星载DBF多波束发射有源阵列天线

 低轨通信卫星大容量、终端小型化要求卫星采用多波束天线技术来实现高增益、宽覆盖.本文针对低轨CDMA通信系统,设计了具有近"等通量"覆盖的平面阵列多波束发射天线,该天线由61微带单元天线阵、61个发射射频通道和数字波束形成网络组成;数字波束成形网络对输入的16个波束信号进行正交化、加权处理输出61路中频信号,由发射射频通道完成上变频和信号放大,最后通过天线阵辐射出去在空间形成期望的16个赋形波束覆盖.文章详细介绍了天线的实现方法和试验结果,通过对16波束发射天线原理样机的测试,结果表明天线各指标都符合设计要求,有效验证了天线系统设计的正确性.     

Spatial optical beam-forming network for receiving-mode multibeamarray antenna - proposal and experiment

This paper proposes an array antenna for multibeam reception with a beam-forming network (BFN) that uses spatial optical signal processing and also presents experimental results. In this antenna, signals received at individual antenna elements are converted to optical signals, and are optically divided from the directions of signal arrival by means of optical spatial Fourier transformation, and then the optical signals are reconverted into microwave signals at the BFN. In this BFN, to maintain optical path-length conditions, an optical integrated circuit is employed. We have experimentally investigated the optical signal processing performances of the BFN for multibeam reception. The experimental results show that optical beam direction is changed according to the signal arrival direction of an array antenna. Two multiple RF signals with different phase distributions are separated. The sidelobe level of the optical signal is reduced when amplitude distributions of optical signals are Chebyshev distributions. We also present the signal transmission behavior of this BFN. The measured carrier-to-noise-ratio degradation of this BFN is 2 dB at BER=10^-6 when 118.125-Mb/s QPSK modulated signal is input into the BFN     

High-temperature superconducting beam forming network forcommunication system applications

This paper presents an application of the high-temperature superconductor (HTS) technology to the development of a high-performance antenna beam forming network (BFN) for communication systems. Design and measurements are made in Ku-band with a multiple power divider technique involving a cascade of 3-dB branch-line couplers. Three microstrip couplers are integrated to form a one-to-four BFN. An experimental prototype is fabricated with TlBaCaCuO thin film deposited onto LaAlO ₃ substrate. Power handling capability of related HTS components such as line, bend, and BFN are also studied together with third-order intermodulation characteristics. It is shown that theoretical prediction is consistent with experimental results, presenting insertion loss of the four output ports ranging from 6.1-6.4 dB and return loss better than 14 dB at 11.95 GHz. These preliminary results demonstrate the potential of extending such a power divider technique in designing an N-port BFN. It is also indicated that the proposed HTS BFN scheme can offer advantages compared to its conventional counterpart, namely, a significant reduction in size/weight and low power loss     

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.     

Tunable Chirped Fiber Grating Based Variable Time-Delay Network for Phased-Array Antenna Beamforming

In this paper, we present a photonics continuous beamforming system for optically controlled phased-array antenna based on a tunable fiber ring laser source and a novel variable true-time delay network consisting of one single-mode fiber delay line and four tunable chirped grating delay lines. The chirp rate of each chirped grating is tuned by bending a uniform fiber Bragg grating (FBG) bonded at a slant onto the lateral surface of a simply supported beam. This kind of variable true-time delay network can provide five-channel time-delayed signals that can be fed to an antenna array to achieve continuously beam scanning. The proposed true-time-delay unit with 5-element phased array steerer is suitable for phased-array antenna beamforming at frequencies up to 12 GHz.     

L/S双频段圆形阵列单脉冲抛物面天线

该文研究了一种以六单元圆形阵列作为照射器的单脉冲抛物面天线,这种天线具有实现宽频带跟踪的独特优点,其输出信号类似于圆波导单口径多模馈源,具有一个和波束,一个锥形差波束,并给出了没有接收机参与的情况下,将宽频带的和差两个通道变成单通道的途径。研制了一套L(1#61485;2GHz),S(2.2#61485;2.3GHz)宽频带双圆极化单通道单脉冲天线,对该天线的照射器、分波器、波束形成网络、单通道变换器等组件和馈源结构集成化设计进行比较详细的介绍。该馈源安装到一个3.2m的抛物面上,频率为1.1GHz,2.2GHz时,和波束增益分别为22.9dB,30.1dB;差波束零深为35dB,40dB。在L/S两个频段内跟踪稳定。     

箭载共形相控阵天线波控系统设计分析

为完成适用于天基测控的箭载共形相控阵天线对波束指向控制的需求,分析了箭载天线波控系统的设计要求与任务,论述了平面相控阵天线波控系统的实现方法,并根据波控系统基本原理推导出基于阵因子函数的箭载共形相控阵天线波控算法。针对运载火箭天基测控这一新需求提出了基于查表法的集中式波控设计方案,给出了系统设计方法。样机测试结果表明,该波控系统方案正确、可行,满足工程需求。     

双层宽波束天线设计

针对宽波束天线在车载雷达中的应用,突破角雷达方位面3 dB波束宽度的限制,实现微带阵列天线在水平面的宽波束覆盖,设计了一款1×10串馈微带双层结构天线。线阵单元采用道尔夫-切比雪夫（Dolf-Chebyshev）综合法电流分布来达到降低天线俯仰面副瓣的效果,在串馈阵列上方加载寄生贴片和介质基板拓展天线方位面的3 dB波束宽度。分析了双层天线展宽波束的原理,加工并实测了双层宽波束天线,其方位面的3 dB波束宽度为134.6°,增益达到10.6 dB,副瓣电平为-19.8 dB,可以满足车载角雷达天线需求。     

An adaptive calibration and beamforming technique for a GEO satellite data relay

High throughput data links from low Earth orbit satellites through a geostationary orbit satellite data relay have been proposed to increase the available contact times to ground stations. Accurate antenna beam pointing and tracking of moving targets are key requirements for the relay satellite. In this work, we propose an adaptive calibration and beamforming methodology on the basis of least mean squares, which is suitable for a geostationary orbit data relay. The target system consists of the combination of a high gain reflector fed by a digitally steerable patch antenna array. The proposed method is first presented by numerical cosimulation of the antenna and the calibration algorithm. The results are then validated in an outdoor experimental setup with all digital signal processing implemented in a field‐programmable gate array. We demonstrate the tracking ability and pointing performance of the digitally enhanced reflector antenna with gain fluctuations smaller than 3 dB over a field of view of at least 2,5°. The demonstrated performance shows that the digitally enhanced reflector antenna is a suitable candidate for long‐distance space communications.     

A new design of horizontally polarizedand dual-polarized uniplanar conical beam antennas for HIPERLAN

It is shown that a conical beam 5.2-GHz antenna suitable for HIPERLAN application, but working in horizontal polarization, can be realized as a group of microstrip patch radiators in a ring formation. Layouts with three and four patches are described, and radiation patterns are found to agree well with predictions from a simple array model. The three-patch form is smaller and gives a closer approximation to an azimuth-independent pattern. Patterns are very similar to those achieved in vertical polarization with previously reported disk antenna realizations, giving peak radiation at about 50/spl deg/ elevation. Two methods of impedance matching are found to give satisfactory results. A dual-polarized conical-beam microstrip antenna, with a strictly uniplanar conductor pattern, is also presented and realized as an array of three square patches whose corners meet a central feed point. For the second polarization, the antenna functions as a series fed array. Fairly good conical beam patterns have been obtained, though only moderate polarization purity appears to be obtainable from three-element arrays.     

Fan beam generated by a linear-array fed parabolic reflector

The theoretical background and the results of computer simulations and experimental studies for a parabolic reflector fed by a linear array are detailed. The concept of using a parabolic reflector antenna fed by a small linear array to generate fan-beam patterns is validated. Large angle scan along the broad-beam direction of the fan beam can be achieved by offsetting the linear array laterally. It is both empirically and numerically demonstrated that the array feed must be displaced in the reflector's axial direction to an optimum location from the focal plane in order to achieve the best antenna gain performance. As a result, the linear-array fed parabolic reflector can be used in place of a long planar array in a multifunctional reflector antenna system     

A low-cost 8 to 26.5 GHz phased array antenna using a piezoelectrictransducer controlled phase shifter

A new phased array antenna of wide bandwidth and good beam scanning angle has been developed using a low cost multiline phase shifter controlled by a piezoelectric transducer (PET) and a stripline fed Vivaldi antenna array. The multiline progressive PET phase shifter has a low perturbation loss of less than 2 dB and a total loss of less than 4 dB up to 40 GHz with a maximum phase shift of 480°. The proposed phased array antenna consists of four E- or H-plane Vivaldi antennas, a PET phase shifter, and a power divider. The phased array shows a wide beam scanning capability of ±27° over a wide bandwidth from 8 to 26.5 GHz covering X, Ku, and K bands     

一种应用于卫星通信地面站的新型单臂螺旋天线及其阵列的研究

研究了一种应用于卫星通信地面站的新型单臂平面螺旋天线,该天线采用圆柱螺旋激励同轴线馈电,可以形成倾斜的波束,通过改变圆柱螺旋的参数可以调整其输入阻抗以达到阻抗匹配的目的.用矩量法求解了天线的电流分布和三维辐射方向图以及增益轴比等参数,计算结果与参考文献很吻合.为了增强天线的方向性系数和增益,以四元天线阵为例,研究了这种天线组成的天线阵的辐射特性,给出了天线阵的三维辐射方向图.计算结果表明,该天线组成的天线阵同样具有倾斜的波束指向,各天线单元的输入阻抗为接近50 Ω的纯电阻,增益比单个天线单元提高6.3 dB.     

A monofilar spiral antenna and its array above a groundplane-formation of a circularly polarized tilted fan beam

A monofilar spiral antenna is analyzed in the presence of a conducting plane reflector, using the method of moments. The circumference of the spiral antenna is chosen to be 2.3 wavelengths. A tilted beam of circular polarization is realized by superposing the fields from two active regions. The gain of the tilted beam is approximately 8 dB. The frequency bandwidths for 1-dB gain drop and 3-dB axial ratio criterions are 12% and 23%, respectively. An array consisting of the four monofilar spiral antennas is also analyzed, where the array element spacing is chosen to be 0.8 wavelength at a design frequency f₀. The input impedances of the four spirals are almost the same as the impedance of the single monofilar spiral antenna at f₀. The array radiates a tilted fan beam with a gain increase of approximately 6 dB from the gain of the single spiral antenna at f₀. The frequency bandwidth for a 3-dB axial ratio criterion is almost the same as that of the single spiral antenna     

A comparison among 1-, 3-, and 7-horn feeds for a 37-beam MBA

A very common multiple beam antenna (MBA) configuration consists of a collimating device illuminated by an array of feeds. The collimating device is usually a reflector or a lens. The feeds are usually horn antennas with a circular aperture. The reflector is usually offset-fed to eliminate aperture blockage; the lens is center fed. The antenna's feeds are excited to produce a finite number of beams, so as to provide contiguous coverage of the field of view. The designer is forced to minimize the angular spacing between adjacent beams in order to maximize the minimum gain over the antenna's field of view. On the other hand, the feed horn's aperture gain is maximized when the feed horn spacing and its aperture diameter are equal. This results in antenna efficiency of the order of 30% when a single feed horn is excited to produce a beam. When a cluster of 3 or 7 adjacent feed horns are excited to produce a single beam, antenna efficiency can be increased to 50%. When it is tolerable, several identical antenna apertures can be used to replace a single aperture configuration. In this case, each of M apertures produces approximately N/M beams of an MBA that produces N beams. Horns producing adjacent beams do not illuminate the same aperture. This permits the use of a much larger horn aperture for a given beam spacing. This results in reduced spillover, higher gain of each beam, and increased antenna efficiency of each aperture. This paper investigates the maximization of gain for several lens antennas. It shows that antenna gain is increased as its focal length is decreased. That is, a focal length-to-diameter ratio (F/D) less than 1 is preferred     

Leaky-Wave Slot Array Antenna Fed by a Dual Reflector System

A leaky-wave slot array antenna fed by a dual offset Gregorian reflector system is realized by pins in a parallel plate waveguide. The radiating part of the antenna is composed by parallel slots etched on one side of the same parallel plate waveguide. The dual offset Gregorian reflector system is fed by an arrangement constituted by two vias and a grid, also constituted by pins. Also this feed arrangement realizes a leaky type of radiation, this time inside the parallel plate waveguide. A prototype of the antenna has been designed, manufactured and successfully tested. The low profile, low cost and high efficiency of the antenna render it suited for a variety of radar or telecom applications.     

Coaxial continuous transverse stub (CTS) array

A new coaxial continuous transverse stub (CTS) array is proposed, designed, constructed, and tested. It is an omni-directional low cost antenna array which provides good impedance matching characteristics and good tolerance to manufacturing errors. It can be simply fed by a coaxial connector and is particularly suitable for millimeter wave personal communication systems (PCS). It is shown that this type of radiating element provides high percentage of radiation, and for the simulated design of single- and multiple-element arrays, S₁₁ was below -10 dB across a 6 GHz frequency span at the Ka band. A three-element prototype coaxial CTS antenna array was designed, constructed, and tested in the X-band. Experimental results were in good agreement with the simulated performance. Potential application of this new antenna array in multiband operation is also described     

一种DBF体制卫星接收共形相控阵天线

提出了一种全数字波束合成(digital beam forming, DBF)体制卫星接收共形相控阵天线设计思路.该天线采用半球形共形阵排布方式, 阵元采用双层微带贴片天线实现宽带圆极化.在半球形的布局下, 通过判断卫星信号来波方向在球面上的投影来选择工作的阵元, 形成与来波方向一致的波束, 在全空域(—75°~75°)的仰角内可实现增益起伏小于1.5 dB的波束覆盖; 后端采用射频数字一体化设计技术, 可同时形成多个波束, 实现了一个天线跟踪多颗卫星的能力.最后加工和测试了天线样机, 验证了共形半球阵的波束形成能力.提出的天线设计思路有助于拓展数字波束体制在卫星通信中的应用, 对全空域多波束相控阵天线的研制具有指导意义.     

低互耦星载相控阵天线设计

介绍了一款工作于Ku频段的低互耦星载相控阵天线的设计方法, 采用在阵列单元周围加载金属腔体的方式降低阵列单元之间的互耦效应, 从而改善相控阵天线的方向图扫描特性.针对相控阵天线在二维±60°范围内低副瓣波束扫描的特点, 对5×5子阵和16×16阵列进行了研究, 验证了阵列的互耦降低方法的有效性和电性能.研究结果表明:相控阵单元间互耦小于-16 dB, 而相控阵单元在15.1~16.8 GHz电压驻波比小于2, 相对带宽11%;在频率为f₀±500 MHz范围内, E面3 dB波束宽度大于98°, 5 dB波束宽度大于113°, H面3 dB波束宽度大于113°, 5 dB波束宽度大于122°.在仿真设计的基础上, 研制了子阵天线试验样机, 测试结果与设计结果吻合良好, 证明了降低互耦方法的有效性, 天线单元方向图满足在±60°范围内波束扫描的要求, 可应用于相控阵雷达系统.     

Dual-loop slot array antenna radiating circularly polarised wave

An array antenna consisting of dual-loop slot elements with a simple feeding system is realised. Each dual-loop element has two loop slots that are simultaneously fed by a single triplate transmission line. A narrowed beam, of circular polarisation, with an axial ratio of less than 3 dB, is obtained over a 3% bandwidth. The measured radiation pattern agrees well with a pattern calculated using array theory.<>