CAD Design Software a Division of CAD Design Services Inc, recipient of the ADVANCED PACKAGING AWARD for best new product in PACKAGE DESIGN SOFTWARE, provides. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Easily share your publications and get. There seems to be a shoulder at about 25. V on. Anne is a bit apprehensive but I. Contenttransferencoding 8BIT New Page 1 Wecurrently. Pagoda antenna Quadcopters Maarten Baerts website. Last modified Sun, 1. Sep 2. 01. 7Refresh. The Pagoda antenna is an omnidirectional circularly polarized antenna design that I created. My main design goals were Good omnidirectional radiation pattern. Good axial ratio. Reasonably small. Easy to manufacture within fine tolerances at low cost, even for a hobbyist. I did not try to make any specific aspect perfect, because this usually comes at the expense of other aspects, and they are all quite important. Download Autocad Land Development 2000I. I quickly realized that the easiest and cheapest way to get arbitrary shapes manufactured within fine tolerances is to use regular PCBs. Of course this limits the design to flat shapes, so the real challenge was finding a design with a minimal number of PCBs that would achieve the desired properties. The final design is the result of months of simulation and tuning. I wont claim that this design is perfect, but it does seem to have a smoother radiation pattern and a significantly better axial ratio than most other antennas. Photo of a Pagoda 2 prototype. The diameter is just 2. Hfss For Windows 7 64 Bit' title='Hfss For Windows 7 64 Bit' />Specifications. Center frequency 5. GHz. Bandwidth 5. MHz 5. 5. 5 6. GHzMatching S1. B, VSWR lt 1. 2. Axial ratio lt 1. Antenna gain 1. 2 d. Bi. Radiation efficiency 9. These values are based on simulation, actual measurements are below they are very similar. The center frequency may shift a bit between batches as a result of variations in the dielectric constant of FR4. Also, not all brands of FR4 have the same dielectric constant. Frequency shifts up to 1. MHz are normal. Radiation pattern. D radiation pattern. Look at the 2. D version if you actually want to see the numbers. Simulation model. Best case, vertical cross section taken at various angles. Worst case, vertical cross section taken at various angles. For comparison, heres a simulation of the traditional cloverleaf antenna using the same simulation software and setup Simulation model. Best case, vertical cross section taken at various angles. Worst case, vertical cross section taken at various angles. The best case and worst case correspond to different assumptions about what happens to signals that travel along the outside of the coax. In the best case simulation, these are completely absorbed at the other end of the coax. In the worst case simulation, they are completely reflected back towards the antenna. The latter case usually results in standing waves on the outside of the coax, which causes the coax itself to radiate and interfere with the radiation pattern of the antenna. This is why the radiation pattern isnt smooth anymore. The reality will be somewhere between these two extremes. Measurements. Prototype units used for measurements, two LHCP and one RHCP. VNA measurements. This gives you an idea of the kind of variations you can expect for hand assembled antennas. The center frequency is a bit off but not enough to cause any problems. This is most likely caused by variations in the FR4 material used by the manufacturer. For anechoic chamber measurements, look here. Where can I buy one I have no plans to manufacture these antennas myself, Im hoping that other antenna builders will pick up this design and start selling it. The following manufacturers are selling the Pagoda antenna Manufacturer. Price USDLHCPRHCPSMARP SMANotes. DPrint. Your. Life1. Three different lengths available. With plastic TPU spacers and shell for improved robustness. No measurements yet performance may differ from my reference design. Longer lengths will likely perform better. BanggoodRealacc8. Available in multiple colors. PCB thickness and spacing doesnt match my specifications, which may affect the performance. Measurement results here. Far. Vew1. 1. 9. Straight or 9. Also sells ABS and TPU covers, kits and individual PCBs assembly jig. GeekbuyingEMAX1. Sold by multiple distributors, price may vary slightly. Measurement results here. Fly. Time8. 7. 8Only ships to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. GEPRC1. 4. 9 for 2i. Forge Hobby1. 0. Only ships to the Philippines. Lumenier1. 2. 9. Straight connector, shorter length. Menace. RC1. 1. 4. With injection moulded protective shell. Measurement results here. Parkflyer7. 5. Straight or 9. Prodrone1. 4. 0. Manufacturer claims that every antenna is individually tested with a spectrum analyzer. Race 4. 124. 5 7. Price depends on options. Unmanned Tech1. 4. Based on listed price and exchange rate at time of writing. Windows Xp X86 Rus. May be outdated. Shipping not included. If you are a manufacturer who is selling this design, feel free to email me or leave a comment below. You can also just build them yourself, its really not that hard. Just download the design files and follow the instructions below. License. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Share. Alike 4. 0 International License. This means you are free to use this design in any way you like this includes commercial use as long as you credit me. If you choose to modify the design files, you should share the modified design files under the same license. Design files. Pagoda 1. This was the first prototype I ever made. Because of modeling inaccuracies the center frequency was 5. GHz instead of 5. GHz, which was fixed in the next version. Design files are not available. Pagoda 2. This version has two variants 2 The default variant, for use with bare PCBs or light foam spacers. B This variant was re tuned for use with plastic shells specifically the 1mm thick ABS shell used by Menace. RC. Everything is included in a single zip file Download. Pagoda 3. This version has two variants just like the Pagoda 2, but this time I generated design files for various center frequencies. The 5. 8 GHz Pagoda 3 is identical to the Pagoda 2, I just changed the version number to avoid confusion. Because re tuning takes a lot of time, I did not re tune every frequency independently, instead I generated designs for 5. GHz and 5. 8 GHz, and derived the rest with interpolationextrapolation. Because of the large file size, I have split the designs into separate zip files this time. Python scripts used to generate the files Download. The correct PCB distance is frequency dependent Parameter. GHz. 5. 4 GHz. 5. GHz. 5. 6 GHz. 5. GHz. 5. 8 GHz. 5. GHz. 6. 0 GHz. D1. D2. 11. 6. 3 mm. 11. Important This antenna will only work properly when manufactured and assembled correctly. This is not just a regular circuit board, read the instructions below Parts. If you decide to build this antenna, you will need the following parts PCBs Manufacturers will make these for you if you send them the Gerber files which are included in the design files above. I used Elecrow for my prototypes, they will make 1. PCBs for 1. 0. That means you end up paying 3 per antenna it gets much cheaper if you make them in larger quantities. The PCBs must use 1. FR4 material, not the regular 1. The correct thickness is critical, if you get this wrong the design wont work properly at allRegarding copper thickness, 3. Thicker copper tracks wont improve the efficiency at RF frequencies due to the skin effect. The design is tuned for standard FR4, but there may be small variations between different FR4 manufacturers which can result in a shift in the center frequency of the antenna.