用于空间功率合成的线阵馈电焦散抛物曲面天线

提出了一种用于空间功率合成的焦散抛物曲面天线,该反射面天线是由xoz平面的一条抛物线沿着yoz平面上的另一条抛物线正交扫描所形成的,天线用8单元E面喇叭线阵进行偏馈。研究了天线的反射面结构参数对天线性能的影响以及横向偏焦电扫描特性,给出了不同辐射方向下阵列的相位配置公式。仿真和实验结果表明:提出的方案可以在给定方向合成高增益波束,与同样线阵馈电的抛物柱面天线相比,H面3dB波束宽度从8.2°下降到了5°,天线增益提高了2.2dB.     

有限扫描反射面天线相控波束重构技术

该文研究一种采用聚焦馈源阵列馈电的反射面天线,相控阵馈源离开焦平面向反射面移动一定距离,位于焦散区,能够增强反射面天线的波束重构赋形能力和有限视角扫描能力。采用改进的投影矩阵法,利用仅相位控制技术,求解相控阵馈源的激励系数,有效综合了聚焦馈源偏置抛物面天线的方向图。对算例的设计达到了采用仅相位技术控制波束指向、波束赋形、旁瓣电平等性能要求,实现了相控阵馈电偏置抛物面天线的波束重构或扫描,并利用商用GRASP仿真软件验证了该文的设计结果,说明了该文方法的有效性。     

机械调整式极化跟踪器

在低剖面动中通天线系统中,辐射器多为平板阵列或柱形抛物面的形式,由于天线高度限制,无法通过旋转天线面板的方式进行极化跟踪,需要独立的极化跟踪调整机构,针对此提出了一种新型机械调整式极化跟踪器,具有结构紧凑和可靠性高的特点。通过电机驱动波导关节及OMT实现上行极化调整。基于极化波合成的工作原理,提出了系统设计方案,并描述了核心器件的设计方法。给出仿真与实测结果,且二者吻合较好。     

W波段16元完全采样焦平面线性阵列天线设计

针对毫米波被动成像应用,设计了工作频率为84 ～ 94 GHz的16阵元焦平面阵列天线.聚焦天线采用500 mm口径的旋转抛物面以获得0.47°角分辨率;16馈源排成4×4阵列,相邻列馈源在垂直方向交错排列,使天线在垂直方向采样波束密度增加一倍,满足Nyquist采样要求;采用电流分布法并利用MATLAB编程计算馈源偏焦时天线辐射场分布,对馈源阵列排列参数进行优化设计.成像实验结果表明,天线沿水平方向扫描一次即可获得场景成像二维完全采样数据,成像耗时比传统扫描采样方式减少一倍.     

Novel low-cost beam-steering techniques using microstrip patchantenna arrays fed by dielectric image lines

This paper presents novel low-cost beam-steering techniques using microstrip patch antenna arrays fed by dielectric image lines (DILs). Two approaches are designed and used. The first, DILs without reflector plate, are used for feeding microstrip patch antenna arrays. Antenna array radiation beams are scanned when the operating frequency sweeps. The second, a dielectric image line with a movable reflector plate (DILWRP), is developed. The beam direction of the antenna array is controlled and steered by changing the perturbation distance between DIL and movable reflector plate at a given operating frequency. Both types of patch antenna array structures are simple, low cost, easily fabricated, stable, and reliable. Eight-element patch antenna arrays fed by DIL and DILWRP have been designed, fabricated, and tested. Experiments show good performance and results. Measurement results of scanning angles agree well with theoretical predictions     

Diffraction corrections to the cylindrical wave radiated by a linear array feed of a cylindrical reflector antenna

A phase-steered linear array feed for a parabolic cylindrical reflector antenna is considered. The nearly cylindrical wave radiated from this line feed in the Fresnel zone is expressed in terms of the isolated-element pattern. The correction to this wave due to diffraction from the endpoints of the line feed and from the grating formed by the array elements is also derived.     

A scanning reflector using an off-axis space-fed phased-array feed

An architecture for a scanning reflector antenna that supports wide-angle scanning, multioctave tunable bandwidths, transmit and receive operation, and monopulse processing is presented. It consists of a parabolic dish with an offset phased array. The array is actually a feed-through lens fed from a small feed array in the back of the lens. Beam steering is accomplished by using the feed array to illuminate clusters of elements within the lens that correspond to far-field beam positions. The evolution of the architecture and a computer model is described. Simulated and measured performance results are reported. Off-axis scanning of 10° to 15° appears to be possible while still supporting gain magnifications of four to five     

卫星反射面天线波束赋形的研究

卫星波束赋形天线普遍采用阵馈抛物反射面天线和单馈成形反射面天线。针对前者阵馈和后者反射面表面形状复杂的特点,本文分别采用了遗传算法和共轭梯度法对这两种天线进行了优化,并获得了中国版图的波束赋形,说明上述算法在卫星反射面天线波束赋形优化中是有效的。     

Subreflectarrays for Reflector Surface Distortion Compensation

With the increasing interest in the applications of large deployable reflector antennas operating at high frequencies, the requirement on the reflector surface accuracy becomes more demanding. Thermal effects inevitably cause certain reflector surface distortions, thus degrading the overall antenna performance. This paper introduces a novel reflector surface distortion compensation technique using a subreflectarray and presents detailed discussions. A microstrip reflectarray is used as a subreflector, illuminated by a primary feed. By properly adjusting the additional phase shift provided by the subreflectarray, the aperture phase errors caused by the main reflector surface distortions are compensated, resulting in a considerably improved antenna performance. As an example, a distorted 20-m offset parabolic reflector antenna operating at X-band is successfully compensated by a subreflectarray, and the simulation results are compared with those obtained by array feed and shaped subreflector compensation techniques. The microstrip subreflectarray is low-profile, lightweight, and cost-effective. Only one primary feed is required, and a reconfigurable design can be achieved if electronically reconfigurable reflectarray elements are adopted.      

Radiating Mechanisms in a Reflector Antenna System

The radiating mechanisms of a reflector antenna system are discussed. Means of computing the various component fields are given, including aperture radiation, direct feed radiation, and diffracted radiation. An offset parabolic reflector antenna system fed with a corrugated horn is treated as an example. Means of reduction of the undesired components of radiation are suggested.     

两种抛物面形状的指向性传声器的比较

传声器系统指向性的实现主要有两种途径：一是通过特殊的声结构,二是通过传声器阵列。比较了一个带有抛物面形状反射面的传声器系统和与抛物面开口面积相同的圆形传声器阵列的差异。分别使用Kirchhoff-Helmholtz积分方程和阵列理论对这两种传声器系统的性能进行研究。数值模拟的结果表明,抛物面反射式传声器系统在高频时具有更高的灵敏度,其指向性通常也好于圆形传声器阵列。     

Pattern synthesis of the offset reflector antenna system with lesscomplicated phased array feed

The performance degradation of an offset reflector antenna with off-axis scanning feed and distorted reflector surface can be improved by using a phased array feed. Generally, both analog attenuators and phase shifters are used in phased array feed. Yet, it seems to make the feed system very complicated. In this paper, a phase-only gradient search (POGS) algorithm is developed to optimize the performance of offset reflector antenna systems using phased array feed that is equipped with phase shifters only. This technique not only can greatly simplify the complexity of phased array feed, but also can provide the reflector antenna with better antenna gain and sidelobe level control capability. Simulation and experimental results are presented to illustrate the excellent performance of offset reflector, with limited beam scanning capability, can be obtained by using this less complicated phased array feed     

A formula for efficient computation of radiation from a current source in proximity to cylindrical scatterers

A systematic and efficient two-dimensional method is presented for calculation of the three-dimensional radiation field from current sources which are located in proximity to long cylindrical scatterers. The method is applied to the calculation of the isolated-element pattern of a linear array of crossed dipoles (i.e., current sources) mounted above a long and narrow ground plane. Computed and measured results are given. The results are subsequently applied to the problem of prediction of the radiation characteristics of a cylindrical reflector antenna fed by such a linear array.     

RF characterization of an inflatable parabolic torus reflectorantenna for space-borne applications

Space-borne satellite applications provide a vast array of services extending from global connectivity to Earth observation systems. The soil moisture radiation mission is a proposed space-borne passive microwave system complementary to the existing Earth observing system operating at low microwave frequencies and requiring an antenna with multibeam, high-beam efficiency, and dual polarization capabilities. To achieve both the large reflector size and the multibeam pattern at the operational frequencies an innovative multibeam reflector antenna design was needed. The advances in inflatable antenna technology has been proposed to overcome the launch vehicle size and weight restrictions. This paper describes a novel offset parabolic torus reflector antenna design that produces the desired multibeam pattern and is compatible with the inflatable antenna technology. Using the system requirements of this mission as an example, the design process for an inflatable parabolic torus reflector antenna is outlined, the development of suitable distortion models is given, and representative RF characteristics are presented. These RF characteristics include far-field patterns, beam contour patterns, beam efficiency, and other key performance parameters. The development of an advanced analytical modeling/numerical tool in support of the design effort is also detailed     

Parametric study of the crosspolarisation efficiency of parabolic reflectors

The crosspolarisation efficiency of a reflector antenna is the ratio between the peak crosspolarisation from the complete antenna to that from the feed. The results of a parametric study into this factor for parabolic reflectors fed by a mathematical model of a common class of feeds are presented, and it is concluded that the efficiency is typically ?4 to ?6 dB.     

The development of radial line slot array antenna for direct broadcast satellite reception

Microwave antennas are extensively used in communications systems such as satellite, television and high-speed data transmission due to their wide and absolute bandwidth. Among the variety of microwave antennas, satellite communication commonly adopts an antenna of parabolic dish type, despite some drawbacks. In a primary fed design, there is considerable aperture blockage. An offset parabolic antenna design, which then eliminates the blockage, is susceptible to physical damage as its feed is significantly exposed from the body of reflector. The radial line slot array (RLSA) type antenna is thus designed to cope with the problems encountered in parabolic antennas. RLSA is a planar antenna suitable for direct broadcast satellite (DBS) reception, with advantages including high radiation efficiency (high gain), low profile, low cost and feed rear-mounted. The prototype development started with the selection of the cavity's dielectric material and construction of the feeding structure of coaxial-to-waveguide transition. Within the frequency band of interest, between 10.95 and 11.7?GHz, results, is showed a lower than ?10?dB of return loss. A DBS receiver test-bed had been developed to test the constructed antenna prototypes and it revealed that the prototype has the capability of receiving TV programs from DBS.     

Radiation characteristics of a waveguide-excited short backfire-fedparabolic reflector operating in Q-band

Presents measured results at 31-38 GHz of the radiation characteristics of a 0.252 m diameter parabolic dish fed at the prime focus by a short backfire antenna. The feed consists of an experimentally optimised design of a short backfire antenna, having a conical main reflector of 15° slant angle. The measured radiation patterns of the reflector system generally agree quite well with the prediction based on aperture field integration     

A scattering matrix-based beamformer for wide-angle scanning in hybrid antennas

This paper presents a new approach to beamforming in hybrid antennas. Using a scattering matrix model for the hybrid antenna system, a bidirectional transformation is developed that relates the signals at the hybrid system feed to the signals that would be present in a planar array at the location of the reflector aperture. For example, the received fields at the feed of a hybrid antenna system may be transformed into the fields at the reflector aperture, and these reflector aperture fields may then be processed as if they were received by a planar or linear array. Similarly, the desired field or current distribution across the reflector aperture when transmitting may be transformed into the required field or current distribution at the hybrid system feed. This method allows standard linear or planar array analysis and synthesis techniques to be used with the hybrid system. Examples are provided for transmit and receive weight synthesis.     

多模反射面天线理论与技术研究

在卫星星座跟踪、远距离微波能传输等需要构建大功率均匀场的领域,都需要具有平顶波束的高增益反射面天线.受多模和混合模喇叭天线的启发,文中创新性地在反射面天线设计中引入了多模的理念.首先提出了双模反射面的思路,即在标准抛物面天线的最大辐射方向上引入相位差为180°的反相模式场,由两种模式合成平顶波束.然后,将双模的理念推广...     

Planar retrodirective array reflector using dual-slot antennas

An X-band planar reflector with a broad responding beam was developed using the Van Atta retrodirective antenna array. The reflector contained four antenna sub-arrays, each with six dual-slot antennas appropriately fed and paired by microstrip lines on the backside of the substrate. Good agreement has been achieved between theoretical and measured results