一种开环式的分布式天线阵列相参合成方法

    An Open-loop Coherently Combining Method for Distributed Apertures

    • 摘要: 分布式孔径相参合成方法作为一种全新的雷达技术, 受到了国内外广泛欢迎。文中详细介绍了一种基于开环标校架构的相参合成方法。该方法将相控阵天线幅相标校技术引入到分布式天线阵列中, 将各个单元天线理解为相控阵天线中的小阵元, 通过在单元天线远场区架设信标源的方法, 能准确测量单元天线的初始相位和相位中心的坐标。依据相控阵天线波束合成的基本原理, 实现对任意方向的收发相参合成。该相参合成方法不依赖目标的先验信息、且对单元天线的信噪比(SNR)的要求低, 能实现任意规模的分布式雷达系统发射接收全相参合成, 为雷达技术的进一步发展开辟新的路径。为了验证此方法的有效性, 文中搭建了一个3发3收的X波段分布式天线阵列演示系统, 实验结果与理论分析吻合, 证明了该方法的可行性。

       

      Abstract: As a new radar technology, coherently combining distributed apertures have attracted extensive research from scholars at home and abroad. In this paper, a coherent combining method of the open-loop calibration architecture is introduced. In this method, the technical idea of amplitude and phase calibration of phased array antenna is introduced into the distributed antenna array, and each unit antenna is understood as a small array element in the phased array antenna, and the initial phase and phase center coordinates of the unit antenna can be accurately measured by setting up a beacon source in the far-field area of the unit antenna. Subsequently, based on the principle of phased array antenna beamforming, distributed antenna array can achieve coherent transmission and reception in any direction. The coherently combining method does not rely on the prior information of the target and has low requirements for SNR of the unit antenna, which can realize the full coherent combination on transmission and reception in distributed radar systems of any scale, and opens up a new path for the further development of radar technology. To validate this method, a demonstration system of X-band distributed antenna array with three transmitters and three receivers is built, the experimental results are highly consistent with the theoretical analysis, which fully demonstrates the feasibility of this method.

       

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