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Design of Quadrifilar Helical Antenna for the Satellite-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting Terminal

Satellite-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting 단말기용 헤리컬 안테나 설계

  • 이강훈 (경남대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 박주남 (경남대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 이영철 (경남대학교 정보통신공학부)
  • Received : 2009.01.17
  • Published : 2009.03.30
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Abstract

This paper design QHA(quadrifilar helical antenna) to receive efficiently Satellite-Digital Multimedia Broadcasting video signal. It is designed as quadrifilar structure with phase variation $0^{\circ}C$, $90^{\circ}C$, $180^{\circ}C$, $270^{\circ}C$ to obtain circular polarization. Upper gap, turn number and height of QHA are varied to obtain optimization dimensions. Optimization dimensions are gap=2.2mm, turn number=0.9, height=42mm and input reflection coefficient is approximately -5.8dB. Designed QHA can be applied to Satellite-DMB terminal.

위성-DMB 영상신호를 수신하는 헤리컬 안테나를 설계하였다. 위성-DMB용 헤리컬 안테나의 위상이 0, 90, 180, 270도 급전 되도록 4중실선(Quadrifilar) 형태로 설계함으로서 원형 편파의 특성을 나타내었으며 QHA 안테나의 상단 갭 간격, 턴 수 및 높이를 가변시켜 최적화시켰다. 최종 설계치는 갭 a=2.2mm, Helix 턴 수 b=0.9 턴 및 길이 c=42mm 이고 입력반사 계수는 주파수 2.62GHz에서 약 -5.8dB 정도이며, 상반평면 방사특성과 0.508dB의 축비특성을 나타내었다. 설계된 이중대역 QHA는 위성-DMB 수신 안테나에 적용되고 있다.

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