一个紧的双极化维瓦尔迪天线,用于树雷达应用的高收益
Kaixuan Cheng1, Yee Hui Lee1, Jiwei Qian1
1School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Ave., Singapore 639798, Singapore.
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
|July 13, 2024
概括
一个新的双极化Vivaldi天线阵列为树雷达应用提供了高收益. 与传统的喇天线相比,这种天线设计可以改善树干的缺陷成像.
科学领域:
- 电气工程 电气工程
- 电磁学 电磁学 电磁学 电磁学
- 天线理论天线理论
背景情况:
- 树雷达应用需要具有特定性能特性的天线,以进行有效的地下成像.
- 现有的天线设计可能无法提供带宽,增益和偏振的最佳组合来检测树缺陷.
研究的目的:
- 为增强树雷达应用提出和验证双极化紧型Vivaldi天线阵列.
- 为了实现高增益,宽带宽和高极化纯度,以改善缺陷检测.
主要方法:
- 设计了一种双极化Vivaldi天线阵列,使用导体,边缘槽和后反射器来增强增益.
- 拟议天线的制造和测量,以评估其性能特征.
- 在树干缺陷检测和成像中应用天线.
主要成果:
- 制造的天线在宽带频率范围 (0.5GHz至3GHz) 上实现了5.5至14.8dBi的高增益.
- 交叉极化差异超过20dB,确保高极化纯度.
- 与商用Horn天线相比,天线产生了优越的树干缺陷迁移图像.
结论:
- 拟议的双极化Vivaldi天线阵列对于树木雷达应用是有效的.
- 天线设计在增益,带宽和成像质量方面提供了显著的改进,用于检测内部树缺陷.
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