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X Pol Design

The document discusses the design and construction of Xpol antennas. It describes how symmetrical construction and rotating dipoles can create orthogonal polarizations for diversity performance. Key aspects covered include squint, tracking, isolation, orthogonality, and cross polarization ratio.

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X Pol Design

The document discusses the design and construction of Xpol antennas. It describes how symmetrical construction and rotating dipoles can create orthogonal polarizations for diversity performance. Key aspects covered include squint, tracking, isolation, orthogonality, and cross polarization ratio.

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Xpol Design

antenna construction polarization orthogonality cross polar ratio diversity performance

Kathrein/Scholz 03/04

Xpol Design / Construction

100% symmetrical construction 90 beam width rotating the single dipole +/45 X shape 65 beam width rotating the pair of dipole +/45 rhomb shape

65

half power beam width

90

739 622

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Xpol Design / Voltage Simulation

3D-simulation of an original 65 dipole for 800/900 MHz

Voltage (e-plane)

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Xpol Antennas / Squint

Squint Deviation of the main direction of the horizontal pattern compared to the direction orthogonal to the reflector screen, measured over the frequency range

Definition of main direction : bisector of the angle between the -3 dB points of the pattern Target value : +/- 5% of half power beam width

Antenna 742 212 1710 MHz / 0DT / -45 2110 MHz / 0DT / -45

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Xpol Antennas / Tracking

Tracking Symmetry between the +45 and the -45 polarized horizontal pattern, measured at +/- 60 from the direction orthogonal to the reflector screen, at same frequency and same downtilt angle

tracking compensation reduces the difference to 2 dB

Antenna 742 212 2140 MHz / 8 DT + 45 pattern - 45 pattern

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Xpol Antennas / Construction

Important : The isolation between the two systems needs to be better than 30 dB !

-45

+45

Internal isolation 739 495

Isolation (Decoupling)

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Xpol Design / Orthogonality

uncorrelation of the two signals is achieved by orthogonal polarizations (90 angle in between) slanted polarization can be separated into a vertical and a horizontal component equal amplitudes of V and H results in a polarization angle of 45 and consequently in orthogonal polarization measurements in the far field
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Xpol Design / Orthogonality

Orthogonality is indicated by identical vertical and horizontal components of the slanted polarization

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Xpol Design / Cross Polar Ratio

Ratio between the co-polar and the cross-polar signal (opposite compared to identical polarization) Measure for the uncorrelation between two signals

CPR

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Xpol Design / Cross Polar Ratio

CPR is important not only in main direction but within the whole sector recommended values : main direction > 20 dB / sector +/-60 > 10 dB Kathrein antennas provide much better values !

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Xpol Design / Diversity Performance

Equal vertical and horizontal components orthogonal polarizations high cross polar ratio excellent diversity performance

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