Design of the broadband microstrip array antenna for blast furnace surface monitoring

Aiming at the requirements of high-resolution imaging and high integration of the blast furnace radar,this paper presents a method for designing a wideband microstrip array antenna,which broadens the antenna bandwidth through the design of parasitic patches and air layers.By combining multi-input multi-output (MIMO) radar and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging principles,a linear MIMO array is designed,and a near-field simulation imaging experiment is performed on the simulated feed line through the wave number domain imaging algorithm.Simulation results show that the gain of the main lobe of the antenna can reach 14.05 dBi,the reflection coefficient is less than -10 dB,the absolute bandwidth is 5.25 GHz,the operating frequency is 20.67~25.92 GHz,and the range resolution is increased to 3 cm compared with the existing blast furnace radar.The average error of the azimuth direction of the simulated material line imaging is 0.008 m,and the range direction is 0.0011 m.Compared with the traditional microstrip array antenna,this antenna effectively widens the bandwidth,and the range resolution is higher than that of the traditional blast furnace radar.It can accurately obtain the shape information on the simulated material line,and has an engineering application value for blast furnace surface monitoring.     

用于LED光源的反光杯准直效果研究

为研究抛物面型反光杯用于LED光源准直时的特点,基于TracePro仿真了LED光源在不同尺寸反光杯下的有效射程和光斑直径,分析了反光杯和LED尺寸对射程和光斑直径的影响。仿真结果表明:射程与反光杯的口径和深度都有关系。高度相同时,反光杯口径越大,射程越大;口径相同时,射程随反光杯高度增加先增大后减小。LED光源经反光杯准直,较短距离的光斑中心光强很低,形成光环。LED光源面积直接影响目标面光斑的大小,对射程影响较小。     

大型非周期相控阵天线协同设计

针对大型非周期相控阵天线的特点,提出一种多学科、多领域协同设计的方法。然后运用该方法指导两个产品天线设计,围绕协同设计的典型流程和几个关键控制点展开论述。在测试阶段实测天线的主要指标,天线1辐射端面平面度≤1.4 mm,栅瓣电平≤-20 dB,天线2辐射端面平面度≤1.1 mm,栅瓣电平≤-18 dB,实测数据与仿真结果吻合,各项指标优于设计输入要求,使用性能良好,验证协同设计方法的有效性。最后指明大型非周期相控阵天线协同设计的进一步研究方向。     

复合材料夹层结构产品固化变形分析

本文讨论产生复合材料产品固化变形的主要原因是树脂收缩引起的各方向上不同的线膨胀系数具体分析了复合材料夹层结构的的固化变形，经技术上的改进解决了固化变形，以满足产品的设计要求。     

自适应天线匹配低频RFID读写器设计

在工业现场、野外甚至水中,RFID读写器天线电特性参数将发生改变,导致阻抗不匹配和发射功率大幅下降,最终降低RFID读写器读写范围和效率。为了解决这个问题,构建了一个自适应天线匹配RFID读写器系统,该系统在基本读写器系统上增加了自适应电容匹配矩阵、正弦波均方根检测和模/数转换器。该系统通过依次配置电容矩阵,扫描天线发射信号幅度,检测出最佳匹配电容,实现天线阻抗的最佳匹配。通过实验表明,在一定范围内该系统能够实现自动的阻抗匹配,获取最大发射功率。     

基于复合左右手传输线结构的新型微带天线

基于复合左右手传输线结构的零阶谐振理论,提出了一种新型双层结构的微带天线,仿真结果表明该天线具有比单层微带天线更小的尺寸。研究了天线各结构参数对天线特性的影响,并对各参数进行了优化仿真。仿真结果表明该天线具有全向辐射特性,与传统微带天线相比,该天线具有体积小的特点。     

一种新变步长LMS算法及在自适应波束形成中的应用

LMS算法是智能天线自适应波束形成算法中的经典算法,由于其步长固定,造成收敛速度和稳态失调之间的矛盾。为了解决这一问题,提出一种新的变步长LMS算法,并在算法中引入误差信号的自相关估计,大大降低了噪声的干扰,对算法进行仿真,得到了最优的参数设置。利用蒙特卡罗方法对算法进行了性能评估,与传统的LMS算法、NLMS算法相比,新的变步长LMS算法具有更快的收敛速度和较小的稳态误差及优良的抗噪性能。     

A 60‐GHz on‐chip slot‐array antenna in integrated‐passive‐device technology for antenna‐in‐package applications

A new millimeter‐wave antenna structure on a low‐cost, production platform integrated passive device technology is presented. The antenna consists of a 2‐by‐1 array of slot antennas at 60 GHz. An in‐house developed on‐chip antenna measurement setup was used to characterize the fabricated antenna. The measurement results show an antenna gain of more than 5 dBi with a return loss of 18 dB at 60 GHz. The better‐than‐10‐dB impedance bandwidth of the antenna covers the 60‐GHz unlicensed band from 57 to 64 GHz. The 3‐dB beamwidths of the antenna are 105° and 76° at E‐plane and H‐plane at 60 GHz, respectively. The size of the die of the antenna is 2 mm × 4.5 mm. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 24:155–160, 2014.     

Dual segment rectangular dielectric resonator antenna with metamaterial for improvement of bandwidth and gain

The simulation and experimental studies of an aperture‐coupled wideband dual segment rectangular dielectric resonator antenna with metamaterial for C‐band applications are presented in this paper. The antenna consists of Alumina (Al₂O₃) ceramic as upper segment and Teflon as lower segment. The combination of circular‐shaped coplanar split‐ring resonator and conducting strip has been used as metamaterial superstrate. With the use of metamaterial superstrate, the bandwidth of the antenna is increased by 48% through simulation and 22% experimentally. The broadside radiation pattern of the antenna is converted into directive radiation pattern with reduced beamwidth when metamaterial superstrate is used. The peak gain of the antenna is also enhanced by 33% through simulation and 31% experimentally with the use of metamaterial superstrate. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 24:646–655, 2014.     

Limits of compensation in a failed antenna array

In large antenna arrays, the possibility of occurrence of faults in some of the radiating elements cannot be precluded at all times. In such situations, the radiation pattern of the array gets distorted, mostly with an increase in sidelobe level and decrease in gain. Although it is not possible to restore the pattern fully by rearranging the excitations of the functioning elements, compensation methods have been reported in the literature for restoring one performance parameter of the array and making a trade‐off on some other parameter. In this article, we have made a study on the tolerance level of this compensation process. One part of the study deals with the thinning in the failed array, that is, to find a limit on the minimum number of functioning elements of the array that can restore the digital beamforming of the failed array. The second part of study deals with finding the maximum number of element failures that can be compensated. The study was carried out by optimizing the amplitude excitations of the failed array. Instead of classical optimization techniques, particle swarm optimization was used for the compensation process. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J RF and Microwave CAE 24:635–645, 2014.