基于耦合本振阵列的旁瓣抑制技术研究

以耦合振荡器阵列作为本振阵列,提出具有旁瓣抑制的接收波束天线阵列扩展结构,推导了其接收波束形成的方向图函数,分析了该接收波束旁瓣抑制技术的可行性,并通过计算机仿真验证了旁瓣抑制技术的理论分析结果,为耦合振荡器阵列应用于天线接收的干扰抑制技术提供了理论基础。     

非线性有源天线阵接收技术研究

利用注入耦合振荡器阵列直接实现非线性接收波束合成,具有旁瓣低的优点,但难以实现接收波束扫描.因此提出了一种非线性有源天线阵接收的新技术,采用耦合振荡器阵列作为本振对接收信号进行混频,在中频进行波束合成.由于阵列单元间相位差可控,能实现接收波束扫描,还可用于生成和差接收波束.实验表明该技术可用于构建非线性有源天线阵的接收系统.     

矩形耦合本振阵列接收波束形成

分析了耦合振荡器阵列的波束接收原理,以二维矩形耦合振荡器阵列为本振阵列,推导了产生均匀平面相位分布的控制方法,确定了波束形成的相位加权矢量,并通过仿真验证理论分析结果,为耦合振荡器阵列在天线接收技术的应用提供理论参考.     

一种阵列天线的去耦合技术应用北大核心CSCD

相控阵接收机是将小型阵列天线放置在射电望远镜焦平面位置，通过波束合成器瞬时形成多个交叠波束、实现连续视场覆盖的信号接收技术。作为阵列天线的一种，相控阵接收机前端的天线阵列由于各阵元排列紧密，阵元之间的电磁耦合在所难免。本文利用常规互阻抗法对四阵元微带天线阵列进行耦合效应分析，通过各端口开路电压及阻抗矩阵求解耦合电压，借此调整波束合成网络以实现阵列的去耦合功能。通过去耦前后的实测方向图比对，可以看到阵列的主波束方向、旁瓣电平及对称性都有了一定的改善，以此验证了该解耦技术的可行性。     

强相干干扰下基于二阶锥规划的圆弧阵宽带二维成像

该文针对水下目标2维成像在强相干干扰情况下,目标亮点容易被淹没的问题,以及圆弧阵波束的高旁瓣给图像检测带来较多虚警的缺陷,提出基于二阶锥规划的宽带2维成像优化方法。该方法在对相干干扰抑制的同时,很好地控制了波束的旁瓣。分析了2维成像算法流程中由于时域滑窗导致阵列的接收信号矢量与阵列流形不同,造成二阶锥规划设计的权值与阵列的接收信号矢量失配,旁瓣控制和零陷设计无法满足设计的要求。针对该问题提出利用计算出的滑窗理论阵列的接收信号矢量代替阵列流形来进行二阶锥权值设计的方法,通过改进的二阶锥权值,将波束优化与圆弧阵的2维成像优化相结合。计算机仿真和水池实验都验证了该方法的有效性。     

基于二次组阵的低旁瓣波束形成方法

为了有效地降低阵列天线在数字波束形成过程中旁瓣水平,提出了一种通过二次组阵实现的低旁瓣自适应波束形成方法。在阵列相互重叠的子阵划分基础上,通过子阵对期望信号及干扰信号进行自适应波束形成,实现对期望信号的增益接收以及对干扰信号的深度抑制。在子阵数字波束形成的基础上,对各个子阵的输出运用二次组阵的方法,对二次组阵的方向图在约束条件下进行波束合成实现对子阵方向图中旁瓣的对消补偿,从而达到降低旁瓣的目的。通过理论分析和实验仿真表明,与常规LCMV方法相比,基于二次组阵的波束形成方法在保证了对干扰信号深度抑制的同时,有效地降低了方向图中的旁瓣水平,提高了系统的抗干扰性能。     

非线性有源天线阵波束扫描技术研究

三种耦合振荡器阵列可用于非线性有源天线的波束扫描:注入锁相振荡器阵列、双边耦合振荡器阵列和耦合锁相环阵列.首先对这三种类型阵列的非线性微分方程进行了分析,在实验基础上研究了这三种拓扑结构存在的问题,针对其中的缺陷提出了一种新型串行单边耦合的有源集成天线阵列,实验表明该阵列锁相带宽宽、相噪低,可用于无移相器的波束扫描.     

二维矩形耦合本振阵列的波达方向估计

提出以矩形耦合振荡器阵列为本振阵列,分析了矩形耦合本振阵列的相位控制原理及方法,推导了耦合本振阵列稳定锁相同步时,本振阵列阵元间形成均匀的相位分布,且等相位差只与边界上振荡器的自由振荡频率有关。利用耦合本振阵列阵元间等相位差的这一属性,调节耦合本振阵列边界上的振荡器自由振荡频率,改变耦合本振相邻阵元的等相位差,实现波达方向估计。文中对波达估计算法进行了计算机仿真,验证了其理论分析结果,为注频锁相耦合振荡器阵列应用于天线接收技术提供有力的理论基础。     

有源天线阵波束电扫描新技术

研究了利用互注频锁相技术实现的低成本、高集成度、高效率的新型非线性有源天线阵列,给出了耦合振荡器阵列的幅度及相位动力系统满足的微分方程组,然后针对控制非线性有源天线阵列波束扫描这一实际应用,找到了可以实现有源天线阵列波束扫描的相位动力系统的轨道及振荡器自由振荡频率需满足的条件,并对轨道的稳定性进行了分析,提出了一种不用移相器实现非线性有源天线阵列波束电扫描的方法,最后利用计算机仿真验证了该方法的可行性.     

基于耦合振荡器阵列的非线性有源天线阵

利用耦合振荡器阵列实现有源集成天线阵电扫描,可以实现相控阵天线高效率、低成本、小型化。文中利用Y-参数对利用任意耦合网络实现的耦合振荡器阵列进行了分析,得到了系统幅度及相位非线性动力系统的微分方程组,然后针对利用耦合振荡器阵列实现非线性有源天线阵列这一实际应用,提出了一种不用移相器实现有源天线阵列波束扫描的方法,并进行了稳定性分析。最后利用计算机仿真验证了该方法的可行性。     

基于注频锁相技术的接收天线本振阵列

文中以注频锁相技术为基础,提出一维和二维注频锁相耦合本振阵列基本结构,分析了注频锁相本振阵列的相位动力学方程,推导了稳定同步状态本振信号间的相对相移与振荡器自由振荡频率的关系,为注频锁相技术在接收天线本振阵列的应用提供理论基础.     

Active antenna array behavior

It has been recently demonstrated that arrays of coupled active antenna oscillating elements can be locked together by mutual radiation in order to form spatial power combining and beam steered arrays. In this paper a nonlinear coupled oscillator theory is developed which accounts for both the amplitude and phase behavior of an array of distributed coupled active antenna oscillators. In its canonical form the theory can be used to describe the behavior of any number of spatially displaced coupled elements placed in a chain. These elements can have unequal spacing and they can have arbitrary free-running oscillation frequencies. Unequal free-running amplitudes are also permitted. Experimental validation of the theory is presented for some basic cases in terms of frequency and amplitude variation under mutual injection locked conditions. In its particular form the theory developed is suited for use with recently reported active antenna imaging methods     

On a simple method of obtaining sidelobe reduction over a wideangular range in one and two dimensions

A patented technique for suppressing the sidelobes of an array antenna is considered. This technique involves the addition of two elements, one at each end of the array, which together produce an interferometer pattern used for the cancellation of sidelobes. It is shown here that the technique is most effective for uniform illumination and that there then exists an optimum fixed position for the added elements. The amplitude of the excitation of the auxiliary elements determines the angular location of the region of sidelobe reduction while the phase of the excitation tracks the beamsteering phase of the array. Thus, this technique is seen to be easily implemented in an array controlled by coupled oscillators. The technique generalizes in a straightforward manner to two-dimensional (2-D) arrays in which case a set of auxiliary elements on the perimeter of the array is required. A 2-D oscillator controlled array of this type is described here with which one can produce a main beam and a sidelobe suppression region that can be independently positioned anywhere in a hemisphere provided they do not coincide     

A demonstration of the coupled oscillator based agile beam receiver concept

The Cao-York concept of using a linear array of mutually injection locked oscillators to provide local oscillator signals for an agile beam receiver is demonstrated using a 15 circuit array of L-band voltage controlled oscillators coupled to nearest neighbors. The concept involves mixing each 1.265 GHz local oscillator (l-o) signal with a corresponding 1.950 GHz signal received by an element in an antenna aperture and combining the resulting 685 MHz intermediate frequency (i-f) signals. A normally incident wave is simulated using a power divider to provide 15 equal in-phase signals to the r-f ports of the mixers and the i-f combining is accomplished using a similar power divider in reverse. The "antenna beam" is steered through this "normally incident wave" by antisymmetrically detuning the end oscillators of the array and a plot of the i-f combiner output represents the receive beam shape. Finally, this system is used to demonstrate the Kott sidelobe suppression technique.     

三角形耦合本振阵列天线波达方向估计

提出以对称三角形耦合振荡器阵列为本振阵列,分析了耦合本振振荡器的相位控制原理,给出耦合本振阵列相位控制方法,推导了耦合本振阵列锁相同步时,形成均匀的线性相位分布,且阵元间的相移只与边界上振荡器的振荡频率有关。利用耦合本振阵列形成均匀相位分布的这一属性,调整耦合本振阵列边界上的振荡器振荡频率,改变耦合本振相邻阵元的相移,实现波达方向估计。同时对三角形耦合阵列的稳定过程、波达方向估计进行了计算机仿真,验证了理论分析结果。     

基于波导缝隙阵列的新型太赫兹频率扫描天线

为缩短太赫兹系统成像时间,该文提出将频率扫描天线应用于太赫兹成像系统中,并设计了一种基于波导缝隙阵列的太赫兹频率扫描天线。该文采用泰勒综合法降低副瓣电平,通过软件仿真结合功率传输法设计最优的缝隙分布。太赫兹波导缝隙阵列天线具有加工简单、成本低的优势,通过太赫兹准光测试系统对天线性能进行测试,实测天线扫描角度可达40°,增益约为15 dB,副瓣电平抑制优于–20 dB。测试结果表明太赫兹波导缝隙天线具有扫描角度大和副瓣低的优良特性,在太赫兹成像和目标探测等领域有巨大的应用价值。      

MSW applications for phased array antennas

A potential application of MSW technology lies in the area of time delay for future low-sidelobe wide-bandwidth phased array antennas. High-precision MSW electronically tunable analog time-delay units in transmit/receive modules in phased arrays have the potential of greatly enhancing antenna system capabilities, by increasing instantaneous operating bandwidth and decreasing sidelobe levels, over phased array systems using only phase shifters or switched lines for beam steering and control. This paper provides a status report of MSW time delays for such arrays.     

一种菱形结构二维耦合振荡器阵列的设计与同步实验

研究了菱形结构二维耦合振荡器阵列的相位动力学方程,对4×4阵列稳定过程进行了仿真研究,设计并制作了4×4单元耦合振荡器阵列及阵列相位差测量系统,实现了16单元耦合振荡器阵列的全局同步。     

Active antenna array lumped ring configuration

Coupled active antenna oscillator arrays are used for power-combining at microwave and millimeter-wave frequencies. It is known that the relative phase determined by the element separation distance ultimately determines the array operational mode and, hence, far-field radiation characteristics. Separately, it is known that coupled oscillator modal stability is achieved by coupling oscillators through lumped capacitive elements. In this paper, an arrangement whereby lumped capacitive elements (placed across the oscillator loads) and radiative coupling are employed concurrently is investigated. The arrangement takes the form of a ring of coupled oscillators used to excite a 2×2 antenna array. The effect that these couplings have on array behavior are evaluated using time-domain analysis and analytically derived equations. Experimental results for far-field radiation patterns are discussed in relation to coupled oscillator dynamical behavior. These suggest that the theoretical predictions are valid, offering a robust design tool for studies of larger power-combining arrays