基于电磁带隙结构的共形阵列互耦抑制方法

在共形天线阵列结构中,表面波是互耦的重要来源,本文利用电磁带隙结构对共形天线阵中的表面波进行抑制,研究了共形条件下的电磁带隙结构,并将其应用到共形天线阵列中,有效抑制了天线单元间的互耦.     

未知互耦条件下混合信号波达方向估计

阵列天线互耦对导向矢量的扰动以及信号相干性对数据协方差矩阵造成的秩损,使得基于子空间正交性原理的超分辨波达方向估计(Direction-of-Arrival,DOA)算法性能恶化,甚至失效。针对这一问题,提出一种在相干与非相干信号混合状态下无需阵列互耦补偿的特征矢量平滑DOA估计算法。该算法对部分阵元接收数据的协方差矩阵特征分解,将得到的特征矢量平滑处理后构造等效协方差矩阵,抑制阵列互耦影响的同时完成混合信号DOA估计。在阵列互耦和信号相干性均未知的条件下,正确估计了信号DOA,无需互耦参数估计或补偿。计算机仿真结果验证了算法的有效性。     

裂缝行波线阵天线设计与实践

介绍了矩形波导宽边纵向裂缝行波阵列分析设计公式, 计入了裂缝单元关于波导内部与外部之间的互耦效应; 给出了裂缝单元在波导宽边中心线一侧排列和裂缝单元在矩形薄波导的宽边中心线交错排列的线阵的设计与实验结果; 详细讨论了阵列终端接匹配负载和短路状态下天线方向图和输入端匹配状态。理论数值计算与实验结果吻合     

星载DBF接收天线误差校正算法

 提出了一种改进的基于子空间的星载数字波束形成（DBF）接收天线的误差校正方法。根据阵列互耦效应主要取决于阵元间的几何距离这一特点,利用阵元空间排布的对称性简化了天线的互耦模型,将天线的互耦效应及射频(RF)通道失配统一为通道间的幅相不一致。通过在基带注入特定的阵内相位差降低了子空间算法的计算复杂度。在建立7单元正六边形平面阵仿真模型的基础上,分析不同信噪比(SNR)环境下校正算法的性能,经比较得出可以通过提高发射信号功率改善误差估计的精度,验证了算法的有效性。仿真分析结果表明该算法在卫星通信系统中有一定的工程应用价值。     

用于非线性有源天线的耦合锁相环特性分析

为实现非线性有源天线阵波束扫描,研究了互耦锁相环(PLL)的基本特性。通过对互耦PLL的相位动力学方程的稳定性进行分析,建立了具有延时的阵列模型;通过调节环路延时,互耦PLL不同的非线性动力学特性;采用四单元的耦合锁相环阵列实验电路对理论分析进行了验证,从而提出了在设计基于耦合锁相环的非线性有源天线时,必须对环路延时进行控制,防止环路出现振荡和混沌现象。     

一种宽带阵列幅相与互耦误差联合校正算法

宽带数字阵列雷达接收通道中存在随频率变化的幅相误差和互耦误差,会严重影响雷达性能。针对这一问题,提出了一种宽带数字阵列幅相与互耦误差联合校正算法。首先选取通带内多个离散频点,对于每个频点,将幅相误差和互耦误差作为一个整体,采用基于子空间原理的窄带校正算法估计其阵列失真参数,并计算校正矩阵;然后将其组合起来,构成频域离散校正矩阵;最后基于最小二乘准则,设计了宽带有限长脉冲响应(FIR)校正滤波器矩阵。利用该矩阵,可实现通带范围内任意带宽入射信号的校正。计算机仿真实验验证了该算法的有效性。对实测数据的处理结果表明该算法在宽带数字阵列雷达系统中具有实用价值。     

互耦影响下天线电参数的测量

针对天线测量中的互耦影响，提出了一种计量方法；推导出一组用于互耦影响下测量天线增益、雷达散射截面等电参数的计算公式，定义了互耦因子。     

平滑重构稀疏贝叶斯学习测向算法

针对二级嵌套阵列中的紧凑阵元结构易受互耦效应影响的问题,提出了两种不同的嵌套阵列结构改进方法：连续平移嵌套阵列和间隔平移嵌套阵列。通过对原有二级嵌套阵列阵元位置进行调整,形成了两种不同的平移嵌套阵列结构,这两种结构对应的差分共阵均"无孔",并且测向自由度和阵列稀疏度均大于原二级嵌套阵列。针对嵌套阵列的差分共阵测向模型为单测量矢量模型,稀疏贝叶斯学习测向算法复杂度高的问题,提出了平滑重构稀疏贝叶斯学习算法。该算法通过空间平滑重构将单测量矢量模型变为多测量矢量模型,降低了观测矩阵的维度,减小了计算复杂度。算法求解时,通过对变换后的观测矩阵进行奇异值分解,进一步降低了观测矩阵维度,利用稀疏贝叶斯学习算法估计辐射源角度。仿真表明,在信噪比和采样数相同的条件下,该算法收敛速度比单测量矢量稀疏贝叶斯学习（SMV-SBL）算法快,且测向精度高于SMV-SBL算法和空间平滑多重信号分类（MUSIC）算法;存在互耦影响时,两种平移嵌套阵列比原嵌套阵列受互耦影响小。     

超宽带电磁脉冲天线阵互耦效应研究

将超宽带电磁脉冲天线组阵后可提高主射方向的峰值功率及增益。但由于非线性阵元因素,必须考虑阵元间互耦效应。以恒阻抗TEM喇叭天线为阵元,通过仿真和实验研究了超宽带天线阵的互耦效应,研究表明,耦合强弱与阵元间距及频段有关,互耦增强了超宽带天线阵的低频辐射能力,使远场主射方向脉冲峰峰值有所增加。上述结论对于超宽带电磁脉冲天线阵的应用具有参考价值。     

共形阵列天线单元极化形式的优化设计

由于共形载体曲率的影响,共形阵列天线的阵列流形具有多极化特性.为了利用共形天线阵列流形的多极化特性,提升阵列对空间目标参数的估计性能,将天线单元的极化参数引入到导向矢量建模中.更加完整地论述了共形天线阵列流形的特点.在此基础上.建立了优化设计天线单元极化形式的目标函数,基于交替优化思想.给出了共形阵列中各天线单元最优极...     

Effects of mutual coupling on the performance of STAP antennaarrays

The effect of mutual coupling on the performance of space-time adaptive processing (STAP) antenna arrays is investigated. A signal model that includes the effects of mutual coupling is derived and used to compute the optimum solution for the fully adaptive and a variety of partially adaptive algorithms. The simulations indicate that if the mutual coupling is not properly accounted for there is significant degradation of the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR). In addition, the clutter notch is widened resulting in a larger minimum detectable velocity (MDV) of the target. When the mutual coupling is properly accounted for, the performance can be restored to the ideal level. However, STAP algorithms, in general, are very sensitive to errors in the mutual coupling matrix, requiring a very complete knowledge of this matrix for good performance. Of all the algorithms considered here, beam space algorithms appear to be the most robust with respect to uncertainties in the mutual coupling matrix     

Azimuth/elevation direction finding using regular array geometries

The authors consider the problem of extending the estimation of signal parameters via rotational invariance techniques (ESPRIT) algorithm for multiple source, cochannel direction finding to the two-dimensional case (e.g., azimuth and elevation angle estimation). Two algorithms are presented, one based on the optimal (minimal variance) subspace fitting formulation of ESPRIT, and the other based on an approximation to it. The algorithms are applicable to antenna arrays composed of identical subarrays displaced in two dimensions, such as uniform rectangular phased arrays. Simulation results illustrating the relative performance of the algorithms are also presented     

基于仿生原理的超角分辨天线阵设计

以昆虫的声波超分辨定位原理为基础,提出了对应的电小仿生天线阵系统,增强了电小天线阵的角度分辨能力。在具体设计过程中,运用奇偶模分析方法,推导出在不损失功率的条件下,相位差放大因子与天线阵元的阻抗和互耦之间的约束关系,与此同时提出了可获得更大相位差放大因子的设计方法。以此理论为基础,设计了一个二元电小天线阵,仿真并测试了其角度分辨性能,测试结果与理论分析一致,有力地验证了仿生天线阵理论的正确性与设计方法的有效性。     

Mutual coupling effects and their reduction in wideband directionof arrival estimation

The performance of multiple signal classification (MUSIC) algorithm using three different inputs over a wideband of frequencies is considered. These inputs are: 1) ideal voltages, 2) actual voltages which include coupling effects and are obtained with the method or moments, and 3) corrected voltages which are obtained from the actual voltages so that the mutual coupling effects are removed. Linear arrays of dipoles, sleeve dipoles, and spiral antennas are considered over 200 MHz to 400 MHz band     

Source localization using a non-cocentered orthogonal loop and dipole （NCOLD） array

A uniform array of scalar-sensors with intersensor spacings over a large aperture size generally offers enhanced resolution and source localization accuracy,but it may also lead to cyclic ambiguity.By exploiting the polarization information of impinging waves,an electromagnetic vector-sensor array outperforms the unpolarized scalar-sensor array in resolving this cyclic ambiguity.However,the electromagnetic vector-sensor array usually consists of cocentered orthogonal loops and dipoles（COLD）,which is easily subjected to mutual coupling across these cocentered dipoles/loops.As a result,the source localization performance of the COLD array may substantially degrade rather than being improved.This paper proposes a new source localization method with a non-cocentered orthogonal loop and dipole（NCOLD）array.The NCOLD array contains only one dipole or loop on each array grid,and the intersensor spacings are larger than a half-wavelength.Therefore,unlike the COLD array,these well separated dipoles/loops minimize the mutual coupling effects and extend the spatial aperture as well.With the NCOLD array,the proposed method can effciently exploit the polarization information to offer high localization precision.     

基于噪声匹配的有源接收天线设计

为了提高接收天线的增益和灵敏度,采用将天线与低噪声放大器集成到一起设计的方案,将天线的输出阻抗作为放大器的源阻抗,省略了天线与放大器之间的阻抗匹配网络。通过调节天线馈电系统的尺寸调节天线阻抗,使其等于放大器的最佳源阻抗。利用HFSS仿真软件计算天线的辐射特性及阻抗,用ADS Designer软件对低噪声放大器进行优化设计。利用2SC5507晶体管设计了一个工作于2．0GHz的与低噪声放大器集成在一起的缝隙耦合微带天线,所设计的噪声系数为1．664dB,放大器增益为16．75dB。     

DOA estimation under unknown mutual coupling and multipath

We propose a new method for direction of arrival (DOA) estimation in the presence of multipath propagation and mutual coupling for a frequency hopping (FH) system. With the use of pilot symbols and assuming perfect time-frequency synchronization for a linear array, we take mutual coupling and multipath propagation into account, and derive a maximum likelihood (ML) estimator for both the mutual coupling matrix and DOA estimation. We then formulate an iterative alternating minimization (AM) algorithm for finding the mutual coupling and DOA parameters in an alternate manner. Simulation results illustrating the performance of the algorithm and comparison with the Cramer-Rao bound (CRB) are also presented.     

Performance analysis of conformal conical arrays for airborne vehicles

Conformal array apertures have great potential for providing high performance, low weight systems with little or no impact to the aerodynamic design of the air vehicle. A performance analysis of conformal conical arrays for a national airborne radar application is presented. The conical array geometry is chosen for its similarity to an aircraft or missile nosecone. Performance capabilities are analyzed for a number of antenna performance parameters including scan volume, sidelobe levels, grating lobes, beamwidth, directivity, element count, and cross-polarization