基于Simulink仿真的用户星天线控制系统分析

为满足中继卫星系统对天线指向精度的要求,首先描述了天线指向控制概念,对用户星与中继卫星星间链路的建立过程进行了分析,并且设计了星上自主控制方案,在Simulink环境下对所设计的天线指向控制系统进行了数学仿真,最后通过对仿真结果的分析验证了用户星天线控制系统的跟踪性能。     

A satellite-tracking K- and Ka-band mobile vehicleantenna system

This paper describes the development of the K- and K_a-band, satellite-tracking mobile-vehicular antenna system for NASA's ACTS Mobile Terminal (AMT) project. ACTS is NASA's Advanced Communications Technology Satellite, which will be launched into its geostationary orbit in September 1993. The AMT task will make the first experimental use of the satellite soon after the satellite is operational, to demonstrate mobile communications via the satellite from a van on the road. The AMT antenna system consists of a mechanically steered small reflector antenna that uses a shared aperture for both frequency bands and fits under a radome of 23 cm diameter and 10 cm height, and an antenna controller that tracks the satellite as the vehicle moves about. The RF and mechanical characteristics of the antenna and the antenna tracking control system are discussed. Laboratory measurements of the antenna performance are presented     

Radiation performance improvement of wideband microstrip antenna array using wideband AMC structure

In this paper, the radiation performance of an antenna array is improved by designing a new wideband artificial magnetic conductor (AMC). The proposed AMC surface operates at the frequency of 3 GHz with ±90^° reflection phase bandwidth of 22%. In order to identify the key design parameters of the AMC structure, a parametric study is performed. To improve the radiation performance of the antenna array, an AMC reflector is developed through utilizing an array of 2 × 8 periodic patches of AMC unit cells. By this technique, the front to back ratio of the designed antenna array is enhanced about 16.27 dB. It is concluded that tuning of the AMC dimensions for controlling the reflection coefficient at each port of antenna array during beam steering is necessary. Because of the using of the AMC surfaces as a reflector instead of conventional PEC surfaces, size reduction of the antenna array in the order of 20% is achieved. In this study, a circuit model for single element of the antenna array with considering AMC loading effect is introduced, which predicts the bandwidth behaviour of the proposed antenna. The final designed antenna array exhibits low level of cross polarization making it well‐suited for tracking radars and electronic warfare applications. The proposed antenna with the AMC reflector is fabricated and measured. The measured ?10 dB impedance bandwidth and peak gain of the proposed antenna is 20% (2.7‐3.25 GHz) and 13.4 dBi, respectively, which are compatible with the simulation results.     

A Novel Mobile Antenna for Ku‐Band Satellite Communications

A mobile antenna for multimedia communications with Ku‐band geostationary satellite KOREASAT‐3 and JSAT‐2A is presented. The forward link of the satellite communication is 11.7 to 12.75 GHz, and the return link is 14.0 to 14.5 GHz. The mobile antenna is designed to be a stair structure using 24 active phased array elements in order to provide a low profile, and to be at a non‐periodic array distance using the genetic algorithm. Also, the designed antenna uses the double beam forming method for stable satellite tracking. The fabricated mobile antenna is examined using various experiments to confirm its capability for practical application. From the measured results, the fabricated mobile antenna system is confirmed to have a good performance.     

An array-compensated spherical reflector antenna for a very large number of scanned beams

There are many stringent demands imposed on the applications of spaceborne antenna systems. One of the most challenging demands is the generation of multiple beams with the ability to scan a very large number of beamwidths. Since the parabolic reflectors have limitations in this application, a 35-m spherical reflector antenna is proposed for a geostationary radar antenna at Ka-band (35.6 GHz) due to its inherent capability of scanning the beams to very large number of beamwidths. The utility of using planar array feeds for correcting spherical phase aberrations is investigated to overcome the performance degradation effects. Two different methodologies are developed for the array excitation coefficients determination based on phase conjugate matching and the results are compared. Using the compensating feed array, the radiation characteristics of the compensated spherical reflector are simulated for no scan and large scan cases and the results are compared with the uncompensated case to show performance improvement. In order to demonstrate the technological readiness of the concept a 1.5-m breadboard model is designed to be built for experimental measurements. Some important mechanical design tolerances and realistic array feed topologies are investigated. The antenna concept developed in this paper is advocated to be used in the next generation of geostationary satellite antenna systems for remote sensing radar applications.     

60°二维指向镜的面阵相机几何模型标定方法

三轴稳定静止轨道面阵相机需要对一定视场内的目标进行搜索和跟踪,常采用二维指向镜与面阵探测器结合的"凝视"成像的技术方案。但是具有二维指向镜的面阵相机像面存在畸变和像旋等问题,影响目标跟踪定位精度。对60°二维指向镜的面阵相机进行了畸变校正和像旋校正,提出基于内外方位元素结合的几何模型实验室标定方法。通过对指向镜法线、南北轴、东西轴的共计13个误差项进行解算优化,平均误差为0.74像元,满足实际使用需求。     

某型地基相控阵天线指向系统性误差分析

相控阵天线的指向精度决定着雷达系统对目标的探测精度,甚至会影响跟踪、截获目标的成败。以一种地基相控阵天线为例,详细分析了机电混合扫描天线的指向系统性误差来源：1)热形变导致的单元间距误差,2)空气折射,3)伺服机械转动误差,4)天线内部温度场变化等。从理论上分析了上述因素对天线指向精度的影响,并提出了完整的远场误差校准方法和误差修正流程。试验结果表明,误差来源分析准确,所提出的校准方法可以明显改善天线指向精度,从而提高雷达系统跟踪精度和威力,对于地基乃至移动平台相控阵天线的设计与应用具有重要的参考价值。     

面向小倾角近圆低轨卫星的DBF波束指向角研究

研究了DBF开环跟踪过程中面向小倾角近圆低轨卫星的波束指向角问题,为避免采用数据拟合进行轨道预测出现的奇点问题,文中引入改进的第二类无奇点根数代替经典开普勒根数,将地心惯性坐标系下的卫星位置速度转化为瞬时轨道根数。采用最小二乘法拟合得到平均轨道根数,以此为参数计算出航天器和中继星的位置,并给出了DBF波束指向角的计算流程。仿真结果验证了文中算法的正确性和有效性。     

导航星座对高轨特定目标导航方法

针对当前各种高轨飞行器对导航需求日益增强的情况,提出一种导航星座对高轨特定目标飞行器进行导航的方法。该方法需要在导航星座卫星配备全数字相控阵天线与指向可调的高增益导航天线。相控阵天线接收目标飞行器发射的用于波达方向(DOA)估计的信号,并对该信号的DOA进行估计,使距飞行器较近的多个导航星座卫星估计得到飞行器相对于自身的相对方向。以该方向为基础,导航卫星可以调节自身的高增益导航天线并使其指向特定目标飞行器,发送导航电文信息,从而使导航星座自主实现对高轨目标飞行器的导航任务。假定导航卫星相控阵天线装配于卫星对天面上,以此为基础对同步轨道的目标飞行器同导航星座各卫星相控阵天线的可见性进行了仿真分析,并在目标可见的基础上对二维DOA估计精确度进行了计算,验证了方法的可行性。     

Analysis of a satellite antenna tracking loop driven by BPSK modulated signals

The subject of this paper is an antenna tracking system used to maintain an antenna on board a geosynchronous (GEO) satellite, pointed towards a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite. The tracking system uses the BPSK modulated signals transmitted from the LEO satellite. The signal is received by an electronically switched antenna beam. A suitable processing of the received signal level then generates an error voltage which drives a tracking loop. The measurement of the received signal level is implemented by a power detector. Analysis of the antenna tracking algorithm is carried out and the performance is given in terms of linearized mean-square tracking error. The mean-square tracking error is related to the antenna beam parameters, to the closed loop bandwidth and to the statistics of the power measurement process. In particular, it is shown that a key parameter for the tracking loop performance is the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the power detector output, which is inversely proportional to the variance of the pointing error, and a theory has been developed to find an accurate expression for the SNR. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

旋转镜像综合孔径空间频率均匀采样方法

在地球静止轨道卫星上实现高分辨率微波辐射测量是微波遥感的重要研究内容。综合孔径系统的较高复杂度和镜像综合孔径系统组合测量在卫星平台上实现困难等问题,使得高分辨率微波辐射测量难以实现。因此提出旋转镜像综合孔径空间频域均匀采样方法。其核心思想是采用两个反射面提高空间分辨率,通过阵列旋转固定角度获得均匀频率采样实现图像重建。理论和仿真结果均表明:旋转镜像综合孔径空间频域均匀采样方法采用较少的天线数目实现了高分辨率测量,获得较好反演结果,同时用阵列的转动代替反射面的平动解决镜像综合孔径微波辐射测量在卫星平台上实现困难的问题。     

Cylindrical and three-dimensional corner reflector antennas

Two reflector antennas are proposed. The first is constructed by adding a cylindrical reflecting surface of suitable radius to theV-shaped corner reflector antenna. The feeding element is a half-wavelength dipole. The resulting cylindrical corner reflector provided a 2 dB increase in gain, minimum sidelobe level, low input reactance, and uncritical dependence of performance on frequency. The second antenna is constructed by adding a cylindrical surface to the three-dimensional corner reflector. This extension provided an increase in gain of at least 6.5 dB, an input resistance compatible with the commercially available 50- or75-Omegacoaxial cables, low input reactance, and uncritical dependence of performance on frequency. A grid-type cylindrical corner reflector antenna, and a three-dimensional corner reflector antenna with a cylindrical subsurface of finite reflecting surfaces were designed, and the measured input impedances, gains, and field patterns showed excellent agreement with the theoretical results for both antennas.     

Tracking error of phased array antenna

The tracking error of a phased array antenna between transmitting and receiving frequencies was measured by in-flight experiments using a geostationary satellite. The tracking error was found to depend on beam-scanning angle and the ratio of transmitting and receiving frequencies. Measured results agreed well with a theoretical prediction. An effective method to eliminate the tracking error is proposed     

利用南海水面开展我国静止气象卫星红外通道在轨辐射定标

中国遥感卫星辐射校正场以青海湖水面作为遥感卫星红外探测通道外场辐射定标的场地.我国静止气象卫星风云二号(FY-2)系列是自旋稳定卫星,其红外通道无法进行在轨时的星上绝对定标,而青海湖对于位于东经105°赤道上空的FY-2卫星来说,卫星天顶角有36°,超过了外场辐射校正测量规范要求.本文介绍了利用我国南海海面水体辐射,进行与静止气象卫星的同步测量试验,开展卫星红外通道在轨外场辐射定标处理的可行性研究.在分别对FY-2B与FY-2C的测量数据处理后,初步确定我国南海海面可以作为我国静止气象卫星在轨辐射定标的场地.     

HJ-1-C 卫星SAR 系统的内定标

HJ-1-C 卫星是我国环境与灾害监测小卫星星座中的一颗合成孔径雷达(SAR)卫星,目前已在轨运行。其SAR 系统采用网状反射面天线和集中式功率放大器,且具有星上在轨内定标的功能。该文详细介绍了HJ-1-C 卫星SAR 系统的内定标模式和算法,给出内定标器的设计和实现原理,并对SAR 系统在轨工作内定标数据进行分析。      

Comparison of the design of a contoured-beam and an elliptical-beamsatellite offset reflector antennas to cover the Taiwan island regionfor satellite communications

For the design of the satellite antenna for the future geostationary (GEO) satellite communication or DBS (direct broadcasting satellite) applications to serve the Taiwan Island region, it may be required to have a antenna beam which effectively covers the Taiwan region and reduces the antenna radiation level in the nearby area of mainland China. Two cases of the Ka-band (20 GHz) satellite antenna, a shaped offset reflector antenna to synthesize a contoured beam and an elliptical offset reflector antenna to generate an elliptical beam, have been studied. This paper presents the comparison and discussion of the antenna coverage performance of the two designs     

空基测控中继设备的相控阵天线设计

空基测控中继是为解决地面测控设备作用距离受视距限制的问题而提出的,而相控阵天线是空基测控中继设备的技术难点。根据实际需求,提出了相控阵天线的设计方案,对阵列形式、天线的流形、阵元间距、阵列规模以及阵元形式等进行了详细设计,并对天线的接收发射性能进行了仿真,对跟踪控制技术途径进行了阐述。所设计的相控阵天线增益可以满足约130 km、2 Mbit/s遥测数据中继,解决远距离低空飞行目标的靶场测控问题。     

可重构全息超表面辅助卫星通信关键技术

超密集低地球轨道卫星通信网络能弥补传统地面网络频谱资源稀缺、覆盖范围有限的不足,有潜力提供全球大规模接入的高速率服务。由于卫星的高速移动性,卫星通信对天线性能,如波束控制能力和天线增益等,也提出了更为严苛的要求。因此,对一种新型的超材料天线——可重构全息超表面（reconfigurable holographic surface,RHS）辅助卫星通信展开了研究。RHS采用全息原理对超材料单元进行电控,从而实现波束成形。基于 RHS 的硬件结构和全息工作原理,提出了一种 RHS 辅助多卫星通信方案,该方案同时考虑卫星跟踪和数据传输。同时,设计了全息波束成形优化算法以最大化和速率。仿真结果验证了所提方案的有效性并表明了相较于传统相控阵天线,RHS提供了一种成本效益更高的卫星通信支持方式。     

A flexible LEO satellite modem with Ka‐band RF frontend for a data relay satellite system

From a geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) satellite's perspective, a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite is visible on more than half of its orbit. Albeit the free‐space loss of an inter‐satellite link is much higher than the one of a direct ground link, considerable data rates and download volumes can be achieved. In this paper, we describe the system architecture of an integrated approach for a data relay satellite system and the development of LEO satellite and ground station modems. The approach allows serving several small and inexpensive LEO satellites at the same time both with low rate telemetry/telecommand links and with high rate download of sensor data.     

Examination of the data rate obtainable with low‐gain non‐tracking antenna applied to user terminal used for mobile communications and broadcasting services provided by quasi‐zenithal satellites

Link budgets between the mobile user terminal and a feeder link station (2‐m‐diameter antenna) through the quasi‐zenithal satellite system (QZSS) (7‐m‐diameter antenna for Tx, 5‐m‐diameter antenna for Rx) under the power flux density (PFD) limit were calculated for the Ka‐ and Ku‐band. The PFD limit for non‐geostationary satellites is applied for frequency sharing between QZSS and geostationary satellites. The maximum data rate in the Ka‐band was 1.7 times higher than in the Ku‐band in the forward link, while the maximum data rate at Ku‐band is nine times higher than that in the Ka‐band in the return link when the transmit power derived from the regulations of the PFD is applied. And it is more than three times higher than that in the Ka‐band when transmit power is fixed to 2W. In the forward link, maximum data rates are 149 kbps in the Ka‐band and 86 kbps in the Ku‐band when the user terminal antenna is non‐tracking (gain at the satellite direction is 7.1 dBi) and the frequency bandwidth per beam is 30 MHz. Required bandwidth per channel for a certain data rate is large, e.g. in Ka‐band, 20.9 MHz for 64 kbps, 125 MHz for 384 kbps, and 326 MHz for 1 Mbps. In the return link, the maximum data rates are 44 kbps in the Ku‐band and 13.6 kbps in the Ka‐band when the user terminal antenna gain in the satellite direction is 7.1 dBi and transmit power is 2 W. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.