OMT assembly and OMT apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11575186-B2
Application number	US-202017034682-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2020
Priority date	Apr 4, 2018
Publication date	Feb 7, 2023
Grant date	Feb 7, 2023

Abstract

An orth-mode transducer (OMT) assembly, including an OMT common port, an OMT feeder, and a polarization separated core. An input end of the OMT common port is connected to a single polarization antenna, one end of the OMT feeder is connected to an output end of the OMT common port, and an other end of the OMT feeder is connected to the polarization separated core, the OMT feeder has a tubular structure, and horizontal and vertical axes of an inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder are unequal, or a tuning rod is disposed in a tube of the OMT feeder and is perpendicular to an extension direction of the tube, and a vertical polarization port and a horizontal polarization port are disposed in the polarization separated core, the vertical polarization port transmits a vertical polarization wave, and the horizontal polarization port transmits a horizontal polarization wave.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An ortho-mode transducer (OMT) assembly, comprising:
an OMT common port;
an OMT feeder; and
a polarization separated core,
wherein an input end of the OMT common port is connected to a single polarization antenna,
wherein a first end of the OMT feeder is connected to an output end of the OMT common port, and a second end of the OMT feeder is connected to the polarization separated core, so that the OMT feeder located between the OMT common port and the polarization separated core rotates,
wherein
the OMT feeder is of a tubular structure, and a horizontal axis and a vertical axis of an inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder are unequal, or
a tuning rod is disposed in a tube of the OMT feeder, and the tuning rod is perpendicular to an extension direction of the tube of the OMT feeder, and

wherein a vertical polarization port and a horizontal polarization port are disposed in the polarization separated core, the vertical polarization port is configured to transmit a vertical polarization wave, and the horizontal polarization port is configured to transmit a horizontal polarization wave.

2. The OMT assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, when the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of the inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder are unequal, the inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder is an ellipse.

3. The OMT assembly according to claim 2 , wherein an outer wall cross section of the OMT feeder is a circle.

4. The OMT assembly according to claim 2 , wherein an ellipticity of the ellipse is negatively correlated with a cross polarization discrimination (XPD) value of the single polarization antenna.

5. The OMT assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, when the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of the inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder are unequal, the inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder is a rectangle.

6. The OMT assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, when the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of the inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder are unequal, a length ratio of a shorter axis to a longer axis of the horizontal axis and the vertical axis ranges from 0.85 to 0.99.

7. The OMT assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, when the tuning rod is disposed in the tube of the OMT feeder, a direction in which the tuning rod points intersects a center line of the tube of the OMT feeder.

8. The OMT assembly according to claim 1 , wherein, when the tuning rod is disposed in the tube of the OMT feeder, the inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder is a regular polygon.

9. The OMT assembly according to claim 8 , wherein, when one tuning rod is disposed in the tube of the OMT feeder, a length of the tuning rod accounts for 15% to 35% of the horizontal axis or the vertical axis of the inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder.

10. The OMT assembly according to claim 8 , wherein, when two tuning rods of an equal length are disposed in the tube of the OMT feeder, a length of each tuning rod of the two tuning rods accounts for 7% to 18% of the horizontal axis or the vertical axis of the inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder.

11. The OMT assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the OMT feeder is nestedly connected to the output end of the OMT common port, and the second end of the OMT feeder is nestedly connected to the polarization separated core.

12. The OMT assembly according to claim 11 , wherein the OMT assembly further comprises a rotation component, and the rotation component is connected to an outer wall of the OMT feeder.

13. The OMT assembly according to claim 12 , wherein the rotation component comprises an outer hexagon nut.

14. The OMT assembly according to claim 13 , wherein the OMT assembly further comprises a lock-up component, a through hole is provided on a side wall of the output end of the OMT common port, the lock-up component passes through the through hole and presses against the OMT feeder in the output end of the OMT common port, and the lock-up component is configured to keep the OMT feeder still after performing rotation adjustment on the OMT feeder.

15. The OMT assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the lock-up component comprises a screw.

16. The OMT assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the OMT assembly further comprises a first sealing ring, the first sealing ring is placed in a first sealing groove, the first sealing groove is disposed on a surface of the first end of the OMT feeder, and the first sealing ring is configured to seal a gap between the OMT feeder and the OMT common port.

17. The OMT assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the OMT assembly further comprises a second sealing ring, the second sealing ring is placed in a second sealing groove, the second sealing groove is disposed on a surface of the second end of the OMT feeder, and the second sealing ring is configured to seal a gap between the OMT feeder and the polarization separated core.

18. The OMT assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a material of the OMT feeder comprises a metal material.

19. The OMT assembly according to claim 1 , wherein a first cross section size of the OMT feeder is smaller than a second cross section size of the OMT common port, wherein the OMT feeder is rotatable relative to the OMT common port and the polarization separated core, wherein the OMT feeder is detachable from the OMT common port and the polarization separated core, and wherein the vertical polarization port and the horizontal polarization port are separately disposed on two opposite sides of the polarization separated core.

20. An ortho-mode transducer (OMT) apparatus, comprising:
a framework; and
an OMT assembly, wherein the OMT assembly comprises:
an OMT common port;
an OMT feeder; and
a polarization separated core,
wherein an input end of the OMT common port is connected to a single polarization antenna,
wherein a first end of the OMT feeder is connected to an output end of the OMT common port, and a second end of the OMT feeder is connected to the polarization separated core, so that the OMT feeder located between the OMT common port and the polarization separated core rotates,
wherein
the OMT feeder is of a tubular structure, and a horizontal axis and a vertical axis of an inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder are unequal, or
a tuning rod is disposed in a tube of the OMT feeder, and the tuning rod is perpendicular to an extension direction of the tube of the OMT feeder,

wherein a vertical polarization port and a horizontal polarization port are disposed in the polarization separated core, the vertical polarization port is configured to transmit a vertical polarization wave, and the horizontal polarization port is configured to transmit a horizontal polarization wave; and

wherein the framework is configured to install and fasten the OMT assembly.

21. The OMT apparatus according to claim 20 , wherein, when the horizontal axis and the vertical axis of the inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder are unequal, the inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder is an ellipse.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lv Tinghai
• Chen Zefeng
• Zhang Jicheng
• Chen Yong

Classifications

• H01Q25/001 Primary

  Crossed polarisation dual antennas (orthomode horns H01Q13/0258; cross-polarised rear feeds H01Q19/136; orthomode transducers H01P1/161) · CPC title

• H01P1/062

  the relative movement being a rotation · CPC title

• H01P1/161 Primary

  sustaining two independent orthogonal modes, e.g. orthomode transducer {(combining or separating polarisations and frequencies H01P1/2131)} · CPC title

• H01Q13/0258

  Orthomode horns (orthomode transducers H01P1/161) · CPC title

• H01Q1/24

  with receiving set · CPC title