Optimization of Profiles of Rectangular Horns for High Efficiency

Realization of high-efficiency rectangular horns is investigated by means of mode generation and profile optimization. Conditions required for maximum efficiency of an aperture array are derived and made specific to a rectangular aperture with twofold symmetry. It is shown that aperture coupling has a significant effect on aperture efficiency through mode coupling. Efficiencies in excess of 100% are predicted for aperture sizes that are slightly greater than an odd multiple of half-wavelengths. The method described here results in more compact horns than obtained by using conventional linear tapers or steps. Results are presented for horns suitable for array feeds or directly radiating array applications that achieve aperture efficiencies close to 100% with horns of aperture size ranging from 1.25 to 3 wavelengths and at the same time have a return loss 20 > dB and cross-polar isolation > 22 dB. Measured results are given for an experimental compact horn that has high efficiency over an 8% bandwidth. The agreement between computation and measurement is within the limits of experimental error and this is obtained without any special surface treatment on the inside surfaces.     

Arbitrary footprint patterns from planar arrays with complexexcitations

Elliott and Stern's (1990) method for synthesising shaped patterns using a circular or elliptical planar aperture or array with a complex excitation distribution is generalised to allow the synthesis of footprints of arbitrary shape. The use of complex excitations allows a given footprint to be synthesised using a smaller array than with real excitations. The procedure is illustrated by synthesising a square footprint using an array with a rectangular grid     

Two-dimensional diffraction by half-planes and wide slits nearradiating apertures

With the complex source-point method used to produce the basis elements of an array of linearly and directionally equispaced two-dimensional (2-D) beams, the fields of any aperture distribution at any range to any degree of accuracy can be obtained. For efficiency a limited number of significant beams and beam directions is required. Approximately twice as many beams as the aperture width in wavelengths, with all beam directions normal to the aperture, is found to be sufficient here for simple uniform and cosinusoidal distributions in apertures of moderate size at ranges outside the evanescent field zone of the aperture. Now the exact solution for the far field of a line source, or here a beam source in the presence of a conducting half-plane, is used as our basis element to give the solution for antenna pattern diffraction by a local half-plane. Antenna pattern diffraction by an aperture near a wide slit is presented as simply a superposition of the solutions for two coplanar half-planes with separated parallel edges. Antenna pattern distortion by various other local obstacles can be obtained similarly     

基于NUFFT 算法的综合孔径辐射计图像反演方法

圆形阵列和旋转阵列排布方式的提出是为进一步降低综合孔径辐射计成像系统的复杂度和成本,然 而其缺陷在于过于复杂的亮温图像反演过程,因为该阵列排布方式下的采样样本不是均匀分布于整个采样平面,常 规的标准傅里叶变换不能直接运用于此反演过程。提出了一种非标准快速傅里叶变换(NUFFT)算法,用于非均匀 采样样本的综合孔径辐射计图像反演计算,该算法结合了高斯栅格算法和对过采样样本的快速傅里叶变换算法,仿 真结果表明该算法能够准确地得到反演图像。     

基于和声搜索的稀布线阵旁瓣电平优化*

采用和声搜索算法研究了带约束条件的稀布线阵峰值旁瓣优化问题.探讨了稀布阵综合中的天线口径、阵元数目以及峰值旁瓣的关系,并拟合了三者的数学模型.仿真结果表明,与现有优化算法相比,改进的和声搜索算法具有更快的收敛速度;在峰值旁瓣优化中,不同阵元数目可获得最佳的天线口径;而在固定天线口径条件下,少量的阵元可获得更佳的峰值旁瓣.天线口径、阵元数目以及峰值旁瓣的相互关系可为稀布线阵的优化设计提供参考和借鉴.     

相控阵雷达反演口径分布中的运动补偿

目标的径向运动对时序Ｗａｌｓｈ－Ｈａｄａｍａｒｄ相位权重反演相控阵雷达的口径幅相分布会产生影响,这一影响可以通过运动补偿的方法消除。运动补偿方法需要先测出目标的多普勒频率,由于目标运动对相控阵天线输出信号的影响是使该输出信号的相位产生偏移。这个偏移可以由多普勒频率计算得到,从而可以求解出经过运动补偿后的口径分布。多普勒频率的测频精度愈高,反演口径分布的误差愈小。数值仿真表明,１Ｈｚ的测频精度已足以     

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.     

基于子阵划分的二维穿墙MIMO阵列设计

穿墙三维成像中,不同的阵列构架会直接影响阵列性能及其适用环境。利用等效阵列原理设计二维多输入多输出(MIMO)阵列,在具体分析一维STVA阵列具有最短物理尺寸的原理上,提出了利用子阵划分的方法解决等效阵列到MIMO阵列的去卷积问题。针对去卷积后得到多种MIMO阵列构型的择优问题,提出了综合尺寸的概念,利用子阵划分后的部分信息衡量去卷积后MIMO阵列的物理尺寸,最后将这种方法推广至二维MIMO阵列,设计出适用于穿墙成像的二维UWB-MIMO阵列,利用仿真实验验证了其在穿墙三维成像中的优异性能。     

镜面反射综合孔径成像方法研究

常规的综合孔径成像方法需要进行相干探测,阵列单元为结构复杂的超外差结构,随着成像频率的增加,其研制难度和性能要求将限制综合孔径成像技术在高频段的发展。文章提出的镜面反射综合孔径成像方法采用非相干探测方法,通过探测器阵列或单元扫描对目标场景进行幅度(功率)探测即可获得可视度函数,然后通过成像反演方法获得场景的亮温图像。镜面反射综合孔径成像方法使用的非相干探测单元结构简单,实现难度低,可避免在高频段实现综合孔径成像的难点。镜面反射综合孔径成像方法相比常规综合孔径成像方法实现相同的成像结果可节约一半的天线阵列孔径,并且最少只需一个阵列单元即可实现综合孔径成像。通过理论分析、仿真计算和点目标源成像实验对镜面反射综合孔径成像技术进行了研究。镜面反射综合孔径成像技术为实现综合孔径成像技术提供了一种新途径。     

Synthetic aperture radiometry evaluated by a two-channeldemonstration model

The Technical University of Denmark (TUD) Synthetic Aperture Radiometer (SARad) is a two-channel demonstration model that can simulate a two-dimensional (2D) thinned array radiometer having an unfilled aperture populated with several small antenna elements. Aperture synthesis obtained by interferometric measurements using the antenna elements in pairs, followed by an image reconstruction based on an inverse Fourier transform, results in an imaging instrument without the need of mechanical scan. The thinned aperture and the nonscanning feature make the technique attractive for spaceborne radiometer systems, especially at low frequencies. The TUD SARad demonstration model consists of a two-channel K_u-band correlation radiometer with two horn antennas and an antenna mounting structure enabling the horns to be mounted in relevant positions within a certain aperture. A total aperture synthesis is obtained by sequentially placing the two antenna elements in all required pairs of positions and measuring the corresponding samples of the visibility function. The system has been used to demonstrate 2D synthetic aperture imaging of complex targets in outdoor ground experiments, a special feature of the system is that it uses a focused antenna system, thus enabling a short distance to the target. Set still utilizing image reconstruction algorithms identical to those used in a normal far-field situation. The aperture synthesis theory is discussed, with special emphasis on focused systems; the radiometer system is described; and images suitable for demonstration of resolution and other imaging properties are presented and discussed     

用于大动态范围厘米精度激光测距的孔径光阑自动调整技术

在深空或空间小目标的探测中,需要利用脉冲式激光雷达测量与目标之间的距离。当距离目标由几十千米到几十米范围变化时,探测器接收到的光通量动态范围达60 dB以上。要确保在整个量程范围内信号不饱和,需要采用复合型的自动增益控制技术。除了采用电子学的自动增益方法外,提出了一种自动调整接收光学通光口径的方式,通过对直流电机驱动的电动镜头光圈调整环的逐级调整,实现各级之间2倍光通量的变化。设计并实现了光圈、焦距、聚焦均由直流电机控制的电动镜头的驱动及控制电路,并搭建光路对孔径光阑进行标定,结果表明可以分为8级,且具有很好的重复性,使得全量程范围内准确度达厘米精度测距功能的实现成为可能。     

Modal analysis of periodic planar phased arrays of apertures

A general method is established for the evaluation of the driving point admittance of a radiating aperture, fed by a waveguide of the same cross section as the aperture, in an infinite periodic planar phased array. The array may have an arbitrary element lattice and it may be covered by a dielectric layer. The coefficients of the waveguide modal expansion and of the Floquet series representing the electromagnetic field in the waveguide and in the radiation half-space, respectively, are determined by approximately enforcing the boundary conditions in the array plane through an application of Galerkin's method. By eliminating from the set of equations thus obtained the complex amplitudes of the waveguide modes and of the Floquet harmonics, the driving point admittance can be expressed as the ratio of two determinants of order N and N-1 (N being the number of the waveguide modes utilized), whose elements contain truncated bidimensional series, structurally similar to the well-known grating-lobe series. The expression allows relatively simple numerical computations if the Fourier transforms of the waveguide vector mode functions are known in closed form (as they are for rectangular or circular elements). The variation of the power reflection loss with scan angle has been numerically calculated for various array configurations. The results are in some cases substantially different from those predicted through the conventional grating-lobe series technique, which is based on the assumption of one-mode elements.     

相控阵声束焦距深度与晶片数目的优化研究

相控阵技术的突出优点包括实现灵活聚焦和激发孔径的自由选择。相控阵技术在实际检测过程中聚焦深度一般会固定但是其聚焦深度与激发孔径的大小（即激发晶片数目的多少）之间具有复杂的相互关联和制约关系。因此基于相控阵声束形成及聚焦的原理,采用32阵元线型阵列换能器,通过实验方式研究了聚焦深度为10～50mm时激发孔径的最佳范围。研究结果希望会对今后的相控阵检测起到重要的参考价值。     

Near-field probe used as a diagnostic tool to locate defectiveelements in an array antenna

Results of an experimental study are presented in which the near-field probe was used as a diagnostic tool to locate the defective elements in a planar array. The near-field data were processed not only to obtain the far-field patterns of the array under the test, but also to reconstruct the aperture field for diagnostic purposes. The backward transform enables the near-field probe to identify accurately aperture faults at a distance, free of interactions and couplings with the array elements. In practice, to recover the aperture field properly from the near-field distribution, the evanescent components in the computed far-field spectrum must be excluded from the inverse process with fast-Fourier-transform (FFT) techniques. For low-gain array antennas, a correction on the far-field spectrum is required to remove the contribution of the probe and the element factor before the inverse transform, strongly enhancing the resolution     

An improved thinning method for density tapering of planar array antennas

A thinning method is presented to realize the desired aperture distribution in a planar array antenna with elements fixed on an array lattice. In this method elements to be excited are determined by quantizing cumulative weights which are calculated from the desired aperture distribution. At first, this method is applied to density tapering on orthogonal axes of a planar array. Radiation patterns of the planar array determined by this method are compared with those by the desired amplitude distribution, and the results show good coincidence. Next, this method is extended to density tapering on four axes, that is, orthogonal and diagonal axes of a planar array. Moreover, this method is applied to density tapering with multi-amplitude level elements in order to enhance directive gain of thinned array. Lastly, a rectangular planar array was fabricated, and its radiation patterns were measured. Measured results were in good coincidence with calculated ones, and the usefulness of this method was verified.     

一种最小冗余线阵的目标DOA估计方法

针对目标波达方向(DOA)估计的子空间类算法工程实现上的问题,提出了一种次最小冗余线阵的目标DOA估计方法。该方法应用孔径合成理论和最小冗余线阵理论,在保证阵列孔径等价的前提下,从工程应用的实际问题出发,对次最小冗余线阵的阵元配置进行研究。在分析MUSIC及MMUSIC算法的基础上,对次最小冗余线阵进行仿真。通过与相同孔径的均匀线阵和最小冗余线阵对比表明,次最小冗余线阵与相同孔径的均匀线阵性能相仿,并有更小的计算复杂度,比最小冗余线阵有更大的阵元灵活性,可以解决一般最小冗余线阵不能解决的相干信源的DOA估计问题。     

基于四阶累积过的阵列扩展

在阵列测向问题中应用高阶累积量除了信息利用更充分和抑制高斯噪声等优点之外还具有阵列扩展的功能.本文推导了基于四阶累积量的阵列扩展方法,研究了虚拟阵的结构.放宽了协方差方法对信源数目的限制.但该方法在窄带多信号方向估计应用中存在局限.本文还推导了四阶相干问题和阵列扩展的限制条件.最后给出了实验举例.     

Synthesis of spacecraft array antennas for intelsat frequency reuse multiple contoured beams

A method is described for synthesis of planar array antennas where both the amplitude and phase of each radiating element is a design variable. The method improves the computational efficiency of conventional optimization procedures based upon, for example, minimax or least square algorithms. Application of the proposed method demon-strafes the feasibility of spacecraft frequency reuse array antennas with multiple contoured beams for typical Intelsat sixfold frequency reuse requirements. It is demonstrated that repetitive optimization will reduce the number of array elements required. Shifting the array aperture normal toward a beam center will dramatically improve the frequency sensitivity of the beam coverage.     

共享孔径交错稀疏阵列天线互耦误差建模与校正

共享孔径交错稀疏阵列天线是实现多功能阵列天线的有效途径。现有的参数化互耦消除方法都是针对均匀阵列天线展开的,其研究的互耦矩阵都是规则的方阵,对共享孔径交错稀疏阵列天线的互耦矩阵模型并不适用。在充分考虑共享孔径交错稀疏阵列天线中子阵内互耦的“稀疏”和“方位依赖”的特殊性后,通过将常规的互耦矩阵扩展表示为“非方”的“增广互耦矩阵”来对交错稀疏阵列天线子阵内和子阵间的耦合效应进行建模,并通过“增广互耦矩阵”的参数化估计最终实现了共享孔径交错稀疏阵列天线互耦误差的建模与校正。仿真结果证实了所提方法的有效性和可行性。     

Leaky Wave Enhanced Feed Arrays for the Improvement of the Edge of Coverage Gain in Multibeam Reflector Antennas

The performance of multibeam focal plane arrays feeding a single aperture is usually reduced due to conflicting requirements on the feed elements. Dense packing is usually required to minimize the beam separation, while typically large feed apertures are needed to provide the high feed directivity to reduce spillover losses from the reflector. In this paper the use of dielectric super-layers to shape the radiation pattern of each feed is demonstrated. The shaping is obtained by exciting, according to design, a pair of TE/TM leaky waves. The spillover from the reflector is reduced without physically increasing the dimensions of each single element aperture. A prototype of a feed array composed of 19 waveguides arranged in a hexagonal lattice was designed, manufactured and tested. The measured embedded patterns provided an increase of the edge of coverage gain, with respect to the free space case, of at least 0.6 dB in an operating bandwidth (BW) of ap12%. Moreover when reactive loading of adjacent feeds is adopted the increase in the edge of coverage with respect to the free space case was demonstrated to be larger than 1.6 dB over a 3% BW.