用高速垂直连接器连接密集的电子扫描天线阵列
Nooshin Valizade Shahmirzadi1, Natalia K Nikolova1, Chih-Hung Chen1
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON L8S 4L8, Canada.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|October 28, 2023
概括
我们评估了一种用于微波组织成像的密集天线阵列的新型高速垂直连接器. 这种连接器为同轴连接器提供了经济高效,可靠的替代方案,在超宽带频率范围内实现了可比性能.
科学领域:
- 电气工程 电气工程
- 微波工程 微波工程
- 生物医学工程 生物医学工程
背景情况:
- 用于微波组织成像的大型天线阵列需要高性能互连.
- 传统的同轴连接器不适合由于大小,成本和可靠性问题在密集的数组中.
- 高速数字板对板连接器提供了潜在的优势,但需要进行兼容性研究.
研究的目的:
- 为密集的电子扫描天线阵列设计和评估一种新的互连方式.
- 评估用于微波组织成像应用 (3-8 GHz) 的高速垂直连接器的性能.
- 为了比较这些连接器与传统的亚微型同轴连接器的性能.
主要方法:
- 进行了电磁模拟来设计和分析互连.
- 通过物理测量来评估性能.
- 互联网从共平面波导传输线路向垂直连接器的过渡是一个关键的重点.
- 与常用的亚微型同轴连接器进行了比较.
主要成果:
- 使用高速垂直连接器设计的互连显示了低反射,低损失和低交叉点的特性.
- 发现性能与昂贵的微型同轴连接器相当.
- 互连适用于微波成像相关的超宽带 (UWB) 频率范围.
结论:
- 高速垂直连接器是用于微波成像中的密集天线阵列的同轴连接器的可行且具有成本效益的替代方案.
- 开发的互连设计成功地应对了高密度,高频应用的挑战.
- 这项技术使得微波组织成像系统更强大,价格更实惠.
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