Liquid cooling test unit of skin antenna subarray and working method thereof
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of airborne electronic equipment, the technical field of intelligent skin antennas, the technical field of mechanical structure design and the like, and particularly relates to a liquid cooling test unit of a skin antenna subarray and a working method thereof.
Background
The skin antenna technology is an airborne antenna technology which is developed in the foreign world in recent years, and is also called as a bearable conformal antenna technology. The skin antenna subarray device has the characteristics of small physical volume, high integration and high modularization degree, the conventional liquid cooling performance testing means can hardly meet the actual antenna subarray testing requirement, and meanwhile, the conventional testing method has low testing precision, or the sealing property of subarray micro flow channels is required to be destroyed to be unknown with a sensing probe, or the working environment of an antenna system is influenced by nondestructive testing. Therefore, research on test equipment and test methods for developing liquid cooling performance of the skin antenna subarray array device is necessary.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a liquid cooling test unit of a skin antenna subarray and a working method thereof, wherein the test module is connected between an antenna framework and the antenna subarray in an external test mode, so that a liquid cooling runner is prolonged, the flow and temperature parameters of cooling liquid are tested, the structural design of an original device is not required to be changed, the test function of plug and play is realized, the convenience of test work is greatly improved, the test cost is reduced, and the engineering application of an airborne skin antenna technology and the development of an actual product production line are facilitated.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the invention adopts the following technical scheme:
A liquid cooling test unit of a skin antenna subarray comprises an upper cold plate, a main frame body, a lower cover plate, a circuit board assembly, N pairs of liquid cooling interfaces, N pairs of hair button connectors, N pairs of flow sensors, N pairs of temperature sensors, 2N pairs of positioning devices and a group of data output wires.
According to the main characteristics, the upper cooling plate is connected with the main frame body through welding, wherein the upper cooling plate is provided with a planar micro-channel structure, a vertical micro-channel structure is arranged at the liquid cooling interface of the main frame body, and the micro-channel structure is sealed and formed through welding. The flow sensor and the temperature sensor are both arranged on the main frame body and are used for testing the flow and temperature parameters of the fluid in the micro-flow channel.
The circuit board assembly is installed inside the main frame body, temporarily stores data values measured by the flow sensor and the temperature sensor, and transmits the data values to external test data acquisition equipment through the data output wires.
The lower cover plate is arranged at the lower part of the main frame body.
The liquid cooling interface is arranged in the main frame body, and the interface part protrudes out of the main frame body.
The button connector is connected with the circuit board assembly, is connected with the outside of the test unit, is electrically connected with the antenna subarrays, and is connected with the antenna framework.
The positioning device plays roles of guiding, positioning and fastening and fixing when being installed between the test unit and the framework or between the test unit and the subarray.
And a data output wire, one end of which is provided with a test unit and the other end of which is provided with a computer or other test data acquisition equipment.
The positioning device is a spiral positioning pin device.
The aircraft skin antenna subarray device comprises an N multiplied by N specification subarray framework and N antenna subarrays, N pairs of liquid cooling interfaces are arranged on the subarray framework, after cooling liquid is supplied to the subarray framework from the outside, the cooling liquid is respectively supplied to the N antenna subarrays and recovered, and finally the cooling liquid is returned to the outside, so that a liquid cooling circulation loop is formed. The lower part of the liquid cooling test unit is provided with a liquid cooling mechanical interface similar to the antenna subarray, the upper part of the liquid cooling test unit is provided with a liquid cooling mechanical interface similar to the antenna framework, and the liquid cooling mechanical interface are combined on the liquid cooling test unit in a 90-degree phase difference mode, so that the liquid cooling test unit can be used as an access unit of an original complete antenna subarray system, is inserted into the antenna subarray system and has little influence on functions and performances of the original system. Meanwhile, the liquid cooling test unit is also internally provided with a cooling liquid channel structure for supplying cooling liquid supplied by the antenna framework to the antenna subarrays.
The cooling liquid flow channel inside the liquid cooling test unit comprises a liquid inlet flow channel and a liquid outlet flow channel, a flow sensor and a temperature sensor are respectively arranged, the flow sensor and the temperature sensor are used for respectively testing the flow and the temperature parameters of cooling liquid at the liquid inlet and outlet of the antenna subarray, and after the simple processing of the circuit board assembly, data are transmitted to external test data acquisition equipment through a data output lead for data analysis and processing.
According to the invention, the test module is connected between the antenna framework and the antenna subarrays in an external test mode, so that the liquid cooling flow channel is prolonged, the flow and the temperature parameters of the cooling liquid are tested, the structural design of the original device is not required to be changed, the plug-and-play test function is realized, the convenience of test work is greatly improved, the test cost is reduced, and the engineering application of the airborne skin antenna technology and the development of an actual product production line are facilitated.
Compared with the prior art, the liquid cooling test unit for the skin antenna subarray and the working mode thereof have the characteristics of small volume, simple structure, reliable test and easy processing and manufacturing, and meanwhile, the access type test method does not damage the integrity of the cooling flow channel of the original system, does not basically influence the fluid parameters, is novel and reliable, is favorable for testing and verifying the actual liquid cooling performance of the skin antenna subarray device, promotes the further development and practical application of the airborne skin antenna technology, and has non-negligible economic value.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a use scenario of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the structure of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a functional schematic of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a test method of the present invention;
The device comprises a 1-skin antenna subarray, a 2-2X 2 standard subarray framework, a 3-liquid cooling test unit, a 4-upper cold plate, a 5-main frame body, a 6-data output wire, a 7-flow sensor, an 8-temperature sensor, a 9-circuit board assembly, a 10-pair lower liquid cooling interface, a 11-pair lower hair button connector, a 12-lower cover plate, a 13-pair lower thread locating pin device, a 14-pair upper thread locating pin device, a 15-pair upper hair button connector, a 16-pair upper liquid cooling interface, a 17-2X 2 standard subarray framework (diagram), a 18-liquid cooling test unit (diagram), a 19-skin antenna subarray to be tested (diagram), a 20-free skin antenna subarray (diagram), a 21-A group liquid cooling butt joint relation and a 22-B group liquid cooling butt joint relation.
Detailed Description
The following detailed description of the invention is provided to enable those skilled in the art to better understand the technical scheme of the invention.
The invention relates to an airborne skin antenna subarray device which comprises an N multiplied by N standard subarray framework and N antenna subarrays. The number of the liquid cooling test units in the invention is required to be specific, and N is a natural number not less than 2. N may be 2,3,4,5, 6, etc. The minimum implementation unit n=2 is described below as an example.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a usage scenario of the present invention. The application scene of the invention comprises a subarray framework with the specification of 2 multiplied by 2 and four antenna subarrays, wherein four pairs of liquid cooling interfaces are arranged on the subarray framework, after the subarray framework is externally supplied with cooling liquid, the cooling liquid is respectively supplied to the four antenna subarrays and recovered, and finally the cooling liquid is returned to the outside, thereby forming a liquid cooling circulation loop. The lower part of the liquid cooling test unit is provided with a liquid cooling mechanical interface similar to the antenna subarray, the upper part of the liquid cooling test unit is provided with a liquid cooling mechanical interface similar to the antenna framework, and the liquid cooling mechanical interface are combined on the liquid cooling test unit in a 90-degree phase difference mode, so that the liquid cooling test unit can be used as an access unit of an original complete antenna subarray system, is inserted into the antenna subarray system and has little influence on functions and performances of the original system. Meanwhile, the liquid cooling test unit is also internally provided with a cooling liquid channel structure for supplying cooling liquid supplied by the antenna framework to the antenna subarrays.
Fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of the present invention. The liquid cooling test unit for the skin antenna subarray comprises an upper cold plate, a main frame body, a lower cover plate, a circuit board assembly, two pairs of liquid cooling interfaces, two pairs of button connectors, two pairs of flow sensors, two pairs of temperature sensors, four pairs of thread locating pin devices and a group of data output wires. The upper cooling plate is connected with the main frame body through welding, wherein the upper cooling plate is provided with a planar micro-channel structure, a vertical micro-channel structure is arranged at the liquid cooling interface of the main frame body, and the micro-channel structure is sealed and formed through welding. The two pairs of flow sensors and the two pairs of temperature sensors are arranged on the main frame body and are used for testing flow and temperature parameters of fluid in the micro-flow channel.
Fig. 3 is a functional schematic of the present invention. The liquid cooling test unit for the skin antenna subarray and the working mode thereof are implemented, wherein the inside of the liquid cooling test unit comprises a cooling liquid flow passage and a liquid outlet flow passage, and a flow sensor and a temperature sensor are respectively arranged for respectively testing the flow and the temperature parameters of cooling liquid at the liquid inlet and the liquid outlet of the antenna subarray.
Referring to fig. 4, a schematic diagram of the testing method of the present invention is shown. The liquid cooling test unit for the skin antenna subarray and the working mode thereof are implemented. The upper part of the liquid cooling test unit is required to be provided with a liquid cooling mechanical interface similar to the subarray framework and used for being in butt joint with the antenna subarray. The two are combined on the liquid cooling test unit by 90 DEG phase difference, so the liquid cooling test unit can be used as an access unit of the original complete antenna subarray system, is inserted into the antenna subarray system and has little influence on the functions and performances of the original system.
Compared with the prior art, the liquid cooling test unit for the skin antenna subarray and the working mode thereof have the characteristics of small volume, simple structure, reliable test, easiness in processing and manufacturing, no influence on the functional performance of the original device and the like, are beneficial to test and verify the actual liquid cooling performance of the skin antenna subarray device, promote the further development and actual application of the airborne skin antenna technology, and have non-negligible economic value.
The foregoing is merely illustrative of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and any changes or substitutions easily contemplated by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present invention should be included in the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention should be subject to the protection scope of the claims.