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Antennas -- in 60 Minutes or Less!. Cynthia Furse Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Utah cfurse@ece.utah.edu. Antennas 101. Size / current distribution Radiation Pattern (“far”fields) Directivity Gain Side Lobes Polarization Near Fields Mutual Coupling
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Antennas -- in 60 Minutes or Less! Cynthia Furse Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Utah cfurse@ece.utah.edu
Antennas 101 • Size / current distribution • Radiation Pattern (“far”fields) • Directivity • Gain • Side Lobes • Polarization • Near Fields • Mutual Coupling • Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) • Input Impedance (matching) • Link Budget
Dipole Antenna Current distribution From:http://www.qth.com/antenna/dipole.gif,plot.gif
Radiation Pattern Direction of Maximum Dipole Radiation Direction of Maximum IsotripicRadiation Radiation Pattern Of an ISOTROPIC Radiator (that doesn’t Exist) Directivity = Pmax dipole / Pmax Isotropic = 1.67 Gain = Directivity * Efficiency
3dB (1/2 Power Point) Half Power Beam Width (HPBW) Half Power Beam Width (HPBW)
Monopole Antenna Capacitive Load Monopole Helix Ground From:http://www.letstalk.com//Images/5-a.gif
Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) FCC (ANSI/IEEE) Regulation SAR (1g average) <1.6 W/kg
Cellular Telephones SAR Distribution in Adult - 835 MHz - Simplified Phone Model - l /4 antenna Pandit,McDermott,Lazzi,Furse,Gandhi, “Electrical Energy Absorption in the Human Head,” presented at IEEE Visualization ‘96, S.F., CA 1996
SAR Distributions - 835 MHz (adult, 10 year old, 5 year old) 10 year old Adult 5 year old From: Gandhi, Lazzi, Furse, IEEE Trans. MTT 44(10) 1996
Folded Dipole From:http://www.qth.com/antenna/fdipole.gif
Microstrip Antenna(Slot of Same Size would give identical results From: http:// www.centurion.com
Genetic Algorithm • Choose “Gene” Parameters • Randomly create population • “Survival of the Fittest” • Gene “Crossover” and “Mutation” • Statistically Optimal N
Planar Inverted “F” Antenna (PIFA) From: “FDTD Analysis of PIFA diversity antennas on a hand-held transreceiver unit” by Michael A. Jensen and Yahya Rahmat-Samii
From: “Integrated Antennas for Hand-held Telephones with low Absorption’’ by Gert Frolund Rendersen, Jorgen Bach Andersen
|Reflection Coefficient| = (Zo – ZL)/(Zo+ZL) Zo=50 ohms R=50 ohms? Resonant Frequency X PIFA ImpedanceZ = R + jX
|S11| = |Reflection Coefficient Γ| (Less than half of the power is Reflected within this bandwidth) There will ALWAYS Be a higher harmonic Band. Must filter if unwanted. ½ Power Bandwidth
CAPACITIVELY LOADED PIFAs • USUALLY LENGTH IS (L/4). • IT REDUCES IT TO (L/8). From: “A capacitively loaded PIFA for compact mobile telephone Handsets’’ by Corbett R. Powell, Student Member IEEE, and R.D. Murch, Member IEEE
COMPARISON of DTSA and MONOPOLE SAR Distribution
Loop Antenna From:http://www.downeastmicrowave.com/graphics/kbloop.gif
Reflector (Dish) Antenna From: http://www.dssdirectv.com/chanmas1.jpg
Arecibo Observatory -- Puerto Rico From: http://www.naic.edu/about/photos/aoviews/tescop.jpg
Arecibo Observatory From:http://www.naic.edu/about/photos/aoviews/wideao.jpg
GPS Antennas From:http://www.lowe.co.uk/gpsant.jpg
Horn Antennas From: http://www.tmo.hp.com/tmo/datasheets/Images/img-HP11966J-1lg.gif From: http://www.afcsat.com/CH14_MOT2.jpg
Antenna Arrays Two Elements -- Pattern adds constructively or destructively Array interaction is necsessary. From: http://server5550.itd.nrl.navy.mil/projects/HAARP/images/ant/pat1.gif
Antenna Arrays More Elements: Higher Directivity Sidelobes From: http://server5550.itd.nrl.navy.mil/projects/HAARP/images/ant/pat2.gif
Scanning Antenna Array Changing the phases on the element feeds can make a scanning array. From:http://server5550.itd.nrl.navy.mil/projects/HAARP/images/ant/pat3.gif
Arrays From:http://www.qth.com/antenna/tiny2rl.gif From: http://cust.iamerica.net/dwhowell/yagimax.jpg
Polarization E E E
HAARP Observatory HAARP (High frequency Active Auroral Research Program) is to be a major Arctic facility for upper atmospheric and solar-terrestrial research. HAARP is being built on a DoD-owned site near Gakona, Alaska. From:http://server5550.itd.nrl.navy.mil/projects/HAARP/images/ohd.jpg
HAARP Antenna ArrayCrossed Dipoles The HF antenna system to be used for Active Ionospheric Research at the HAARP site will assist other facility instruments in the study the overhead ionosphere. As a result, it too has been designed to optimize or restrict the transmission pattern to lie within a narrow overhead region. To achieve this desirable antenna pattern, the HAARP system uses an "array" of individual antenna elements. The HAARP antenna array is similar or identical to many other types of directive antenna types in use for both military and civilian applications including air traffic control radar systems, long range surveillance systems, steerable communication systems and navigation systems. From:http://server5550.itd.nrl.navy.mil/projects/HAARP/images/twr/pan2.jpg
HAARP -- Feed Sytem From:http://server5550.itd.nrl.navy.mil/projects/ HAARP/images/ant/tpile.jpg
HAARP -- Matching Networks From: http://server5550.itd.nrl.navy.mil/projects/HAARP/images/ant/amu.jpg
Corner Reflector Antenna Reflector acts like A “mirror” and produces Virtual antennas. From: http://www.northcountryradio.com/crfigs.htm
Anything Radiates …Fan-tenna From:http://www.qth.com/antenna/fanfull.gif
So .. Where do we go from here with MIMO? • Define Specifications (easier said than done) • Maximum size • Frequency and bandwidth • What does the “output” of the antenna set need to be to achieve optimal communication? • What antenna parameters affect that? • What antenna is optimal? • Parametric Studies • GA or direct optimization
Antenna References on the Web General: http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/D.Jefferies/antennas.html GPS Antennas Lowe Industries :http://www.lowe.co.uk/antrev2.htmlhttp://www.lowe.co.uk/antrev2.html Antenna Calibration: http://gracie.grdl.noaa.gov/GRD/GPS/Projects/ANTCAL/index.shtml Ham: North Country Radio: http://www.northcountryradio.com/techtips.htm Antenna Elmer: http://www.qth.com/antenna/antenna.htm HAARP Observatory: http://server5550.itd.nrl.navy.mil/projects/HAARP/ant3.html Arecibo Obervatory: http://www.naic.edu/aboutao.htm