Ukraine institute of radio astronomy high-resolution radars

A review is given of recent activities undertaken in the Institute of Radio Astronomy of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for the development of high-resolution radars. The radars developed include 95- and 36-GHz cloud radars and an airborne, Ku-band SAR radar system. They are capable to perform real-time, high-resolution measurements. The set-up of these instruments, the novel technical solutions, and the signal processing technique introduced are discussed. The results obtained with such instruments during measurement campaigns are presented as well.     

一种基于TDDM裂谱信号的解模糊位搜索法

时分数据调制(TDDM)裂谱信号作为一种新调制信号,具有独有的电文翻转位模糊特性,导致了采用通常的搜索方法无法正确输出电文的现象。针对TDDM裂谱信号特性以及现有搜索方法的不足,提出了一种解模糊位搜索法。该方法主要分为合路快捕及解模糊位判决两个阶段。其合路快捕阶段,不但可以快速缩小搜索范围,而且可以避免由扩频方式而引起的漏捕现象;解模糊位判决阶段,可以去除电文翻转位的模糊度,正确输出电文的翻转位置。在理论推导的基础上,从性能及信噪比容限角度进行了仿真测试,测试结果表明,解模糊位搜索法对TDDM裂谱信号的电文翻转位判决精度可以达到100%。     

微型计算机数据采集与处理的小型系统

介绍了一种利用微型计算机进行数据采集与处理的小型系统。文中对系统的硬件配置，性能和特点以及软件的编制原则，方法和应用细节等，均作了简要说明。最后，列举了常规数据和高频动态信号的采集，处理结果实例。本文对于科学实验与工业上的信号检测研究提供了参考。     

Impact of GPS Acquisition Strategy on Decision Probabilities

The first stage of processing within a GPS receiver consists of the signal acquisition process, the output of which provides a rough estimation of code delay and Doppler frequency. The strong dependence of the acquisition performance on the decision strategy is shown, establishing the role of decision probabilities. Three acquisition strategies are analyzed and a new model describing the performance of a hybrid acquisition system is developed. The theoretical models are validated by simulations, and secondary phenomena, generally neglected in the literature, are also discussed.     

Optimal Target t Designation Techniques

Studies of signal processing techniques are presented for achieving optimal autonomous acquisition of stationary targets located in a moderately intense nonhomogeneous radar ground clutter background. The process of target acquisition comprises three basic functions: 1) target detection, 2) target selection or designation, and 3) reacquiring the target for tracking. It is the second of these functions, i.e., autonomous designation of a target, that is the subject of this discussion. Theoretical analyses and predictions of the probability of correct target designation for two acquisition search methods are presented and compared with results achieved using real radar imagery.     

ATS-6 Technical Aspects of the Health/Education Telecommunications Experiment

The Health/Education Telecommunications (HET) Experiment involved six different experiments conducted under the auspices of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) with technical assistance from NASA. The HET Experiment on ATS-6 was operated and controlled from a network coordination center in Denver, Colo., which included a 4-and 6-GHz Earth station. The HET Experiment used remote Earth terminals with 3-m-diameter dishes having a 35 dB gain at 2.5 GHz. In addition, comprehensive terminals operating at both C-band and S-band were used for communications with Alaska. The total network involved a complex of satellite and land links at C-band, S-band, and very high frequency (VHF), using the ATS-1, ATS-3, and ATS-6 satellites. The network performance exceeded expectations with remote terminal operations exhibiting a peak-to-peak signal to weighted rms noise ratio of 49 dB at least 99 percent of the time. The remote site operators performed well and were well motivated although they had little previous technical experience.     

Design and implementation of near-field, wideband synthetic aperture beamformers

A coarray-based near-field, wideband synthetic aperture beamformer using stepped-frequency signal synthesis and post-data acquisition processing is presented. While coarray techniques offer significant reduction in the number of array elements for a given angular resolution, the hybrid subarray-stepped frequency realization of wideband systems simplifies implementations and offers flexibility in beamforming. Proof of concept is provided using real data collected in an anechoic chamber for several pulse shapes and array weightings.     

FPGA在高性能数据采集系统中的应用

设计了以FPGA(现场可编程门阵列)为核心逻辑控制模块的高性能数据采集系统，该系统除了可完成24路最大采样频率为100kHz(精度16位)的模拟信号采集和8路宽范围频率信号采集，还具有较强的数字信号处理能力和一定的容错、自检功能。FPGA模块采用VHDL语言设计，在MAX PLUSII集成环境中进行软件设计和系统仿真，本文给出了FPGA主要功能模块的仿真图形。     

一种低复杂度的极低信噪比高动态信号载波粗捕获算法

 针对传统的时域匹配平均周期图算法计算复杂度高的问题,对极低信噪比高动态信号的载波粗捕获算法进行了研究,提出了一种改进的带有补零的频域移位平均周期图算法。该算法采用多速率频域移位运算简化了多支路多普勒变化率匹配,与原算法相比,其计算复杂度降低倍数为匹配支路数与补零倍数之比,捕获性能几乎不损失。给出了算法中影响捕获性能与计算复杂度的关键参数设计方法。在信噪比(SNR)为－41 dB(载噪比C/N₀=18 dBHz)、载波多普勒频偏为－300～300 kHz、多普勒变化率为－800～800 Hz/s、码速率为20 bps条件下对两种算法进行了仿真,结果表明在基本满足后级载波跟踪需求条件下,即频偏精度均达±12 Hz时,多普勒变化率精度均达±25 Hz/s,捕获概率都在90%以上时,改进算法捕获时间比原算法增加了8%,计算复杂度降低了70%。     

ETS-II Experiments Part IV: Characteristics of Millimeter and Centimeter Wavelength Propagation

Preliminary results of the ETS-II millimeter and centimeter wavelength propagation experiments are presented based on data collected over one year. Rain attenuation is discussed primarily from the statistical point of view. At 34.5 GHz attenuation in excess of 5, 10, and 19.5 dB were observed 1, 0.3, and 0.1 percent of the test time (5500 hr), respectively. At 11.5 GHz attenuation in excess of 2.5, 4.3, 6.3, 10, and 15.5 dB were observed 0.1, 0.03, 0.01, 0.003, and 0.001 percent of the test time, respectively. Duration time of attenuation is also examined for the benefit of a link design. The longest duration of attenuation of the 34.5-GHz wave exceeding 5 dB was about 150 min. At 11.5 GHz, the longest duration of attenuation in excess of 3 dB, was 60 min and that in excess of 6 dB was 10 min. Rain attenuation is discussed also with relation to the radar and the rain gauge data. Depolarization data of 34.5-GHz and 11.5-GHz waves are orocessed statistically, and it is shown that cross-polarization discriminations in excess of 21.5 dB and 29 dB are observed 0.1 percent of the test time at 34.5 GHz and 11.5 GHz, respectively.     

适用于BOC(m,n)信号的无模糊捕获技术

针对二进制偏移载波(BOC)调制信号自相关多峰特性引起的信号捕获模糊性问题,提出了一种子相关相乘边峰消除技术(CMSCT)。根据BOC子相关函数的特性,通过将不同子相关函数相乘获得边峰消除能力,并且为了充分利用接收信号,进一步提高捕获性能,提出了相应的优化算法。分析对比了提出算法的实现复杂度和基于恒虚警率准则的峰值发现概率,对Galileo E1C中频采样信号的处理结果表明:提出的边峰消除方法有效解决了捕获模糊性问题。     

ATS-6 Millimeter Wave Propagation and Communications Experiments at 20 and 30 GHz

The Applications Technology Satellite (ATS-6) Millimeter Wave Experiment, developed and implemented by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, has provided the first direct measurements of 20-and 30-GHz Earth-space links from an orbiting satellite. Studies at eleven locations in the continental United States were directed at an evaluation of rain attenuation effects, scintillations, depolarization, site diversity, coherence bandwidth, and analog and digital communications techniques In addition to direct measurements on the 20-and 30-GHz links, methods of attenuation prediction with radars, rain gauges, and radiometers were developed and compared with the directly measured attenuation. This paper presents a review of the major results of the first year of measurements with ATS-6, with emphasis on the impact of the measurements on millimeter wave space systems design.     

Additional Measurements on Pit Shielding for Communications Satellite Earth Stations

This correspondence reports measurements taken in both the 4- and 6-GHz frequency bands of the protection afforded a pit-shielded Earth-station antenna. The measurement program described is an expansion of a previous one and was designed to determine the effects of artificial site shielding for a range of satellite locations rather than a single position.     

发动机振动诊断及振源分析法

近几年来,现役某小型战斗机已有十多架次因飞行员反映空中振动大而停飞。由于没有空测手段,无法作出确切判断,致使有的飞机停飞长达一年之久,直接影响部队飞行训练。为此,研制了“机载振动数据采集系统”及“地面分析设备”和提出了空中振动大的故障诊断及振源分析方法与诊断程序。(1)为研究解决空中振动大的故障提供检测手段、定量数据和分析方法;(2)为处理因反映空中振动大而停飞问题提供科学依据;(3)对保证飞行安全和提高飞机良好率有直接作用;(4)可推广到其它现役机种的振动监控和振动诊断,也可应用于新机试飞,以便评定空中振动品质。      

GPS软件接收机的捕获与跟踪算法

研究了GPS软件接收机的捕获与跟踪算法。分析了时域串行滑动相关捕获算法和频域基于FFT的并行相关捕获算法,设计了适合GPS软件接收机的并行算法,实现了对空中可见卫星的捕获。针对GPS信号的特点,设计了基于DLL与PLL相结合方法的GPS跟踪算法。利用实测中频信号对上述捕获与跟踪算法进行了验证分析,测试结果表明,基于FFT的并行相关捕获算法能够有效增强软件接收机的捕获能力,采用DLL与PLL相结合的方法能够实现对GPS信号的有效跟踪。     

振动结构的多输入/多输出实时辨识控制与试验研究

发展了一种多输入/多输出、具有实时辨识和控制能力的自适应控制方法和控制系统,并将其应用于某自由-自由结构的振动控制。采用最小均方算法统一处理系统的实时辨识与控制问题,在没有任何受控结构特征信息的情况下,实现了对结构振动的自适应控制。控制系统由TMS320C30数字信号处理器和多通道数据采集卡构成,辨识与控制方法由TMS320C30数字信号处理器实现。对周期激励,在激励信号恒频率/恒振幅、变频率、变振幅时,受控结构的振动显著减小,各传感器测得加速度的平方和为无控时的1%或更小。     

AD598的RVDT数据采集系统校准方法研究及分析

RVDT(Rotary Variable Differential Transformer)数据采集系统广泛应用于民用航空领域飞行控制系统功能的研究及测试。RVDT将机械位移信号转换成电信号。数据采集系统接收RVDT输出的差分信号,将信号调理、转化并计算后显示。分析了基于AD598的RVDT数据采集系统的校准方法,并对系统的不确定度来源及分析方法进行了介绍。     

Recent progress in satellite radio beacon studies with particular emphasis on the ATS-6 radio beacon experiment

In May 1974 a new era in satellite radio beacon studies of the ionosphere opened with the ATS-6 Radio Beacon Experiment. The history of radio beacon studies up to that time is reviewed briefly and the particular features of the ATS-6 beacon are discussed together with the basic theory required to interpret the measurements. The main emphasis is on the ATS-6 beacon experiment but other beacon data are discussed which provide the necessary background. The diurnal and seasonal variations of the total electron content and the plasmaspheric content are presented for the U.S.A. and Europe. In winter the plasmaspheric content over the Western Hemisphere maximizes at night while in Europe and the Pacific it appears to peak near noon. This is thought to be caused by flow of plasma from the local and conjugate ionospheres. Night maxima of total electron content are found showing that they do not arise from depletions of the plasmaspheric content. The plasmaspheric content is highly sensitive to solarterrestrial disturbance, it reaches a minimum on the third day of a storm and may take between 10 and 20 days of partial filling and emptying to recover. Traveling disturbances in U.S.A., Europe, and India show similarities of speeds but not of direction. Beacon observations of micropulsations in total content, tropospheric fluctuations and Fresnel diffraction by intense ionospheric irregularities are discussed together with radio wave scintillations and some applications of beacon radio data to communications and navigation.     

航空发动机试车数据采集与处理系统

本文介绍一个以微型计算机为中心的试车数据采集与处理系统。该系统具有稳态和动态采集与处理的双重功能。系统使用高速采集硬件,用PL/M语言编写采集和处理程序,采集速度达5000次/秒以上。稳态压力采集使用自行研制的计算机控制扫描阀,并运用了实时校准技术。温度信号的线性化处理使用变权自动分段多项式拟合法求出的热电偶回归方程。系统硬件采取了一系列抗干扰措施,程序中安排了软件滤波。为保证试车安全,采取了计算机报警。     

军用飞机DSI数据采集系统的设计

由于军用飞机航空电子动态仿真与综合(DSI)系统所使用的固定采集周期的数据采集方法限定了采集速度,同时还影响到数据实时采集性能,针对该问题本文提出军用飞机DSI数据采集系统的设计方案.该方案的硬件结构基于MAX1308型AD转换器、DIO-144型采集卡,并设计了接口关系.系统的软件采用事件确认收发应答机制,并能确保在...