherein the base includes an electric wave absorbent for absorbing electric wave.

5. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 4, wherein the shielding unit is formed as a housing type having a space inside.

6. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 4, wherein the second antenna is a loop antenna of a rectangle shape.

7. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 6, wherein the second antenna is fed in a central part of one side.

8. A transmitting/receiving isolation antenna for a repeater for maintaining isolation between transmission and reception signals in a unidirection, comprising

a shielding unit including an electric conductor;

a first antenna of a dipole antenna type in one side of the shielding unit;

a second antenna of a loop antenna type in an opposite side of the shielding unit;

wherein the first antenna includes;

a left antenna device with a predetermined length and a straight line shape;

a right antenna device which has the same size and shape as the left antenna and is symmetrically positioned adjacently to the left antenna;

a feeding unit for feeding by being positioned between the left and right antenna devices;

a left antenna device supporting unit for fixing the left antenna device at a predetermined distance from the shielding; and

a right antenna device supporting unit which has the same size and shape as the left antenna device supporting unit and is symmetrically positioned to the left antenna device supporting unit in order to fix the right antenna device on the shielding unit at the same distance as the distance between the left antenna device and the shielding unit.

9. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 8, wherein the feeding unit uses a connector.

10. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 8, wherein the left and right antenna device supporting unit have a pipe shape having a space inside and are connected to the shielding unit in the way that the inside of each antenna device supporting unit is directly connected to that of the shielding unit.

11. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 8, wherein the first antenna is a transmitting antenna.

12. A transmitting/receiving isolation antenna for a repeater for maintaining isolation between transmission and reception signals in a unidirection, comprising;

a shielding unit including an electric conductor;

a first antenna of a dipole antenna type in one side of the shielding unit;

a second antenna of a loop antenna type in an opposite side of the shielding unit;

wherein the second antenna includes;

an upper antenna device which is positioned in an upper part of the shielding unit;

a lower antenna device which has the same size and shape as the upper antenna device in a lower part of the shielding unit and is symmetrically positioned to the upper antenna device;

a left feeding unit for feeding by being positioned in the left end of the upper antenna device;

a right feeding unit for feeding by being positioned in the right end of the lower antenna device;

an upper antenna device supporting unit for fixing the upper antenna device at a predetermined distance from the shielding unit and horizontally in one side of the shielding unit; and

a lower antenna device supporting unit for fixing the lower antenna device at a predetermined distance from the shielding unit and horizontally in one side of the shielding unit.

13. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 12, wherein the shielding unit includes:

a power combining unit for integrating a signal by being connected to the left and right feeding unit by cables of the same length in the inside of the shielding unit.

14. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 13, wherein the power combining unit outputs power subtraction or power summation of input voltage by using a 4-terminal hybrid combiner.

15. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 14, wherein the 4-terminal hybrid combiner connects two input terminals to the left and right feeding unit, connects one output terminal to the feeding unit of the first antenna, and connects a terminator to the other output terminal.

16. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 15, wherein the left and right feeding unit feed in opposite directions, and the power combining unit connects an 180°

output terminal to the feeding unit of the first antenna to realize the power subtraction.

17. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 15, wherein the left and right feeding unit feed in opposite direction to each other, and the power combining unit connects an 0°

output terminal to the feeding unit of the first antenna to realize the power summation.

18. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 12, wherein the left and right feeding unit use a connector.

19. The isolation antenna as recited in claim 12, wherein the upper antenna device supporting unit and the lower antenna device supporting unit have a structure of a pipe shape having a space inside in order that a feeding path can be connected to the inside of the shielding unit through the inside of them.

20. A transmitting/receiving isolation antenna for a repeater for maintaining isolation between transmission and reception signals in a unidirection, comprising:

a shielding unit including an electric conductor;

a first antenna of a dipole antenna type in one side of the shielding unit the first antenna comprising;

a left antenna device positioned in the left part of the shielding unit and a right antenna device positioned in the right part of the shielding unit, the left and right antenna devices having the same size and shape and being positioned symmetrically; and

a left antenna device supporting unit and a right antenna device supporting unit fixing the left antenna device and the right antenna device, respectively, to the shielding unit, the left and right antenna device supporting units having the same size and shape and being positioned symmetrically such that the distance between the left antenna device and the shielding unit is the same as the distance between the right antenna device and the shielding unit;

a second antenna of a loop antenna type in an opposite side of the shielding unit, the second antenna comprising;

a lower antenna device positioned in the lower part of the shielding unit and an upper antenna device positioned in the upper part of the shielding unit, the upper and lower antenna devices having the same size and shape and being positioned symmetrically

an upper antenna device supporting unit and a lower antenna device supporting unit for fixing the upper antenna device and the lower antenna device, respectively, to the shielding unit, the upper and lower antenna device supporting units having the same size and shape and being positioned symmetrically such that the distance between the upper antenna device and the shielding unit is the same as the distance between the lower antenna device and the shielding unit.