Design of an Array-based Plane Wave Generator for Compact Field Antenna Testing

Authors

  • Fangyun Peng Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China
  • Xiaoming Chen 1 Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China , 2 State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
  • Furong Li Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China
  • Xiaobo Liu Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China
  • Jiaying Zhang EM-Testing, Shanghai, 200000, China
  • Ming Zhang Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China
  • Yingsong Li 1 College of Information and Communication Engineering Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China ,2 Key Laboratory of Microwave Remote Sensing National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

Keywords:

Constrained Least Square (CLS), plane wave synthesis, wideband dual polarized

Abstract

A near-field planar array of wideband dual polarized antennas for plane-wave synthesis has been investigated. The paper presents a PWG with a concentric ring array of 84 Vivaldi antennas which can work at 0.6GHz-3GHz. The constraint least square (CLS) algorithm is used to optimize the weight coefficients of the array elements, which effectively reduce the influence of system uncertainty on quiet zone (QZ) ripple. To reduce the system cost and complexity, the array elements in each concentric ring form a sub-array and the elements of the same sub-array adopt a passive beam forming network. The simulation and initial test results of a circular QZ with a diameter of 600 mm are given. The results demonstrate the feasibility of our design.

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Author Biographies

Fangyun Peng, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

Fangyun Peng received the B.Sc. degree in Electrical Information Engineering from Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, in 2018. She is currently pursuing the M.S. degree in Information Engineering from Xi'an Jiaotong University. Her research interests include OTA test.

Xiaoming Chen, 1 Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China , 2 State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China

Xiaoming Chen received the Ph.D. degree from the Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, in 2012. From 2012 to 2014, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the same University. From 2014 to 2017, he was with Qamcom Research & Technology AB, Gothenburg. Since 2017, he has been a Professor with Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an. His research areas include 5G multiantenna techniques, over-the-air (OTA) testing, and reverberation chambers. Prof. Chen serves as an Associate Editor (AE) for the journal of IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters (AWPL).

Furong Li, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

Furong Li is a Research Assistant at Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China.

Xiaobo Liu, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

Xiaobo Liu received the Ph.D. degree in Electronic Science and Technology from Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China, in 2018. Since 2020, he has been an Assistant Professor with Xi’an Jiaotong University. His research interests include electromagnetic and microwave theory, computational electromagnetics, antenna design, and microwave circuit.

Jiaying Zhang, EM-Testing, Shanghai, 200000, China

Jiaying Zhang is the General Manager in Shanghai EM-Testing Co., LTD.

Ming Zhang, Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering Xian Jiaotong University, Xi’an, 710049, China

Ming Zhang received the Ph.D. degree from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, in 2017, respectively. He is now an Associated Professor at Xi'an Jiaotong University.

Yingsong Li, 1 College of Information and Communication Engineering Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, 150001, China ,2 Key Laboratory of Microwave Remote Sensing National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, China

Yingsong Li received his Ph.D. degree from both Kochi University of Technology (KUT), Japan and Harbin Engineering University, China in 2014. He is currently a Full Professor of Harbin Engineering University. His current research interests include remote sensing, underwater communications, signal processing, radar, SAR imaging, and microwave antennas. Li is an Area Editor of AEÜ-International Journal of Electronics and Communications, and he is an Associate Editor of IEEE Access and Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal (ACES Journal).

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2021-11-06

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F. . Peng, “Design of an Array-based Plane Wave Generator for Compact Field Antenna Testing”, ACES Journal, vol. 36, no. 09, pp. 1189–1195, Nov. 2021.

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