紧缩场静区校准用超宽带天线性能的分析

紧缩场是天线天线罩辐射特性、目标散射特性测试的重要设备,在使用前需要对其静区平面波幅度锥削、幅度波 纹及相位变化等电磁性能参数进行校准。紧缩场的静区性能校准离不开全频段的探头接收天线,校准天线的性能会影响紧缩 场静区电磁参数的校准结果。文中阐述了校准紧缩场静区性能的扫描法原理,利用本单位研制的紧缩场校准系统,在某研究 所的紧缩场环境内,比较了标准增益喇叭天线与超宽带双脊喇叭天线分别作为接收探头的差异。实验证明,设计完成的超宽 带双脊喇叭天线具有驻波低、增益适中、更换方便、频带宽等优点,完全可以替代六个波段标准增益喇叭天线的功能。     

Double spherical cassegrain reflector antennas

There is a need for high gain antennas that are capable of rapid scanning and multibeam operations. This paper presents a study of the double-spherical Cassegrain reflector to ascertain whether this antenna is practical for these purposes. Aperture blocking, spread of the field, and phase and amplitude distributions are examined using geometric optical techniques. Some radiation patterns are calculated to show the effects of illumination taper, aperture blocking, and phase errors.     

Axial ratio of an antenna illuminated by an imperfectly circularly polarized source

A method for determining the axial ratio of an antenna illuminated by an imperfectly circularly polarized source is described. This method requires measurements of the right- and left-handed amplitude components and their relative phases for both the receiving and transmitting (or source) antennas. From these measured data and, of course, the theory of power transfer between the source and receiving antennas, an algorithm is derived for the actual axial ratio of the receiving antenna. Illustrative results showing the effects of the phase angle are presented.     

利用线极化天线快速测量圆极化天线轴比的方法

针对轴比测试需要连续旋转线极化天线极化轴,在高频段旋转关节难以消除高速旋转带来的电缆抖动所引起的幅度和相位不一致性,提出了一种快速、精确测量圆极化天线轴比的测试方法。基于椭圆极化波的正交分解理论,该方法利用线极化天线对待测圆极化天线进行两组正交的线极化幅度测量,通过计算得到圆极化天线的轴比等极化椭圆参数的信息。在此基础上又提出了只用三个线极化分量测量圆极化天线轴比的方法。通过在微波暗室中对圆极化天线进行多次测试,验证了该方法的有效性。该方法提高了圆极化天线的测试效率,降低了测试难度,对于工程应用有重要的应用价值。     

Generating a plane wave with a linear array of line sources

Creating a plane wave across an antenna under test is important for accurate antenna measurements. This paper optimizes the location and weightings of an array of line sources in order to approximate a plane wave at a given location in space. The amplitude and phase ripples across a desired test aperture are optimized to be much less than that of a uniform array with the same number of elements. Results are presented for a nine-element array with optimized amplitude and phase weights, with optimized weights and spacing in the x-direction, and with optimized weights and spacing in the x and z directions. The optimized approximate plane wave is a significant improvement over a uniform array or a single line source.     

Effect of near field radiators on the radiation leakage through perforated shields

The electromagnetic coupling through an infinite conducting sheet perforated with a finite array of apertures excited by a metal radiator placed in its near field is investigated. The coupling is analyzed numerically by the method of moments (MoM) with an emphasis on understanding the effect of the interactions between the array of apertures and the metal radiator placed in its proximity. The radiation leakage through the array of apertures is found to be significant due to the proximity to the antenna, even if the apertures are electrically small. The effect of a number of other factors like antenna size, antenna type, aperture spacing, and aperture sizes on the extent of radiation leakage occurring due to coupling between the array of apertures and the radiator is also investigated. Numerical results confirm that plane wave theory underestimates the electromagnetic coupling through small apertures by antennas placed in their near field.     

Phase synthesis of antennas for a given radiation pattern in oneplane using piecewise linear aperture phase distribution

A phase-only method for the synthesis of planar aperture antennas for a given complex radiation pattern in one plane is reported. The problem is reduced to determining an appropriate aperture phase distribution in the form of a ruled function and solved for apertures with rectangular shape and an arbitrary amplitude distribution and for apertures of arbitrary shape and amplitude distribution. This method can be used for controlling the pattern of phased-array antennas. Results of computer modeling are presented     

Field probe for measuring both amplitude and phase of antenna radiation patterns

Small probe antennas are often used for measuring the amplitude and phase of antenna radiation patterns. Phase measurements are complicated by the need for an accurate r.f. phase reference to be conveyed to or from the mobile probe. The letter describes a scheme for simplifying such measurements by the use of a probe unit which backscatters incident energy after subjecting it to a single sideband frequency translation. The scheme has application to both compact ranges and to the measurement of profile errors in reflector antennas by phase measurements within the aperture plane.     

卫星通信天线极化校准技术

移动载体上的卫星通信天线由于载体姿态变化、雨衰、多径效应等环境因素引起的极化失配通常会导致通信质量差,严重时甚至无法通信等问题。针对该问题,文中通过对极化域的分析与研究,提出了一种电调极化技术,实现了天线的极化校准。该技术通过控制一对正交线极化波的幅度、相位,可实时进行极化调整,使接收天线的极化状态与发射天线的极化状态相匹配,从而能够最大限度地接收发射电磁波的功率,保证通信质量。经测试,采用该技术校准之后的Ku频段0.6 m动中通天线的交叉极化隔离度可达30 d B以上,可满足卫星通信要求。     

Power transfer efficiency between focused circular antennas with Gaussian illumination in Fresnel region

The power transfer efficiency between two circular aperture antennas in the Fresnel region is obtained analytically and explicitly. They are focused at each other and illuminated as a simple Gaussian taper. Two apertures also have generally different sizes and unequal illuminations. It is shown that the Gaussian distribution is close to the optimum, which is derived from the theory of the confocal optical resonators. The effect of the deviation of the illumination from the optimum upon the efficiency is numerically evaluated. The result shows that the reduction of the efficiency for a constant deviation increases as the Fresnel number decreases. The dissimilarity of both aperture illuminations also reduces the efficiency. The qualitative trend is such that the larger the dissimilarity, the smaller the efficiency. When the order of dissimilarity is small or the taper of the aperture is large, the efficiency can be approximately predicted by assuming equal illumination with the geometrical mean of the two illuminations. A simplified approximate efficiency which can be applied to the greatly tapered illumination is also derived.     

The Millimeter Wave Radiation of a Traveling Wave Sinusoidal Wire Antenna

In this paper, investigation of radiation properties of the traveling-wave sinusoidal wire antennas is extended to the millimeter-wave frequencies (Ka-band) for the antennas whose geometrical dimensions vary in a wide range. Far-field patterns and S-parameters of composed three antenna sets were measured. A mathematical model was constructed for the structure and a MATLAB code based on this theoretical approach was written to calculate patterns, phase and attenuation constants of all investigated antennas. Frequency characteristics and the relation of antenna dimensions with wave parameters were investigated. Measured and calculated patterns were also compared with the constructed far-field patterns obtained by MoM (method of moments) and the MoM current distributions were used to explain the loss mechanisms of antennas. A directive, undistorted and smooth radiation can be achieved only choosing small undulated antennas whose peak-to-peak amplitude to period ratio κ is smaller than 0.4 (κ?<?0.4). It is shown that wavelength of broadside radiation is not equal to antenna period for all antennas, except for very small undulated antennas (κ?<?0.2). This antenna type can be used as a frequency-scan antenna for millimeter wave radars.     

移动卫星通信终端天线极化跟踪研究

针对移动通信终端天线的极化失配损失问题,利用两个正交线极化天线结合相应的馈电网络实现了任意方向的线极化波,用于移动状态下的天线极化跟踪。提出了通过控制两个正交线极化天线的相位差来接收任意线极化波的方法,并给出了相位差与极化角的关系。当两个正交线极化天线增益及其对应通道间的幅度和相位均相同时,接收到的信号强度随相位差的变化而作余弦,且当相位差ψ为2θ-π2时,信号强度有最大值。基于该方法进行理论仿真,并得到了极化跟踪曲线,与测试结果相比,吻合良好。将该方法应用到卫星通信移动终端,在运动过程中信号稳定,未出现明显极化失配现象,验证了该算法的有效性。     

The double-helix antenna and its variants, a new class of tunable endfire antennas

Endfire antennas develop maximum gain when the phase velocity of the surface wave traveling along the structure is adjusted to its optimum value determined as a function of antenna length and operating frequency. These antennas usually have a relatively small pattern bandwidth and, if maximum gain is desired, can be used over only a small frequency range. The antennas described in this paper inaugurate a new class of antennas that are tunable for maximum gain in the endfire direction over a wide frequency range; tuning is accomplished by changing the phase velocity continuously or in prescribed steps. Such antennas include certain configurations of the double helix (a novel type of endfire antenna) and its artificial and natural dielectric variants. Useful structures are obtained through parallel displacement of two juxtaposed elements or angular displacement of a scissors arrangement. Model measurements show that maximum gain can be obtained over a frequency range of more than 2:1. Tuning effects are illustrated in detail by means of near-field plots of a tuned dielectric antenna.     

基于三相幅度测量的相控阵天线快速校准方法

提出了一种基于三相幅度测量的相控阵天线快速校准方法。该方法将天线阵列进行分组,利用每种分组在三种配相下的阵面合成场幅度测量值,可解算出各个天线单元的初始幅相值。该方法仅需幅度测量,避免了相位测量误差影响单元幅相值的计算精度,而且所需幅度测量次数仅为(2N+1)次,可显著提高校准时效性。另外,利用分组思想,同时改变多个单元相位,使总辐射场的幅度变化显著,提升校准准确性。仿真结果表明:校准后相位均方根误差为2.2°,幅度均方根误差为0.2 dB。     

Phaseless bi-polar planar near-field measurements and diagnosticsof array antennas

Antenna near-field measurements typically require very accurate measurement of the near-field phase. There are applications where an accurate phase measurement may not be practically achievable. Phaseless measurements are beginning to emerge as an alternative microwave antenna measurements technique when phase cannot be directly measured. There are many important aspects for successful implementation of a phaseless measurement algorithm. This paper presents appropriate phaseless measurement requirements and a phase retrieval algorithm tailored for the bi-polar planar near-field antenna measurement technique. Two amplitude measurements and a squared amplitude optimal sampling interpolation method are integrated with an iterative Fourier procedure to first retrieve the phase information and then construct both the far-field pattern and diagnostic characteristics of the antenna under test. In order to critically examine the methodologies developed in this paper, phaseless measurement results for two different array antennas are presented and compared to results obtained when the near-field amplitude and phase are directly measured     

短波水平极化测向中的交叉极化波

通过对水平偶极子和定向天线的计算,分析了水平天线对主极化波和交叉极化渡不同的幅相响应特性,并讨论了到达接收点的两个正交极化波之间的相关性和相干性,进而讨论了交叉极化波对水平极化测向精确度的影响.     

基于最小二乘法的平面波综合

将最小二乘法引入近场天线测量中,提出了一种新的平面波综合方法。以半波对称振子组成的矩形平面阵作为平面波综合的理论模型,用这一新方法寻求阵列单元的最佳幅相分布,以使所综合出的准平面波质量最好。计算结果表明在待测区域大小一定的条件下,利用本文方法可以实现较传统方法更小的探头阵列要求。良好的仿真结果证实了该方法在天线测量及散射测量应用中的有效性。     

Amplitude and phase-shaping effects in beamwaveguides

Results are presented of an investigation on improvements in a geometrical optics design of a beam-waveguide antenna for operation at multiple frequency bands. Improvements might be possible by changing the design of the lower-frequency input pattern to the beam waveguide. The effects of amplitude and phase shaping the input pattern have been studied with an aperture diffraction model. Accurate vector near-field computations were made rapidly with a spherical wave expansion of the input and scattered fields. Numerical results indicate that for aperture sizes of less than 30 wavelengths, there is insufficient control on defocusing due to amplitude and phase shaping. Design tradeoffs on spillover loss and defocusing are possible by changing the amplitude and phase distribution of the input wavefront for larger size apertures     

A 5-frequency millimeter wave antenna for a spaceborne limbsounding instrument

Several spaceborne Earth observation missions such as the European Space Agency's (ESA) atmospheric chemistry instruments Millimeter wave Acquisitions for Stratosphere/Troposphere Exchange Research (MASTER), Soprano or Piramhyd require the development of complex millimeter and submillimeter wave range spectroradiometers. These instruments place stringent requirements on antenna electrical performance due to the low-noise signal levels and the high-vertical resolution involved. This paper focuses on the electromagnetic (EM) design and analysis of a 2.2-m diameter Cassegrain antenna operating in 5-frequency bands between 200 and 500 GHz. The primary feed network is an essential part. It has to provide not only the low-loss frequency separation of the bands but also the antenna illumination with nearly perfect amplitude and phase patterns for high-beam efficiency. Quasi-optical techniques are extensively used for the overall antenna design and focal plane demultiplexer breadboarding and testing