Patent Application: US-7527193-A

Abstract:
a wide bandwidth radio wave communication system having a dual feed pair of cross - polarized antennas having a common axis and being at orthogonal angles to each other . a source of rf signals is coupled to the antennas and a shifter device is between at least one of the pair of cross - polarized antennas and the source of rf signals for modulating the polarization of rf signals launched by the pair of cross - polarized antennas .

Description:
referring to fig1 the longitudinal lines represents polarization , the latitudinal lines the polarization axis . the &# 34 ; north pole &# 34 ; represents circularly polarized contrarotating ; the &# 34 ; south pole &# 34 ;, circularly polarized corotating . the &# 34 ; equator &# 34 ; represents linearly polarizations . in between the &# 34 ; poles &# 34 ; and the &# 34 ; equator &# 34 ; are representations of elliptical polarizations , controtating in the case of the &# 34 ; northern hemisphere &# 34 ; and corotating in the case of the &# 34 ; southern hemisphere &# 34 ;. the latitudinal lines represent the polarization axis . on the equator the polarization axis is rotated from linearly polarized vertically , to linearly polarized horizontally ( right inclination ). in traveling around the back of the sphere the rotation changes from linearly polarized vertyically , to linearly polarized horizontally ( left inclination ). a point representing a wave is shown at p , which is 2ω degrees from linear polarization corotating and 2λ degrees in rotation from linearly polarized horizontal . a wave which is periodically modulated in both polarization and rotation is represented as a moving vector , p , traversing a trajectory which is a periodic path on the surface of the sphere . the trajectory , periodic in polarization and rotation , is the carrier signal . deviations from the carrier represent information . spread polarization or polarization modulated ( polarization hopping ) signals which permit information transmission through narrow - band crossed - polarized dual feed antenna components are illustrated in fig3 a is a representation of polarization hopping mode spread polarization communication , crossed dipole , dual feed and narrow - band antennas are assumed for this embodiment . each set polarization , φ = a constant , is transmitted through narrow - band components . three polarization settings are shown in fig3 a . in the polarization hopping mode of functioning , the change from one setting to another ( dφ / dt ) introduces wide frequency - bandwidth components which are not transmitted through the narrow - bandwidth antennas . the wide frequency bandwidth components are rejected by transmit / receive switching of the system . two such rejections are shown here . the information carrier is thus a set sequence of polarization settings , e . g ., φ 1 , φ 2 , φ 3 , φ 4 , . . . , φ n , φ 1 , φ 2 , . . . etc . and information is encoded as deviation from the carrier sequence . the information is contained in the instantaneous polarization settings . thus , although , over time , there is a continuous modulation , i . e ., a dφ / dt , only the instantaneous polarization settings are sampled by both the transmit and receive antennas . these antennas can therefore be narrow - band because they do not transmit the phase changes but only the instantaneous phase . the analog mode of functioning is represented in fig3 b . cross - dipole dual - feed , one wide and one narrow , band antennas are assumed . information is encoded as deviation from the carrier sequence . where b is bandwidth . it should be noted that the term bandwidth can refer to : simultaneous bandwidth -- as in the case polarization capacity , polarizations / cycle or information display capacity ; and also sequential bandwidth -- as in the data rate of information transmission or bits / sec . the distinction is important in a description of the procedures of the present invention . for example , if a polarization modulation receiver can discriminate a large number , m , of different polarizations but that , due to high q antennas , only one signal per second can be transmitted , then the average rate of information transfer is : which is the case of a high simultaneous bandwidth or polarization capacity but low sequential bandwidth or data rate of transmission . now suppose a second situation in which the polarization modulation receiver can only discriminate a small number of different polarizations , m , but its rate of information transmission is high , then the average rate of information transmission is : which is the case of low simultaneous bandwidth or polarization modulation but high sequential bandwidth or data rate of transmission . in terms of the the average rate of transmission there is no difference in channel capacity between a first system which transmits at 10 bits every second , and one that transmits at 1 bit every 0 . 1 sec . s . however , this difference is pivotal to achieving communications through narrow ( instantaneous bandwidth ) antennas . the major issue is : ( i ) if polarization modulation or rate of change is slow , but the capacity for discriminating many modulations is high ( using a fine - grain polarization modulation receiver ), then narrow ( frequency ) bandwidth ( high q , miniaturized ) antennas can be used for transmit and receive . this is the polarization hopping mode of functioning of the present invention . ( ii ) if , on the other hand , polarization modulation is fast then wide ( frequency ) bandwidth ( low q and 1 / 2 λ ) antennas are required for transmit and receive . this is the analog mode of functioning of the present invention . a fast , dispersionless . high - grain polarization modulator and a fast , high grain receiver , permit the choice of ( i ). with a large repertoire of polarization discriminations , m , and if the polarization hopping is moderately fast , with the antennas not transmitting during the slew time , then choice ( i ) is equal to choice ( ii ). with a large repertoire of polarization discriminations , m , if the polarization hopping is fast and if the antennas do not transmit during the slew time , then choice ( i ) is superior to choice ( ii ). the polarization conditions possible for the transmit and receive subsystems are as follows ( mccormick , 1990 ; mccormick & amp ; hendry , 1975 , 1979 , 1982 , 1985 ; giuli , 1986 ; mott , 1986 ). if the complex vector is defined as : if e is transformed to a new set of axes defined by the orthogonal real vectors , m and n : τ is the tilt ( rotation ) polarization angle and the auxiliary angle , α , is defined by : defines the rotation or tilt angle in terms of the field component magnitudes and the phase difference . which gives the axial ratio , n / m , from the field component magnitudes and phase difference ( mott , 1986 ). the rotation sense of e is as follows . the time - varying angle of e is : ∂ ψ /∂ β ={(| e . sub . y |/| e . sub . x |)[- cos ( β + φ . sub . x ) sin ( β + φ . sub . y )+ sin ( β + φ . sub . x ) cos ( β + φ . sub . y )]}/{ 1 +| e . sub . y |. sup . 2 cos . sup . 2 ( β + φ . sub . y )/| e . sub . x |. sup . 2 cos . sup . 2 ( β + φ . sub . x )] cos . sup . 2 ( β + φ . sub . x )}, ( 17 ) where ∂ ψ /∂ β & gt ; 0 corresponds to clockwise ( corotation ) rotation , and ∂ ψ /∂ β & lt ; 0 corresponds to counterclockwise ( contrarotation ) rotation . therefore , from a knowledge of the field components | e x | and | e y | and their phase difference φ = φ y - φ x , the auxiliary angle , α , can be found from eq . ( 10 ); the tilt or rotation angle , τ , from eq . ( 11 ); the auxiliary angle , δ , from eq . ( 19 ); and the axial rotation and sense of rotation from eq . ( 12 ) ( cf . mott , 1986 ). the following equation relates the stokes &# 39 ; parameters to the previously defined angles : p =[- s . sub . 3 - is . sub . 2 ]/[ s . sub . 0 + s . sub . 1 ]=[- sin 2δ + i cos 2δ sin 2τ ]/[ 1 + cos 2δ cos 2τ ], ( 27 ) q =[- s . sub . 1 - is . sub . 2 ]/[ s . sub . 0 - s . sub . 3 ]=[ cos 2δ cos 2τ - i cos 2δ sin 2τ ]/[ 1 - sin 2δ ], ( 28 ) the stokes &# 39 ; parameter definition of the poincare sphere is obtained and illustrated in fig4 . the conditions of radiation polarization represented on the poincare sphere in fig4 are transmitted from an orthogonally polarized transmit and receive system . an embodiment of a transmit system is shown in fig5 . in the hopping mode , due to the resulting high q from antenna dielectric - ferrite loading , the sampling and transmission is of the absolute discrete phase differences δφ 1 , δφ 2 , δφ 3 , . . . at discrete intervals , rather than of analog continuous dφ / dt which increase the antenna frequency bandwidth requirements denied by the miniaturization . thus the antenna with the delay circuit acts as a bandpass filter set by its q . the receive system is also limited by the q of the receive antennas and the sampling bandwidth of the cross - correlator receiver . for reference purposes fig6 . shows rotation for angular displacement through an angle β of the axes from x to x &# 39 ; and from y to y &# 39 ;. the phase delay is shown as an angle δ and u . sub .. linevert split .. linevert split . and u a are unit vectors in the plane and perpendicular to the plane of the instantaneous orientation of the wave . where are the relative field strengths relative to the instantaneous orientation of the transmitted wave , and e ( β , δ )= cos δ [ cos ( β + δ ) u . sub . y - sin ( β + δ ) u . sub . x ]+ exp [ iπ / 2 ] sin δ [ sin ( β + δ ) u . sub . y - cos ( β + δ ) u . sub . x ], ( 38 ) the present invention also permits more advanced forms of encoding . utilizing the the poincare sphere representation , the elementary forms of encoding are for the polarization - rotation modulations : dφ / dt = constant ; dr / dt = constant . the advanced forms of encoding are for dφ / dt = f ( t ); dr / dt = f ( t ); and also dφ n / dt n = constant ; dr n / dt n = constant ; and dφ n / dt n = f ( t ) and dr n / dt n = f ( t ). the advanced forms permit an enormous number of codes for the ( polarization - rotation ) carrier , car pr -- quite apart from the codes for the time domain sequencing carrier , car td . the embodiment of transmit and receive systems of the present invention differ from the embodiment of systems of prior art only with respect to the modulation procedures provided by the present invention . therefore systems of prior art can be adapted to perform the procedures of the present invention . embodiments of the present invention are shown in fig7 and 8 , which are also embodiments of prior art ( mott , 1986 ) when procedures of prior art are used . as an example of transmit and receive systems of the present art : fixed , not modulated polarization transmit and receive systems of prior art by mott ( 1986 ) can be modified to performed polarization - rotation modulation . fig7 and 8 show crossed polarized antenna systems for transmit and receive . for example , if antenna 4 is vertically polarized , then antenna 2 is horizontally polarized ; or , if antenna 4 is circularly polarized corotating , then antenna 2 is circularly polarized contrarotating . thus , by choice of α and β , all of the energy is directed to port 4 of the hybrid on the left for both transmission and reception . furthermore , the polarization ratio of the transmitted wave is the conjugate of the polarization ratio of the received wave . using such configurations the fixed polarization compatability between transmit and receive systems of prior art can be optimized ( mott , 1986 ). systems of the present invention differ from this prior art in that the object of the present invention is to achieve polarization modulated and rotation modulated radiation rather than fixed polarization radiation . polarization modulation of the present art is different from other modulation forms of prior art . amplitude modulation is defined by : where is the peak carrier voltage , and ω c and ω m are the radian frequencies of the carrier and modulating signals , respectively . the modulating index , m , may have the values from zero to one . with the trigonometric identity : showing that new frequencies , the side bands , are generated by the amplitude modulation process . amplitude modulation is achieved by mixing the carrier and modulating signals in a nonlinear device such as a vacuum tube or transistor amplifier operating in the nonlinear regime of its characteristics . where δw = the peak variation of the carrier wave frequency away from the frequency , ω c , caused by the modulation ; ω c = frequency of the unmodulated carrier wave ; ω m = frequency of the modulating signal ; and δω / ω m is the deviation ratio . phase modulation is a technique resulting in a deviation ratio which is independent of the modulating frequency , while the frequency modulation technique results in a deviation ratio which is inversely proportional to the modulating frequency . the equation describing phase modulation is : where k is independent of ω m . the phase modulating techniques can be used to produce frequency modulated waves , provided the amplitude of the modulating voltage is inversely proportional to the modulating frequency , i . e ., = δω / ω m . this inverse relationship can be obtained by including , in the modulator , a circuit which has a voltage transfer ratio inversely proportional to the frequency . in the case of polarization modulation of the present invention , orthogonally polarized antennas , or a dual - feed , orthogonally polarized antenna , must be used . then : with a single - feed antenna , only phase modulation can be transmitted and the antenna must be wideband . however , with a double - feed orthogonally polarized antennas the polarization modulated input can be transmitted through narrow - band components if it is transmitted in a hopping mode , i . e ., only the instantaneous polarization is transmitted and the slew , dφ / dt , is blocked from transmission . the polarization modulated field components for the analog mode of functioning are : if the . linevert split . e y . linevert split . component is chosen to be the referent , then the output from that antenna is narrow - band . the . linevert split . e x . linevert split . component is phase - modulated and in the analog mode is emitted through a broad - band antenna . in the narrow - band ( polarization hopping mode ) case , during the transition from one phase relation to another , the transmit . linevert split . e x . linevert split . antenna -- and the receive . linevert split . e x . linevert split . antenna -- are switched to act as narrow - band - pass filters and the phase transition information , ∂ χ /∂ β , is discarded at the transmission end with only the instantaneous phase relations passed through the transmit antenna . the transmitted information is represented in the instantaneous phase , φ ( t ), and its bandwidth , δφ , not in the ∂ φ /∂ t rate , which , due to the restriction to narrow - band transmit and receive antennas is discarded or not sampled . the informational data rate is as high as the δφ discrimination capacity of the cross - correlator (≦ 20 ghz ) set by the coding repertoire . a major difference between polarization modulation of the present invention , whether analog or hopping mode , and other modulations of prior art is that radiation is polarization modulated to have a variation in the three x , y and z spatial dimensions , whereas fm , am and phase modulated radiation has a variation only in the two x , y spatial dimensions . frequency modulation which results from the reception of ( analog ) polarization modulation only occurs if the x , y , z variation is sampled in the x , y plane , rather than the x , y , z volume , i . e ., if a wave varying in the x , y , z volume is sampled by a single - feed unipolarized x , y plane antenna . the sampling of an omnipolarized antenna does not create frequency modulation . in the case of polarization modulation communications of the present invention , the probability of signal detection is based on an analysis similar to that used for frequency , amplitude or phase modulation detection of prior art . a random variable , x ( t ), is defined : where the two - sided noise power density is n 0 / 2 and f b is the noise bandwidth . if a is the average of x ( t ), then a representative power density spectrum is given by : where ω 0 is the average frequency of the noise . the representative noise power density spectrum then becomes : φ ( r , φ )=( r / 2πβ . sup . 2 ) exp [-( r . sup . 2 + a . sup . 2 + b . sup . 2 - 2ra cos φ - 2rb sin φ )/ 2β . sup . 2 ]. ( 84 ) the criterion for a detection is whenever a threshold , v t , is exceeded , i . e ., r & gt ; v t . detection thresholds are obtained by integrating the probability density function over all phases to obtain the probability density function of the envelope and then integrating the area under the obtained curve . the probability of a false alarm is then : ## equ1 ## or integrating the probability density function for noise from threshold to infinity . similarly , the probability of detection is equal to the area under the probability density function of the envelope for the signal from threshold to infinity . the relation between the signal - to - noise ratio ( not in decibels ), the probability of detection and the probability of false alarm is shown in fig9 . the difference between this detection analysis for polarization modulated signals of the present invention and that for amplitude , frequency or phase modulated signals of prior art is that the detection of polarization modulated signals and phase modulated signals are detections on the basis of the phase spectrum , whereas frequency and amplitude modulation detection is on the basis of the signal envelope . use of polarization modulated signals of the present invention also requires cross - correlation of the the two orthogonally polarized receive antenna inputs . if the transmitter and antenna radiates p t watts of power and the energy is radiated isotropically ( omnidirectionally ), i . e ., the transmit antenna is a point source , then the power density per unit area at a distance r from the target is the total power , p t , on the surface of an imaginary sphere , centered at the point source , divided by the total surface area , 4πr 2 . therefore , at a range , r , from the receiver , the power density is : with replacement of the omnidirectional antenna with a directional antenna with power gain , g t , a directional beam of energy is produced and the power density within the beam at range r is then : if , crossed - dipole antennas and receivers are located within the directed beam at a range r from the source , some of the energy is collected and the power density of the transmitted wave arriving before the receive antennas is : the effective capture area and gain of the crossed - dipole receiving antennas is : power received : p . sub . r = p . sub . t g . sub . t g . sub . r l . sup . 2 /[ 4π ]. sup . 3 r . sup . 2 w . ( 91 ) where b is the receiver bandwidth . if l represents all signal losses , both external and internal to the radar , and if a represents the receiver signal power gain , then : ( s . sub . o / n . sub . o )= p . sub . t g . sub . t g . sub . r λ . sup . 2 /[ 4π ]. sup . 3 r . sup . 2 lf . sub . n ktb w / w . ( 95 ) r . sub . max =[ p . sub . t g . sub . t g . sub . r λ . sup . 2 /[ 4π ]. sup . 3 lf . sub . n ktb ( s . sub . o / n . sub . o ). sub . min ]. sup . 1 / 2 m . ( 96 ) r . sub . max =[ p . sub . t g . sub . t a . sub . e /[ 4π ]. sup . 2 lf . sub . n ktb ( s . sub . o / n . sub . o ). sub . min ]. sup . 1 / 2 m . ( 97 ) defining this maximum range in terms of energy transmitted requires insertion of the signal duration , τ , explicitly in the numerator ( to give p t τ ( w × time = e )), and implicitly in the s o / n o term of the denominator ( to give { w × time }/{ w × time } or dimensionless number ): r . sub . max =[ p . sub . t g . sub . t a . sub . e t /[ 4π ]. sup . 2 lf . sub . n ktb ( s . sub . o / n . sub . o ). sub . min ]. sup . 1 / 2 m . ( 98 ) thus the signal - to - noise and range for the polarization modulation communication system of the present system is determined in the same way as for other modulated communications systems . instrumentation noise is determined in the same way for all systems . environmental noise for a point - to - point system should be less in the atmosphere , as the atmosphere , unlike the ionosphere , does not disturb polarization . however , this advantage will only become apparent with transmission over long range . transmission through the ionosphere can also be achieved by using a probing signal to ascertain the polarization modulation of the channel and making compensatory adjustments . communication systems of prior art are unipolarized , i . e ., the system antennas transmit and receive at a set polarization . communications systems of the present invention are omnipolarized systems and therefore will be spread in polarization with respect to conventional systems in a number of ways . fig1 . contrasts the increasing frequency bandwidth ( a ) which occurs with analog polarization modulation in which sampling with crossed - polarized wideband antennas is continuous and the dφ / dt slewing is detected , with the constant frequency - bandwidth condition ( b ) which occurs with polarization hopping in which sampling with the cross - polarized narrowband antennas is discrete and only the instantaneous φ values are transmitted and received . the systems of the present invention can be either continuous wave ( analog mode ) or pulsed ( polarization hopping mode ). a pulsed system would offer additional advantages in the spread signal sense . fig1 illustrates the frequency spread of a polarization modulated pulse in a time - frequency plot . in ( a ), a short duration spread polarization pulse is shown below the signal threshold for detection by frequency domain receivers . in ( b ), a short duration polarization modulated or spread polarization pulse is shown below the threshold for detection by unipolarized ( 0 °) frequency domain receivers . a polarization modulated pulsed interval modulated ( pompim ) pulse uses both ( a ) and ( b ) to obtain spread polarization below frequency domain detection limits . representation of the carrier also illustrates the spread polarization nature of the proposed system . fig1 illustrates a representative analog polarization modulation carrier in a poincare sphere representation . the carrier trajectory is followed continuously for continuous wavelength analog operation . for polarization hopping operation the unit vector hops discontinuously from location to location on the surface ( fig1 ). the density of points on the surface is representative of the polarization modulation bandwidth , i . e ., of m . fig1 represents medium - frequency bandwidth analog - mode operation and fig1 narrow - frequency bandwidth hopping bandwidth operation -- both modes providing wide polarization bandwidth . the polarization - rotation modulation approach to communications of the present invention can be compared with linear or circular or elliptical polarization techniques of prior art . whereas prior art techniques are of static single , or at most , two polarizations , the technique of the present invention are of possibly all polarizations sequentially visited in a well - defined trajectory . the polarization modulation approach to communications of the present invention can be compared with spread ( frequency ) spectrum techniques of prior art , especially phase modulation , e . g . phase - shift keying . firstly , it should be emphasized that whereas the polarization modulation technique of the present invention requires two orthogonally polarized antennas , e . g ., crossed narrow - band dipoles , the phase modulation techniques of prior art require only one broad - band antenna which is of one polarization . as the polarization modulation technique of the present invention is spread in polarization , and as the majority of conventional communications antennas are unipolarized ( single polarization samplers ), then the polarization modulated signals proposed will be spread in polarization to such antennas . the phase changes occurring with signal phase modulation of prior art are phase changes between two waves of the same polarization and the resultant modulated wave is of the same polarization . in the case of signal polarization modulation of the present invention the phase changes occurring with phase modulation are between two waves ( or antennas ) of orthogonal polarization and the resultant wave is yet of a changing polarization other than that of the two constituent waves ( except under special conditions -- one or other of the constituent waves being zero ). an advantage in using phase modulation of orthogonally polarized waves producing polarization modulation and sequentially omnipolarized waves , as opposed to phase modulation of unipolarized waves producing unipolarized waves , is that as conventional antenna systems are unipolarized , polarization modulation presents a signal spread in polarization to those conventional antenna systems . phase modulated systems are unspread in polarization to other systems . there is a further distinction between a communications system of the present invention and a phase - modulation communications system or a fixed polarization communications system of prior art . apart from the phase modulation ( between orthogonally polarized transmit antennas ), a system of the present invention uses signal polarization axis rotation , so that two dimensional trajectories on the poincare sphere are possible for the carrier signal . the narrow - band antennas used in the polarization hopping mode of functioning of the present invention are small , light - weight antennas , e . g ., crossed , orthogonally polarized , dipoles . such antennas can be used for satellite - satellite , satellite - ground , inlaid - aircraft ( satcom ) and even inlaid - automobile - roof ( satcom ) antennas . applications of both the analog and the polarization hopping mode of functioning of communications systems of the present invention include short , medium and long range communications : ground , ground - to - satellite and satellite - to - ground . such communications will also be spread polarization and exceedingly covert . applications of the present invention include both point - 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