一种高收纳比轻量化星载SAR天线设计

    Design of a high storage ratio lightweight spaceborne SAR antenna

    • 摘要: 星载可展开有源相控阵天线通过空间可展开结构实现较大的物理口径。反射面天线具有较好的收纳比,是星载雷达天线中常用的天线形式。为实现高收纳比轻型可展天线,将缠绕肋可展天线结构与环焦卡塞格伦天线技术相结合,提出一种X波段环焦卡塞格伦反射面的抛物面缠绕肋可展天线结构,该结构具有重量轻、收纳比高的优势。文章提供了此缠绕肋天线结构的设计流程,并通过仿真计算分析,验证了该设计满足项目指标要求。通过缩比模型测试,验证了该设计在展开过程中的性能指标基本满足要求,从而减少了反射面体制星载SAR天线的收拢尺寸,降低了发射成本。

       

      Abstract: Spaceborne deployable active phased array antennas achieve a larger physical aperture through space deployable structures. Reflector antennas have a good stowage ratio and are commonly used forms of antennas in spaceborne radar systems. To realize a high stowage ratio and lightweight deployable antenna, a combination of windable rib deployable antenna structures with ring-focus Cassegrain antenna technology is proposed. This results in an X-band ring-focus Cassegrain reflector parabolic windable rib deployable antenna structure, which offers advantages of light weight and high stowage ratio. This paper provides the design process of this windable rib antenna structure, verifies through simulation and analysis that this design satisfies project requirements, and validates through scaled model testing that the performance metrics during deployment meet the requirements. This reduces the stowed size of the reflector-based spaceborne SAR antennas and lowers launch costs.