光导微波源阵列合成时控技术初步研究

基于宽禁带光导半导体的固态光导微波源是高功率微波产生的一种新途径,该方案具有功率密度高、频带范围宽等特点,且其低时间抖动特性使其在功率合成方面具有巨大潜力,利用光波束形成网络构建光导微波有源相控阵是光导微波器件迈向实用的重要途径。分析了光导微波相控阵系统原理,设计了光导微波真延时网络架构,并构建了差分真延时相控阵和考虑相位随机误差的真延时相控阵的理论模型,对影响功率合成和波束扫描的关键因素开展定量分析和仿真验证。结果表明,对于发射1 GHz信号的n×10阵列,延时均方差在10 ps以下时,指向偏差小于0.13°,峰值增益损耗小于2%;延时步进精度在10 ps以下时,指向偏差小于0.2°,峰值增益损耗小于0.03%。由此提出延时精度指标,为未来更高功率、更大规模的光导微波合成技术发展提供参考。     

一种旋转移相式高功率微波反射阵列天线

利用旋转移相技术的几何相位调控方法,提出一种基于传输相位差概念的波束扫描高功率微波反射阵列天线。电磁仿真结果表明,所设计的三叉戟形反射阵列天线单元工作于9.5～10.5 GHz,在0～40°入射角度下具有360°范围内的线性相位调控能力,真空条件下的功率容量达到1.11 GW。采用该单元设计了半径为200 mm的圆形口径反射阵列天线,并使用全波仿真软件进行验证,利用口径相位分布的可重构特性,所设计的反射阵列天线可以实现±40°范围内的波束扫描。在10 GHz时,波束扫描过程中的增益下降小于1.7 dB,最大增益达到31.1 dBi,对应口径效率为73.42%,最低口径效率超过50%,副瓣电平和轴比始终低于-18.7 dB和1.6 dB。     

伸缩式全金属反射阵列扫描天线

提出了一种伸缩式全金属反射单元,在此基础上设计了一个可用于高功率微波领域的全金属反射阵列波束扫描天线。通过反射单元的上下独立滑动,阵列中每个阵元所接收电磁波的传输路径可改变,从而实现了相控波束扫描。由电磁仿真可知,设计的反射单元能够在10～13 GHz的频带范围内实现0～360°的线性相位调节,且可在15°～40°偏馈条件下相位调节时保持高功率容量。由该型单元组成的中心工作频率为10 GHz的伸缩式全金属反射阵列扫描天线具备90°锥角范围内的二维波束扫描能力,功率容量可达5 GW/m2。同时,在波束扫描过程中,天线增益变化小于3 dB,副瓣电平低于?13 dB,最大口径效率为54.59%。     

基于宽波束磁电偶极子天线的宽角扫描线性相控阵列

设计并加工了两款基于宽波束磁电偶极子天线单元的宽角扫描线性阵列.首先,通过加载磁偶极子的方法拓展了天线单元的3-dB波束宽度.然后,基于该宽波束天线单元设计了两款具有良好宽角扫描特性的一维阵列天线.实测结果表明,天线单元的E面方向图3-dB波束宽度在9GHz—12 GHz均大于107°,H面方向图3-dB波束宽度在7GHz—12 GHz均大于178°.E面阵列中心单元的有源驻波比在9GHz—13 GHz小于2,相对阻抗带宽为36.36%.H面阵列中心单元的有源驻波比在9.6GHz—12.6 GHz小于2.5,相对阻抗带宽为27.03%.E面阵列在9GHz—12 GHz可实现±70°的有效宽角扫描.H面阵列在9GHz—GHz可实现±90°的有效宽角扫描.与传统的扫描阵列相比,设计的阵列可实现有效宽带宽角扫描,在X波段相控阵雷达方面具有广阔的应用前景.     

C/Ku波段共口径宽角度扫描相控阵天线

设计了一款具有高功率容量与宽角度扫描特性的C/Ku双频段共口径平面相控阵天线。在同一辐射口径内,相控阵天线包含有基于平面偶极子单元的C波段4×4阵列,以及基于混合零阶谐振贴片单元的Ku波段8×9阵列。所设计的相控阵天线的宽角度扫描性能归功于双频段阵元天线的宽波束辐射特性。下层混合零阶谐振贴片天线既能作为Ku波段的宽波束辐射单元,又能够为C波段的偶极子天线提供零反射相位,进而基于镜像原理拓宽偶极子天线的波束宽度。并且,对天线进行了介质埋入式设计,避免了空气击穿以提高天线系统功率容量。全波仿真结果表明,所提出的共口径相控阵天线在C和Ku双频段均实现了±45°的波束扫描,增益波动小于3 dB,天线阵列在各单元输入功率之和为1 W时功率容量达18.9 MW。     

一种波束扫描超材料天线的设计

设计了一种结合正方形和八边形环的波束扫描超材料平面反射阵列天线。相比于传统的阵列天线设计,运用了新的相位补偿方法,即通过组合反射阵列单元在介质基板的材料不同时得到的相位曲线实现0~360°的相位补偿,使得阵列单元的相位曲线不需要完全覆盖0~360°,并且采用埃尔米特插值的方式解决相位特性曲线线性度差的问题。该方法的优势是具有广泛适应性,降低了对阵列单元的设计要求。利用这种方法设计了几款单层平面反射阵列天线,仿真结果显示反射波束方向与预期设定值相符合,且副瓣与主瓣都相差至少15 dB。通过调节超材料固态等离子体激励区域的范围即改变阵列单元的谐振结构,实现了空间波束扫描,为平面反射阵列天线的设计提供了一种新思路。     

微型无刷直流电机位置系统的过程控制

为了实现机械相控阵列天线的波束扫描,采用微型无刷直流电机驱动螺旋天线单元转动来到达预定的辐射相位。设计了一种新型微型无刷直流电机位置控制系统,构建了比例滑模面-超螺旋二阶滑模控制器用于速度控制,利用结合速度剖面策略的PID控制算法实现了转动位置的中间过程控制。建立了基于Simulink的系统仿真模型,验证了方案的可行性,并构建了FPGA硬件实验平台。仿真和实验结果均表明,微型无刷直流电机驱动天线单元精确按照预设的速度剖面曲线运行,在50 ms控制周期内转动角度达到180°,中间控制过程的位置跟踪误差和平衡位置处的残余震荡误差均小于±3°。     

螺旋天线步进电机控制系统仿真及运行曲线优化

为实现机械相控阵列天线的波束扫描,采用步进电机驱动螺旋天线单元转动来达到预定的辐射相位。为了优化步进电机的开环控制,研究运行曲线对步进电机控制性能的影响,提高步进电机控制速度和精度。根据步进电机及控制系统的工作原理,建立了基于Simulink的步进电机开环控制系统仿真模型,并在此基础上对梯形和抛物线两种运行曲线进行了仿真研究。仿真结果表明,该仿真模型能精确实现两种运行曲线对步进电机的控制,在100 ms的控制周期内,采用梯形运行曲线步进电机的最大无失步转动角度能够达到270°,而采用抛物线运行曲线时其转动角度能够达到360°,抛物线运行曲线在开环控制系统中具有更高的控制速度。     

基于空间馈电的高功率波束扫描螺旋透射阵列天线设计

传统的透射式空馈阵列存在功率容量低的缺点,不能直接应用于高功率微波领域。现有的高功率空馈阵列布局不够灵活,波束扫描速度较慢,不能充分发挥空馈阵列在系统集成方面的优势。提出并设计了一种新型的采用空间馈电的螺旋辐射单元,并构建了一种透射式空馈螺旋阵列天线,通过控制单个螺旋旋转可以实现二维波束扫描,在设计上更加灵活,可根据实际应用需求调整阵列布局,符合高功率微波天线紧凑化、模块化的发展趋势。仿真设计了包含324个单元的透镜阵列,数值模拟结果表明,单元反射系数S11≤-20 dB,功率容量0.35 MW,阵列口径效率0.68,可在±45°范围内扫描,最大增益下降3 dB。     

高功率谐振式波导缝隙阵宽角扫描技术

在传统高功率缝隙波导阵列中,缝隙间的相互耦合严重影响了阵列的宽角扫描能力。以实现阵列宽角波束扫描为目标,通过分析阵列扫描特性,从提高缝隙阵元间隔离度的角度出发,提出在阵列中引入隔离栅结构,降低了阵元间耦合对阵列大角度扫描时的影响。在此基础上,设计了基于波导窄边斜缝的谐振式阵列天线,采用电磁仿真软件优化阵列。数值模拟结果表明,未采取措施前阵列的最大扫描范围为±34°,引入隔离栅后扫描范围可扩大至±45°,波导端口S₁₁≤?10 dB,增益仅下降了2.3 dB,单根缝隙波导功率容量达330 MW,有应用于高功率微波领域的潜质。     

瞬态波位移场计算方法在相控阵声场模拟中的实验验证

通过实验研究了声束偏转不同角度和声场半径变化时线性相控阵的声场特性,并与基于瞬态波位移解析解的相控阵声场计算方法得到的理论结果进行了对比。首先研究了基于半圆圆弧离面瞬态位移的声场计算方法,并进行了数值计算可靠性的优化。然后建立了一套相控阵瞬态波位移场的测量系统,以半圆形钢板为试件,纵波传感器为接收传感器,测量了偏转角度为-10°,-30°,-50°,-70°,及声场半径为50 mm,75 mm,100 mm和125 mm时线性超声相控阵的声束指向性;同时以基于瞬态波位移解析解的相控阵声场计算方法,计算了相同条件下该相控阵的声束指向性。最后将实验结果与理论结果进行了对比,取得了较好的一致。说明基于瞬态波位移的相控阵声场计算方法可以较好地计算线阵的声场,对于声束偏转较大角度和声场半径变化时也同样有效。      

A Novel Implementation Technique of Conical Scan Radar Using A Programmable Phased Array

In radar, planar phased array antenna plays vital role in electronic scanning in the azimuth and elevation direction to the horizon. In most operations using planar phased array both the coordinates of azimuth and elevation, are steered electronically. In this paper a conceptual schematic of a phased array antenna with programmable time delay units has been presented. It is shown that by suitably exploiting the time delay matrix one can have electronic beam rotation around the target axis as required in conical scan. Thus both the elevation and azimuth motors in conical scan system are replaced by electronic scanning. Heuristically, we have selected eight consecutive points for beam rotation in a polygon shape and can also be extended almost circular shape by increasing number of array elements and phase shifter (delays) in the delay matrix. The array requires dual control of phase gradient and individual phase values. The whole array is controlled by micro-controller. This presents exciting possibilities in radar operation.     

The penetration of highly directional acoustic beams into sediments

A planar array of seven hydrophones buried in a sand sediment was used to study the propagation of 20 kHz sound waves through a water/sediment interface. Two different sources were used: one a parametric source with a beamwidth near 2°, and the other a linear source with a beamwidth near 10°. Measurements were made with each source at four grazing angles between 14° and 78°. It was found that at low grazing angles the behavior of the wave produced by the parametric source departed significantly from the prediction of plane wave theory for a lossy sediment. When the parametric source was used, the wave fronts penetrated more steeply into the sediment and the attenuation with depth was less than predicted by plane wave theory. It was observed experimentally that near the critical grazing angle the narrow acoustic beam is displaced along the interface before entering the sediment.     

Ka-band E-plane Beam Steering/Shaping Phased Array System Using Antipodal Elliptically-tapered Slot Antenna

In this letter, we present a Ka-band 8-element E-plane beam steering/shaping phased antenna array (PAA) using antipodal elliptically tapered slot antenna (AETSA). The power feeding network, phase shifter and antenna element were fabricated on a single low cost PCB substrate to avoid the extra loss caused by connection of different circuit pieces and for easier integration and easier fabrication. The system achieved wide scanning angle, which is from −21° to +24° and the 3 dB beamwidth is widened by 10°, the latter being the requirement for plasma imaging application.     

7Li(α,n)10B differential cross-section measurements from threshold to Eα = 5.1 MeV

Differential cross sections for the ⁷Li(α, n)¹⁰B reaction have been measured at lab angles of 0°, 20°, 31°, 50°, 60°, 70°, 80°, 90°, 100° and 114° for α-particle energies between 4.385 and 5.1 MeV. A thick natural lithium target was bombarded with a 5.2 MeV, nanosecond-pulsed ⁴He⁺ beam and neutron velocity spectra at each angle were measured by time-of-flight techniques. These data have been converted to cross sections at 10 keV intervals in α-particle energy. Angular distributions have been fitted with a series of Legendre polynomials. Angle-integrated cross sections, the 0° excitation function, and angular distributions are compared to past measurements and R-matrix calculations.     

高增益宽带圆极化Vivaldi天线阵的设计

提出了一种由新型Vivaldi天线单元构成的22十字交叉圆极化天线阵。Vivaldi天线单元采用边缘渐变对拓的锯齿结构,提高了天线在4.7～7.0 GHz频带内的增益,其反射系数低于-10 dB的带宽为2.4～11.0 GHz,具有超宽带线极化特性。圆极化天线阵测量结果显示,在4.5～7.0 GHz频带范围内,其轴比均低于3 dB,且整个频带范围内增益达11～13 dBi。     

Circular polarized electronically-controlled antenna array based on CRLH-TL

In this paper, a circular polarized electronically-controlled scanning microstrip antenna array is designed, which is based on composite right left-handed transmission line (CRLH TL) and is realized by varactor diodes. Proposed electronically-controlled antenna arrays till now are always linear-polarized as the axial ratio (AR) may be spoiled by the DC feed line, especially in the CRLH TL based case. A more separated CRLH TL integrated with active lumped elements is utilized to solve the problem. The antenna array is composed of the CRLH microstrip transmission line structure and circular polarized microstrip antenna. The direction of the main lobe varies from ?1° to ?20 ° by continuously modifying the varactor diodes bias voltages from 0 to 20 V with 5 V as a step. The AR remains below 3 dB in the scanning range. The simulation and experimental results show a good consistence.     

宽波束双馈源超宽带抛物面天线设计与仿真

 针对单馈源超宽带抛物面天线波束较窄的问题，设计了一种宽波束双馈源超宽带抛物面天线。该抛物面天线是由一个普通的抛物面从中间对称分式，并在中间以平板连接而成的。馈源采用改进型平面TEM喇叭天线，同轴垂直馈电方式。两个馈源分别置于抛物面的两个焦点上。并利用时域有限差分数值方法分析了该天线的辐射性能。通过改变抛物面的结构，调节双馈源与天线主轴的夹角等方法可以有效改善天线的辐射性能。结果表明，所设计的宽波束双馈源抛物面天线可以在远区更宽的空间上形成峰值功率比较均匀的电磁脉冲，在不降低峰值功率的前提下有效地增加了波束的宽度；在抛物面天线两边进行少量切割不会对辐射场产生明显影响，节省了空间。     

Design and Simulation of a Wide-Beam High-Power Parabolic Antenna with Dual-Source

For resolving the essential problem that the beam is too narrow in the application of the high-power UWB (Ultra-Wideband) antenna with single-source, a novel wide-beam high-power parabolic antenna with dual-source has been designed, and the edge of the paraboloid was cut in order to reduce the size of the antenna. Radiation properties of this proposed antenna are studied with finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) numerical method. The radiation properties of the proposed antenna can be improved by changing the structure of the parabolic antenna and adjusting the angle between the source and the axis of the antenna. The result shows that the beam-width has been improved significantly under the precondition of maintaining the peak power, and also the size of the antenna was minished by cutting the edge of the paraboloid.     

A novel wavelength switchable fiber laser source and its application in photonics beamforming for optically controlled phased array antenna

A novel wavelength-switchable fiber laser source that can individually scan 14 required wavelengths within 40 ms, and its application in photonics true time delay beamforming is presented in this paper. The laser source is constructed using a unidirectional fiber ring cavity, a tunable fiber Fabry–Perot filter and two cascaded sampled fiber Bragg gratings with the wavelength spacing of 1.6 nm. A five-channel true-time-delay system using the proposed fiber laser source cooperating with a single-mode fiber and four chirped-grating-based is constructed and demonstrated for the application of phased array antenna beam steering. Continuous beam steering at the microwave frequency up to 20 GHz has been achieved. PACS 42.55.Wd; 42.81.Wg; 84.40.Ba