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ANTENNAS APPLICATIONS FOR RF MODULE

Introduction:

There seems to be little information on compact antenna design for the low power wireless field. Good antenna

design is required to realize good range performance. A good antenna requires it to be the right type for the

application. It also must be matched and tuned to the transmitter and receiver. To get the best results, a designer

should have an idea about how the antenna works, and what the important design considerations are. This paper

should help to achieve effective antenna design.

Terminology:

Wavelength - Important for determination of antenna length, this is the distance that the radio wave

travels during one complete cycle of the wave. This length is inversely proportional to

the frequency and may be calculated by: wavelength in cm = 30,000 / frequency in MHz.

Groundplane - A solid conductive area that is an important part of RF design techniques. These are

usually used in transmitter and receiver circuits. An example is where most of the

traces will be routed on the topside of the board, and the bottom will be a mostly solid

copper area. The groundplane helps to reduce stray reactances and radiation. Of course,

the antenna line needs to run away from the groundplane.

dB (decibel) - A logarithmic scale used to show power gain or loss in an RF circuit. +3 dB is twice the

power, while -3 dB is one half. It takes 6 dB to double or halve the radiating distance,

due to the inverse square law.

The Basic Antenna and how it Works.

An antenna can be defined as any wire, or conductor, that carries a pulsing or alternating current. Such a current

will generate an electromagnetic field around the wire and that field will pulse and vary as the electric current

does. If another wire is placed nearby, the electromagnetic field lines that cross this wire will induce an electric

current that is a copy of the original current, only weaker. If the wire is relatively long, in terms of wavelength,

it will radiate much of that field over long distances.

The simplest antenna is the “whip”. This is a quarter

wavelength wire that stands above a groundplane. The

most common examples are found on automobiles and

are used for broadcast radio, CB and amateur radio,

and even for cellular phones. This design goes back to

the 1890's when Marconi set out to prove that radio

signals could travel long distances. To be successful,

he had to stretch a long wire above the ground. Due to

the low frequencies, thus a long wavelength, the wire

had to be long. He also found that the wire worked

better when it was high above ground.

All antennas, like any electronic component, have at least two connection points. In the case of the whip, there

must be a connection to a ground, even if the groundplane area is nothing more than circuit traces and a battery.

The whip and groundplane combine to form a complete circuit. The electromagnetic field is set up between the

whip and the ground plane, with current flowing through the field, thus completing the circuit. Ideally, a

groundplane should spread out at least a quarter wavelength, or more, around the base of the whip. The

groundplane can be made smaller, but it will affect the performance of the whip antenna. The groundplane area

must be considered when designing an antenna.

A quarter-wave whip is not a compact antenna. At 1 MHz, in the AM Broadcast band, one quarter of the

wavelength is about 246 feet, or 75 meters. At 100 MHz, in the FM Broadcast Band, it is nearly 30 inches (75

cm). This dimension continues to shrink at higher frequencies, being nearly 3 inches (7.5 cm) at 1000 MHz. A

simple formula for the quarter-wave (in cm) is: 7500 divided by the freq. (in MHz), or for inches: 2952 / freq.

(in MHz). This formula is only a starting point since the length may actually be shorter if: the whip is overly

thick or wide, has any kind of coating, or is not fed close to ground. It may need to be longer if the ground plane

is too small.

The length of the antenna should be measured from the point where it leaves close proximity to ground, or

from the transmitter output. If a whip is mounted on a box, and connected to the transmitter with plain wire, that

wire becomes part of the antenna! To avoid mistuning the antenna, coaxial cable should be used to connect to

an external antenna. On a circuit board, the equivalent to coax is a trace that runs over a groundplane

(groundplane on the backside). The above are examples of transmission lines, whose purpose is to efficiently

transfer power from one place to another with minimum loss. Do not try to run an antenna line too close to

ground, it becomes more of a transmission line than an antenna. Fortunately for those who need a small remote

device, a transmission line left open-ended will radiate some energy.

Antenna Characteristics:

Gain:

An antenna that radiates poorly has low “gain”. Antenna gain is a measure of how strongly the antenna radiates

compared to a reference antenna, such as a dipole. A dipole is similar to a whip, but the groundplane is replaced

with another quarter-wave wire. Overall performance is about the same. An antenna that is 6 dB less than a

dipole is -6 dBd. This antenna would offer one half the range, or distance, of the dipole. Compact antennas are

often less efficient than a dipole, and therefore, tend to have negative gain.

Radiation Pattern:

Radiation is maximum when broadside, or perpendicular to a wire, so a vertical whip is ideal for

communication in any direction except straight up. The radiation “pattern”, perpendicular to the whip, can be

described as omnidirectional. There is a "null", or signal minimum, at the end of the whip. With a less than ideal

antenna, such as a bent or tilted whip, this null may move and partly disappear. It is important to know the

radiation pattern of the antenna, in order to insure that a null is not present in the desired direction of

communication.

Polarization:

It is important that other antennas in the same communication system be oriented in the same way, that is, have

the same polarization. A horizontally polarized antenna will not usually communicate very effectively with a

vertical whip. In the real environment, metal objects and the ground will cause reflections, and may cause both

horizontal and vertical polarized signals to be present.

Impedance:

Another important consideration is how well a transmitter can transfer power into an antenna. If the antenna

tuning circuit on a transmitter (or receiver) is designed for a 50 ohm load, the antenna should, of course, have an

impedance near 50 ohms for best results. A whip over a flat groundplane has an impedance near 35 ohms,

which is close enough. The impedance changes if the whip is mistuned or bent down, or if a hand or other

object is placed close to it. The impedance becomes lower as the antenna is bent closer to ground. When the

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