A compact wideband microstrip array antenna with a squint beam is introduced without the matched load. Its measured beam is at 10° offset to the broadside with a measured gain of 12 dB at 10 GHz. The measured imp...A compact wideband microstrip array antenna with a squint beam is introduced without the matched load. Its measured beam is at 10° offset to the broadside with a measured gain of 12 dB at 10 GHz. The measured impedance bandwidth (voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR)≤2) is over 16%, which agrees well with the simulated one. It is a low-cost wideband design with compact simple structure, suited for military and commercial application.展开更多
An ultra-massive phased array can be deployed in high-throughput millimeter-wave(mmWave)communication systems to increase the transmission distance.However,when the signal bandwidth is large,the antenna array response...An ultra-massive phased array can be deployed in high-throughput millimeter-wave(mmWave)communication systems to increase the transmission distance.However,when the signal bandwidth is large,the antenna array response changes with the frequency,causing beam squint.In this paper,we investigate the beam squint effect on a high-throughput mmWave communication system with the single-carrier frequency-domain equalization transmission scheme.Specifically,we first view analog beamforming and the physical channel as a spatial equivalent channel.The characteristics of the spatial equivalent channel are analyzed which behaves like frequency-selective fading.To eliminate the deep fading points in the spatial equivalent channel,an advanced analog beamforming method is proposed based on the Zadoff-Chu(ZC)sequence.Then,the low-complexity linear zero-forcing and minimum mean squared error equalizers are considered at the receiver.Simulation results indicate that the proposed ZC-based analog beamforming method can effectively mitigate the performance loss by the beam squint.展开更多
A well-designed reflector surface with high beam pointing accuracy in electromagnetic performance is of practical significance to the space application of cable mesh reflector antennas. As for space requirements, cir-...A well-designed reflector surface with high beam pointing accuracy in electromagnetic performance is of practical significance to the space application of cable mesh reflector antennas. As for space requirements, cir- cular polarizations are widely used in spaceborne antennas, which usually lead to a beam shift for offset reflectors and influence the beam pointing accuracy. A two-step structural design procedure is proposed to overcome the beam squint phenomenon for high beam pointing accuracy design of circularly polarized offset cable mesh reflectors. A simple structural optimal design and an integrated structural electromagnetic optimization are combined to alleviate the beam squint effect of circular polarizations. It is imple- mented by cable pretension design and adjustment to shape the offset cable mesh surface. Besides, in order to increase the efficiency of integrated optimization, an update Broy- den-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (BFGS) Hessian matrix is employed in the optimization iteration with sequential quadratic programming. A circularly polarized offset cable mesh reflector is utilized to show the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed procedure. A high beam pointing accuracy in order of 0.0001~ of electromagnetic performance is achieved.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.60871030)the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (Grant No.S30108)
文摘A compact wideband microstrip array antenna with a squint beam is introduced without the matched load. Its measured beam is at 10° offset to the broadside with a measured gain of 12 dB at 10 GHz. The measured impedance bandwidth (voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR)≤2) is over 16%, which agrees well with the simulated one. It is a low-cost wideband design with compact simple structure, suited for military and commercial application.
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2020YFB1805001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61831004)the Defense Industrial Technology Development Program,China(No.JCKY2016204A603)。
文摘An ultra-massive phased array can be deployed in high-throughput millimeter-wave(mmWave)communication systems to increase the transmission distance.However,when the signal bandwidth is large,the antenna array response changes with the frequency,causing beam squint.In this paper,we investigate the beam squint effect on a high-throughput mmWave communication system with the single-carrier frequency-domain equalization transmission scheme.Specifically,we first view analog beamforming and the physical channel as a spatial equivalent channel.The characteristics of the spatial equivalent channel are analyzed which behaves like frequency-selective fading.To eliminate the deep fading points in the spatial equivalent channel,an advanced analog beamforming method is proposed based on the Zadoff-Chu(ZC)sequence.Then,the low-complexity linear zero-forcing and minimum mean squared error equalizers are considered at the receiver.Simulation results indicate that the proposed ZC-based analog beamforming method can effectively mitigate the performance loss by the beam squint.
文摘A well-designed reflector surface with high beam pointing accuracy in electromagnetic performance is of practical significance to the space application of cable mesh reflector antennas. As for space requirements, cir- cular polarizations are widely used in spaceborne antennas, which usually lead to a beam shift for offset reflectors and influence the beam pointing accuracy. A two-step structural design procedure is proposed to overcome the beam squint phenomenon for high beam pointing accuracy design of circularly polarized offset cable mesh reflectors. A simple structural optimal design and an integrated structural electromagnetic optimization are combined to alleviate the beam squint effect of circular polarizations. It is imple- mented by cable pretension design and adjustment to shape the offset cable mesh surface. Besides, in order to increase the efficiency of integrated optimization, an update Broy- den-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno (BFGS) Hessian matrix is employed in the optimization iteration with sequential quadratic programming. A circularly polarized offset cable mesh reflector is utilized to show the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed procedure. A high beam pointing accuracy in order of 0.0001~ of electromagnetic performance is achieved.