BIPOLARISATION DIPOLE READY-TO-OPERATE ARRAY OF VHF BAND WITH WIDE-ANGLE SCAN AND METHOD OF CALIBRATION THEREOF Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC H01Q21/06 H01Q21/26 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: invention refers to antenna engineering and can be used for production, at manufacturing plants, of dipole, phased or digital arrays (A) for signal reception/transfer within VHF range with various polarisation within wide single-beam scanning sector, that is in production period and cost, less by a factor of ten than production of conventional large-dimensioned arrays. The invention consists in that design of ready-to-operate array includes carrying submodule trusses whereon are fixed and galvanic ally coupled in either square or orthogonal curtain the identical prefabricated antenna modules representing vibrator arrays of coherent parameters, with orthogonal arms (cross-vibrators) inclined at an angle 45° to screen plane of single standard dimension-type, with arm length of horizontally polarised vibrator Lhor=0.463λo and vertically polarised vibrator Lvert. = 0.452λo, their height being equal h=0.226λo over conducting screen. Cross-vibrators are placed in array curtain along triangular mesh in the form of isosceles triangles with angularly placed vibrators, coordinate distances between their columns being dx=0.45λo and between their lines dy=0.32λo. Array is calibrated by experiment-calculated method with scattering matrix evaluation and VSWR calculation within its small fragment from 37 cross-vibrators of adjustable dimensions for fine adjustment until optimum dimension-type of required VSWR is attained. To provide ready-to-assembly array in-site in short terms, fit-up and adjustment of array curtain is carried out at a manufacturing plant.

EFFECT: extended scanning sector with matching of completely built-up array within whole scan sector up to ±60° at considerably reduced of time of array calibration and its setting into operation.

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