Terahertz planar antennas for future wireless communication: A technical review

With the monotonic increasing demand of the higher bandwidth for the next generation wireless communication system, the extension of the operating frequency of the communication system to the millimeter/Terahertz wave regime of the electromagnetic spectrum where several low-attenuation windows exist is inevitable. However, before the commercial implementation of the wireless communication in these low-attenuation windows, there are various obstacles which need to be addressed by the scientists and researchers. The atmospheric path loss is the main obstacle to the full-fledged implementation of the terahertz wireless communication. The remedy to this problem is the use of high-power sources, efficient detectors and high gain antenna systems. This paper reviews these technical issues with the special attention to the planar antennas which might contribute to the compact, inexpensive, and low profile future terahertz wireless communication system design.     

Constrained radar waveform optimization for a cooperative radar-communication system

The coexistence of radar-sensing and communication systems research has received a surge of interest in recent times to tackle the issue of spectrum inadequacy. Designing an optimized radar waveform for a coexistence scenario has been a challenging task for accomplishing the convergence of radar-sensing and communication functionalities, without degrading the performance at either end. This paper proposes a novel global optimization-based Spatial Branch and Bound (SBnB) approach to optimize the phase coefficients of a Non-Linear Frequency Modulated (NLFM) waveform in a CRCS framework. In addition, the Modified-Power Ratio Constraint-Cramér–Rao Lower Bound (M-PRC-CRLB), a local optimization-based approach is proposed to optimize the phase coefficients of an NLFM waveform. The spectral energy distribution and auto-correlation characteristics of an NLFM waveform are comprehensively investigated for various values of polynomial order (N) and at different threshold Signal-to-Noise-Ratio (SNR) values. To compare the proposed waveform design approaches (M-PRC-CRLB, SBnB) with the existing waveform design approaches namely, Minimum Estimation Error Variance (MEEV) and PRC- CRLB, a Peak-to-Side-Lobe-Ratio (PSLR), and Integrated-Side-Lobe-Ratio (ISLR) are evaluated at various polynomial orders and threshold SNR values. Furthermore, the performance of a CRCS is assessed using the radar estimation rate and communication data rate. The simulation results reveal that the proposed optimized radar waveform design approaches provide improved performance compared to the existing radar waveform design approaches in terms of radar estimation rate. Further, the proposed global optimization-based SBnB approach achieves a comparable performance of the communication data rate. In addition, the proposed approaches accomplish enhanced spectral utilization, controlled side-lobe energy levels, reduced range-domain ambiguities, and a higher information rate in a CRCS.     

High gain and circularly polarized substrate integrated waveguide cavity antenna array based on metasurface

Two substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) cavity antenna arrays based on metasurface are proposed in this paper. By rotating the metasurface element, circularly polarized and high gain antennas are achieved respectively. Firstly, multi-mode resonance theory is employed to broaden the bandwidth of the slot antenna. And then, an SIW cavity composed of 4×4 cornercut elements is added on the top of the slot antenna to achieve the circular polarization and improve the front-to-back ratio. Thirdly, the metasurface elements are sequentially rotated and a high gain antenna with 2-dBi enhancement on average in the operation band is obtained. Based on the two antenna units, two 2×2 antenna arrays are designed. The circularly polarized and high gain antenna arrays are both fabricated to verify the correctness. Furthermore, the novel wideband phase shifter is employed in the circularly polarized antenna to obtain an operating bandwidth of 38% (4.05 GHz-5.95 GHz) and AR bandwidth of 24.9% (4.4 GHz-5.65 GHz). The bandwidth of the high gain antenna can reach 42.7% (3.95 GHz-6.1 GHz) and with the gain enhancement of 2 dBi compared with that of the circularly polarized antenna. The gain remains steady in most of operating band within a variation of 1 dBi. It is remarkable that the rotating of the metasurface element has a great influence on the antenna performance, which provides a new explication for the multi-function antenna design.     

主三镜一体化离轴三反光学天线设计

为提高空间激光通信离轴三反光学天线的装调效率,需要对反射镜总的装调自由度进行优化设计。基于共轴三反无焦系统的设计原理,提出一种主三镜一体化的设计方法,并推导了光学系统结构参数之间的关系,利用Zemax光学软件设计了一种结构紧凑、主三镜一体化的离轴三反光学天线。设计结果表明:全视场光学像质优于衍射极限,主镜和三镜空间位置相接近,可共母板加工和面形共基准检测,为主三镜的一体化加工提供了方法。光学天线的装调自由度减少了6个,降低了装调难度,提高了装调效率。     

外部光注入的光泵浦自旋垂直腔表面发射激光器中的两个混沌偏振分量对两个复杂形状目标中的多区域精确测距

基于外部光注入的光泵浦自旋垂直腔表面发射激光器(vertical cavity surface-emitting laser,VCSEL)的两个混沌偏振分量,提出了对两个复杂形状目标中的多区域精确测距方案.这里,两个混沌偏振探测波具有飞秒量级快速动态并且被双极性sinc波形调制,使它们具有时空不相关特性.利用这些特性,通过计算多束延时反馈混沌偏振探测波形和与之相对应的参考波形的相关性,实现了对两个复杂形状目标多区域位置矢量精确测量.研究结果表明,对多区域小目标的测距具有非常低的相对误差(低于0.94%).当光电探测器的带宽足够大时,其测距的分辨率达到0.4 mm,并具有很强的抗噪声能力.本文的研究结果在复杂形状目标的精确测距方面具有潜在应用.     

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介绍了离子回旋波加热中天线的研究进展,讨论了传统环天线、相控双环天线及双臂单环天线激发波的频谱特征。使用射线轨迹方法对单通吸收率进行了数值计算,得到环向谱与单通吸收率的关系。由此验证了双臂单环天线有较好的耦合性能。该天线结构简单,能够改善加热性能。     

单方环结构左手材料微带天线

设计了一种简单的双面单方环结构左手材料,在4.8–5.25 GHz频率范围内该材料的等效介电常数和等效磁导率同时为负.将此单方环左手材料作为覆盖层,置于中心工作频率为5.0 GHz的微带天线之上. 仿真和实验研究表明:相对普通微带天线而言,覆层微带天线的性能得到了明显改善, E面和H面的半功率波束宽度分别收缩了25°和20°,定向性得到了提高, 5 GHz处的增益提高了3 dB, -10 dB带宽增加了600 MHz. 关键词： 单方环结构 左手材料 微带天线     

基于高频雷达多普勒谱预测风向的一种新方法

通过高频雷达一阶多普勒谱与海上风向的关系, 提出了一种基于神经网络和多波束采样法相结合预测海面风向的新方法. 在神经网络不同输入、输出参数情况下对扩展因子为奇数时的仿真数据进行了风向预测, 并在扩展因子为偶数时结合多波束采样法进行风向预测, 消除了风向的模糊性. 通过预测数据和仿真数据对比, 发现两者符合较好. 从神经网络和多波束采样法相结合的预测结果中可以看出, 风向的误差大约为4°—6°, 风向扩展因子的平均误差为0.26, 为预测海面风场的研究提供一种新的思路和方法.     

风浪因素对海洋波导雷达回波作用机理的研究

采用文氏谱模型描述近海海洋动力环境海面的粗糙特征, 并运用海浪谱理论得到风速和均方根高度偏差的关系. 进而应用修正的离散混合傅里叶变换方法和改进的雷达散射系数模型分别计算了电磁波传输损耗和雷达散射系数. 在此基础上, 通过数值计算分析了风浪因素对海洋波导环境雷达回波功率值的影响. 结果表明, 风浪因素对不同观测高度处的传输损耗的影响均不大; 风浪因素对雷达回波功率有显著影响, 并且相对于传输损耗, 雷达散射系数项受风浪因素影响较大因而导致较大的雷达回波功率的变化.     

近场宽带电场耦合天线的高频结构模拟器软件仿真及性能分析

近场宽带电场耦合天线是一种新型的短距离、高速无线通信天线,它是索尼公司力推的近距离高速无线通信技术——.Transferjet^TM的工作天线.使用高频结构模拟器软件,对一种典型的近场宽带电场耦合天线进行了参数化的结构设计;通过仿真模拟,分析短截线的线长和线宽,以及耦合电极的面积对天线中心频率和工作带宽的影响;分析了天线间的距离和夹角,以及耦合电极的面积,对天线传输损耗和性能的影响.设计了一个满足Transferjet^TM技术指标的小尺寸天线,给出了性能仿真结果.