星载低剖面一维相扫缝隙阵天线设计

doi:10.12305/j.issn.1001-506X.2024.10.06

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Aiming at the application of satellite-borne phased array radar, a low-profile lightweight one-dimensional phased scanning slot array antenna operating in Ku band is proposed. The antenna is based on radio frequenly-digital-power integration design, and system in package (SiP) chips are used to achieve high-density structural integration. Compared with the traditional phased array antennas based on brick or tile transmit/receive (T/R) modules, the proposed antenna design can effectively reduced the height and weight of the antenna profile. The central working frequency of the antenna is 16 GHz, with a working bandwidth of 600 MHz, which can realize one-dimensional beam scanning. In addition, a self-calibration network is designed, which can be used for real-time detection of the amplitude and phase characteristics of the radio frequency channel in orbit. The measurement results of the prototype show that the scanning angle of the antenna can reach ±30°, and the testing result of effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP) and gain-to-noise temperature ratio (G/T) values are consistent with the theoretical calculation values.

Key words: satellite-borne, low-profile, slot array antenna, high-density integration, phased array antenna

CLC Number:

TN82

Bo CHEN, Wei WANG, Juan LIU, Jianmin JI. Design of satellite-borne low-profile one-dimensional phased scanning slot array antenna[J]. Systems Engineering and Electronics, 2024, 46(10): 3285-3292.

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器件	输入/dBm	增益/dB	输出/dBm
连接器	-30.0	-0.5	-30.5
前端芯片	-30.5	23.0	-7.5
微带线	-7.5	-0.5	-8.0
幅相多功能	-8.0	3.0	-5.0
微带线	-5.0	-0.5	-5.5
功分器	-5.5	-7.0	-12.5
微带线	-12.5	-0.5	-13.0
双向放大	-13.0	10.0	-3.0
连接器	-3.0	-0.5	-3.5

器件	输入/dBm	增益/dB	输出/dBm
连接器	0.0	-0.5	-0.5
双向放大	-0.5	10.0	9.5
微带线	9.5	-0.5	9.0
功分器	9.0	-7.0	2.0
微带线	2.0	-0.5	1.5
幅相多功能	1.5	10.0	11.5
微带线	11.5	-0.5	11.0
前端芯片	11.0	19.0	30.0
连接器	30.0	-0.5	29.5

结果	工作频率/GHz	波束宽度/(°)	副瓣电平/dB	扫描下降/dB	EIRP/dBm	G/T/(dB/K)
实测结果	15.7	5.1	-16.2	1.6	73.4	3.8
	16.0	5.0	-14.6	1.2	73.5	4.0
	16.3	4.9	-17.8	1.2	74.0	4.3
仿真/理论计算结果	15.7	5.1	-13.3	1.8	73.3	3.8
	16.0	5.0	-13.3	1.8	73.4	4.0
	16.3	4.9	-13.4	1.9	73.6	4.2

技术架构	剖面高度/mm	质量面密度/(kg/m²)
砖块式	174.0	93.0
一体化式	44.0	51.0
片式	31.0	39.0
本文	14.0	19.1

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