THE LOGPERIODIC DIPOLE ARRAY Jay Salsburg（Jay Salsburg LOGPERIODIC偶极子阵列）.pdf

THE LOG-PERIODIC DIPOLE ARRAY The log-periodic dipole array (LPDA) consists of a system of driven elements, but not all elements in the system are active on a single frequency of operation. Depending upon its design parameters, the LPDA can be operated over a range of frequencies having a ratio of 2:1 or higher, and over this range its electrical characteristics — gain, feed-point impedance, front-to-back ratio, etc. - will remain more or less constant. This is not true of any Multielement Directive Array Antenna, for either the gain factor or the front-to-back ratio, or both, deteriorate rapidly as the frequency of operation departs from the design frequency of the array. And because the antenna designs discussed earlier are based upon resonant elements, off-resonance operation introduces reactance which causes the SWR in the feeder system to increase. As may be seen in Fig.1, the log-periodic array consists of several dipole elements which each are of different lengths and different relative spacings. A distributive type of feeder system is used to excite the individual elements. The element lengths and relative spacings, beginning from the feed point for the array, are seen to increase smoothly in dimension, being greater for each element than for the previous element in the array. It is this feature upon which the design of the LPDA is based, and which permits changes in frequency to be made without greatly affecting the electrical operation. With changes in operating frequency, there is a smooth transition along the array of the elements which comprise the active region. A good LPDA may be designed for any band, hf to uhf, and can be built to meet the amateur’s requirements at nominal cost: high forward gain, good front-to-back ratio, low VSWR, and a boom length equivalent to a full sized three-element Yagi. The LPDA exhibits a relatively low SWR (usually not greater than 2 to 1) over a wide band of frequenci