Electroantennographic and behavioral responses of the sphinx moth Manduca sexta to host plant headspace volatiles

Coupled gas chromatography with electroantennographic detection (GC-EAD) using antennae of adult female Manduca sexta was employed to screen for olfactory stimulants present in headspace collections from four species of larval host plants belonging to two families: Solanaceae—Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato), Capiscum annuum (bell pepper), and Datura wrightii; and Martyniaceae—Proboscidea parviflora. Headspace volatiles were collected from undamaged foliage of potted, living plants. GC–EAD revealed 23 EAD-active compounds, of which 15 were identified by GC-mass spectrometry. Identified compounds included aliphatic, aromatic, and terpenoid compounds bearing a range of functional groups. Nine EAD-active compounds were common to all four host plant species: (Z)-3-hexenyl acetate, nonanal, decanal, phenylacetaldehyde, methyl salicylate, benzyl alcohol, geranyl acetone, (E)-nerolidol, and one unidentified compound. Behavioral responses of female moths to an eight-component synthetic blend of selected tomato headspace volatiles were tested in a laboratory wind tunnel. Females were attracted to the blend. A comparison of responses from antennae of males and females to bell pepper headspace volatiles revealed that males responded to the same suite of volatiles as females, except for (Z)-3-hexenyl benzoate. EAD responses of males also were lower for (Z)- and (E)-nerolidol and one unidentified compound. Electroantennogram EAG dose–response curves for the 15 identified EAD-active volatiles were recorded. At the higher test doses (10–100 g), female antennae yielded larger EAG responses to terpenoids and to aliphatic and aromatic esters. Male antennae did respond to the higher doses of (Z)-3-hexenyl benzoate, indicating that they can detect this compound. On the basis of ubiquity of the EAD-active volatiles identified to date in host plant headspace collections, we suggest that M. sexta uses a suite of volatiles to locate and identify appropriate host plants.     

天线座扭转振动固有频率分析

文中以某转台式天线座为研究对象,首先,采用拉格朗日法创建了考虑系统中电机、减速器和安装平台势能及各主要零部件动能的扭转振动动力学模型,并得到了可用于固有频率计算的解析表达式;其次,基于ADAMS建立了面向实体的动力学模型并进行仿真分析,求得的固有频率与理论分析结果吻合。该方法可为天线座的动态性能分析提供参考。     

A low‐profile antenna with circularly polarized reconfigurable and omnidirectional radiation patterns

A low profile circularly polarized (CP) antenna with reconfigurable polarization is designed and presented, which can radiate omnidirectional patterns that can be switched between left‐hand circularly polarized (LHCP) and right‐hand circularly polarized (RHCP). A pair of arc‐shaped complementary dipoles is acted as reconfigurable elements by bridging four pin diodes at the dipole arced arms. A meander phase shift line is employed to connected the arc dipole arms and plate cavity to adjust the phase relationship of two sources. The proposed antenna exhibits the omnidirectional radiation pattern by combining six identical elements placed in a circular array configuration. 24 p‐i‐n diodes are exploited to six elements, by manipulating the dc bias voltage across the diodes, the polarization state of the antenna can be switched. The patterns of the antenna are similar to that of a dipole, but its size is only about Φ0.87 × 0.029λ₀ at 5.8 GHz. The overlapped bandwidth of measured 3‐dB axial ratio (AR) and 10‐dB return loss is 5.724‐5.87 and 5.738‐5.91 GHz for two polarization states, which are right on the target of ISM band. It can be well adapted to medical diagnosis systems.     

Design of a broadband dielectric resonator antenna and its application in low sensitivity frequency beam‐scanning array with wide scanning angle and suppressed sidelobes

In this paper, a broadband dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) with a simple H‐slot feeding structure is proposed. The broad bandwidth (~45%) and uni‐directional radiation enable this DRA suitable to work as a radiation element in the construction of a beam‐scanning array with not only low frequency sensitivity which is important for accurate angle estimation of in‐coming targets, but also a wide scanning range. Moreover, stable coupling coefficients are established around all the above three resonances with respect to its corresponding feeding line, ensuring a low sidelobe level (SLL) across the whole operating frequency range. In order to realize such a DRA, a latticed rectangular structure is utilized to generate the lower two resonances, while the upper resonance is generated by its H‐shaped feeding slot. The shape of the latticed dielectric resonator is also modified according to a 3‐D printed fixing structure for an accurate installation. A 20‐element beam‐scanning prototype is demonstrated and manufactured. The range of scanning angle is from ?36° to +13° within the bandwidth of 10 to 16 GHz, corresponding to a frequency sensitivity of only 122.5 MHz/^o. The achieved SLL are smaller than 19 dB for all scanning beams. The above performance indicates that, this array is very suitable for near‐range radar systems requiring an accurate angle estimation.     

基于GNU Radio和USRP的切换天线方向调制物理层安全系统

提出了一种切换天线方向调制物理层安全传输系统,利用天线的切换选择扰乱非期望方向的窃听者进行信息窃密,实现了视距空间的保密通信。基于GNU Radio和USRP软件无线电平台,结合高速射频开关、FPGA控制板、网络收发模块以及阵列天线搭建了实验验证系统。通过测试窃听者位于不同方位角的视频传输质量和信号星座样式验证了该方法的可行性,结果表明与传统阵列天线相比,切换天线方向调制技术能提供更安全的视距通信。     

高选择性陷波超宽带天线设计

The resonant properties of the interdigital capacitance loading loop resonator (IDCLLR) and its dual counterpart complimentary interdigital capacitance loading loop resonator (CIDCLLR) are studied. Due to the high capacitance/inductance of the IDCLLR/CIDCLLR, the resonators can generate lower resonant frequencies and narrower resonant bandwidths than many other structures. A compact ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna with quadruple sharp band-notching characteristics is presented by utilizing IDCLLRs and CIDCLLRs. Measured results show that the proposed antenna has a wide bandwidth from 3 to 11GHz(VSWR<2), with four sharp notched bands centered on 3.5, 5.2, 5.8 and 7.5GHz, respectively, avoiding the elimination of many useful frequencies. Moreover, the presence of IDCLLRs and CIDCLLRs scarcely affects the performance of the UWB antenna at its operating frequencies.     

碳纤维喇叭天线制造工艺研究

喇叭天线是雷达系统中重要的功能件,碳纤维材料由于具有金属材料不具备的某些优异性能,在雷达系统中的应用越来越广泛。文中介绍了一种碳纤维喇叭天线的制造工艺过程,对喇叭天线原型结构的工艺改进设计满足碳纤维材料热压罐成型工艺和成型模具设计要求;成型模具结构设计满足零件尺寸精度、脱模以及零件批量生产要求;碳纤维喇叭天线表面金属化达到了金属层致密、均匀、光顺以及导电率指标。通过以上工艺过程研究,制造出满足指标要求的碳纤维喇叭天线,可为此类碳纤维喇叭天线制造提供工艺借鉴。     

偏馈式构架反射器展开冲击特性分析

As the off-fed truss reflector is connected to the platform by a single edge and deployed rapidly through being driven by the spring, the impact influence acts obviously on both the reflector and the platform. Due to limitations of the ground test, the in-orbit deployment impact characteristics of truss reflector are difficult to obtain. Then, by taking a certain reflector as the research object, a dynamic model is established with multibody dynamic software. Based on the modified model with ground deployable tests, in-orbit deployment impact characteristics are obtained by simulation analysis. Therefore, the method for multibody dynamic modeling is suitable for truss reflector dynamic research, and the result is useful for the deployable reliability optimization.     

相控阵天线接收组件自动测试系统设计

深入分析了相控阵天线接收组件自动测试系统的工程需求,提出一种适用于大数据量测试与处理的自动测试系统实现方法。本方法在采用以太网搭建硬件测试平台的基础上,为了实现自动化和高速化测试,提出了全套系统基于MATLAB开发的软件实现方法。实验结果表明,该自动测试系统与人工测试及人工处理数据相比,在多种应用场景下均大大提高了接收组件的批量测试效率和数据处理速度,并已成功用于某型相控阵天线接收组件的批量测试及数据处理中。     

基于UTD的机体散射体对机载天线耦合布局影响研究

通过研究不同形状机体散射体对机载天线间互耦特性的影响,可对飞机机载天线布局设计提供理论指导。利用一致性几何绕射理论(the uniform geometrical theory of diffraction,UTD)场的局部性原理计算典型结构问题快速、简便的优点,对半圆柱、三角柱、长方体等典型的机体散射体两侧天线耦合度进行了计算和分析验证,得到了不同形状机体散射体两侧天线的最大和最小耦合度值的粗略位置,同时也证明了该方法的正确性。最后,将上述得到的不同形状机体散射体两侧天线的布局结果应用于实际飞机的简化模型上,并通过Feko仿真了飞机机翼上两对点之间单极子天线的耦合度值,与UTD计算结果进行对比,误差较小,证实了该方法的正确性。该方法对于飞机天线布局预设计相对于普通方法具有计算简便、快速的特点,具有一定的实用价值。