宽带开槽天线阵列技术分析.pdfVIP

ABSTRACT ABSTRACT Phased array antennas with broad bandwidth and wide scanning angle characteristics are widely used in modern radar systems and electronic warfare systems. With the rapid development of modern military electronic technology, the performance requirements for very wide bandwidth and large grating-lobe free scan volume continue to increase in various electronic systems. Due to the inherent mutual coupling effects between array elements, traditional broadband arrays based on the design of broadband elements are found to be more and more difficult to meet these challenging requirements. On the other hand, broadband arrays based on mutual coupling effects are capable of extending the array bandwidth significantly, through increasing the mutual coupling between array elements intentionally. In this thesis, some relevant study on the application of the new broadband array design approach into the design of wideband slotted array antennas are carried out. The thesis mainly contains the following several parts: Firstly, the importance and research status of broadband phased array antennas are introduced. Secondly, the basic theory of phased arrays is presented. By using the equivalent circuits and Smith chart, the physical essence of how a broadband slot phased array based on mutual coupling works is described in detail. Thirdly, based on the theoretical analysis, a slot linear array that has 4.5 octaves with wide scan angle (up to ±45°) is designed through numerical simulation using commercial software.