RHOMBIC

ANTENNA
TO PROVIDE A BETTER OFF –AIR RECEPTION

TO PRODUCE A HIGH GAIN THAT PROVIDE

A MORE PRECISE OF TARETTING SINALS.

REJECTION OF UNWANTED SINALS CAN BE

TAILORED WIT A RHOMBIC ANTENNA.

FOR SIMPLICITY.

OBJECTIVES OF
THE DESIGN
 PROBLEM THE CARE AND SKILL REQUIRED
STATEMENT TO MAKE AN ANTENNA
SYSTEM PERFORM TO
SPECIFICATION

RHOMBIC IS EXTREMELY
SENSITIVE TO ROUND
REFLECTIONS

THE COMPOSITION OF THE

ANTENNA IS NEED TO BE
PRECISE
 SCOPE AND DELIMITATION
SCOPE
– CONSIST OF TWO V LIKE SHAPE ANTENNA THAT
CREATES A RHOMBUS OR A DIAMOND SHAPE.

– USSUALLY TERMINATED AT ONE END IN A RESISTOR,

USSUALLY ABOUT 6OO Ω - 8OO Ω IN ORDER TO REDUCE
IF NOT ELIMINATE REFLECTIONS.

– HAS A BROAD BANDWITH TO COVER VHF AND UHF.

 DELIMITATION

• Needs to be precise in creating a

rhombic antenna

• It reduces transmission efficiency

• Has a very high resonance quality factor

 SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE DESIGN
TO STUDENTS

• The study serves the students as guide or reference in creating and

designing their own rhombic antenna design.

TO USERS

• The study will help the common users to have a deeper understanding
in rhombic antenna and to have knowledge about it.
Materials • Aluminum Tubes
Used – Use as an elements for the
rhombic antenna. Aluminum
is the fourth best conductor
among metals. But it is cheap,
and light, two very important
qualities in an antenna.

– Length of each leg of the

antenna: 2.98ft or 3 ft.
 MATCHING
Iron clamp TRANSFORMER
RESISTOR Coaxial cable
 ANTENNA
RADIATION
RESISTANCE
The primary purpose of the terminating
impedance of the rhombic antenna is to
produces a sharp, unidirectional radiation
pattern. For reception, the terminating
impedance is generally composed of low-
wattage carbon resistors. The resistor is
located at the terminated end of the antenna
on the pole.
 ANTENNA
DIRECTIVITY
The directivity of the rhombic antenna is
unidirectional and that is caused by the
terminating resistor at the end of the
pole of the antenna. the resistor
terminates the other major lobe of the
rhombic antenna causing it to become a
unidirectional antenna instead of a
bidirectional antenna. Though it can be
turn back to a bidirectional antenna by
removing the terminating resistor.
 Antenna Polarization

• The extreme gain from a rhombic antenna

is laterally the direction of the key axis,
which permits over the feed point to let go
in free space. The polarization achieved
from a horizontal rhombic antenna is in the
plane of rhombus, which is horizontal.
DESIGN POLARIZATION
PATTERN
FREQU • The broad bandwidth of a
rhombic antenna allowed it
ENCY to cover the 470-890 MHz
UHF television band. Since
SELECT the frequency band of
ION analog TV stations in metro
manila is ranging from 55.25
to 675.25 MHz, we come up
with an idea to subtract the
two frequency for us to have
a big chance of getting most
of the channels.
 Environmental
Factors
• The signal being blocked by
houses and buildings.

• The condition of the weather that

cause oxidation of the antenna.
Design Layout

560 Ω
DESIGN
FLOWCHART
 Design Calculations and
measurements
F=620 MHz
• h=height of the antenna above the ground
• ∅= tilt angle
DESIGN LAYOUT

3 ft
60°

560 Ω

3 ft
 DESIGN • In designing the rhombic antenna, the
most important part is getting the tilt
PROCEDU angle and the length of each leg.

RE AND
INSTALL • After computing for those two factors
mentioned above, we decided to buy
ATION two-6 ft aluminum tube, bending both

SETUP
aluminum tubes forms a 3ft legs in a
specific angle, which is the tilt angle
that we computed.
• After bending the two-aluminum
tube we separate the two with a
PVC pipe and tape it to each side.
At the end of each aluminum tube
we flattened it and drill a hole on
it, that is where the matching
transformer and terminating
resistor is placed.
Tuning Process and Result
TEST I
CHANNEL 21 CHANNEL 41

CHANNEL 31
CHANNEL 5 CHANNEL 31
 TEST 2
Test 2, we placed the antenna in a different position but it is still on the
tripod.
CHANNEL 23 CHANNEL 41

CHANNEL 48 CHANNEL 31
 CHANNEL 5
CHANNEL 23

CHANNEL 7
CHANNEL 37
 TEST 3
In test 3 we placed the antenna higher that the height of our tripod and position
the antenna differently.
 CHANNEL 2

CHANNEL 7

CHANNEL 5
CHANNEL 31 CHANNEL 37

CHANNEL 11 CHANNEL 41
TEST 4
Test 4 still the same height but the antenna is in a different position.
CHANNEL 2 CHANNEL 21

CHANNEL 41 CHANNEL 11
CHANNEL 31 CHANNEL 42

CHANNEL 7 CHANNEL 48
CHANNEL 37
TEST 5
In test 5 again same height but different where the antenna is pointing at.