CN216145771U - 1-bit phase reconfigurable polarization-variable all-metal reflective array antenna unit - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a 1-bit phase reconfigurable polarization-variable all-metal reflection array antenna unit, and relates to the technical field of communication antennas. The antenna unit is an all-metal structure, including: metal base, metal base's upper surface is provided with rotatable metal carousel, be provided with two first fan-shaped metal ladders, two fan-shaped metal ladders of second and two third fan-shaped metal ladders on the metal carousel, fan-shaped metal ladder be 45, and two at the sectorial central angle of xoy planar projection formation first fan-shaped metal ladder sets up relatively, two the fan-shaped metal ladder of second sets up relatively, two third fan-shaped metal ladder sets up relatively. The antenna unit can respectively realize 1-bit phase reconstruction and polarization reconstruction and has low dielectric loss.
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Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of communication antennas, in particular to a 1-bit phase reconfigurable polarization-variable all-metal reflective array antenna unit.
Background
The reflectarray antenna is an antenna with high gain, and has the characteristics of extremely low profile, easy-to-process structure, high radiation efficiency, low cost and the like, so the reflectarray antenna is widely applied to various communication scenes. Compared with the traditional phased array, the reflect array which uses the space feeding mode for feeding does not need a complex feeding network, and the manufacturing cost and the complexity of the antenna are greatly reduced. Compared with the transmission array antenna using space feed, the reflection array generally has a simpler unit structure, and the feed source incident space and the radiation beam emergent space of the reflection array share the same space, so that the space utilization rate is greatly improved. The phase of each element of the reflectarray cannot be freely controlled as in conventional phased arrays, which places the reflectarray in limitations on beam scanning and beamforming.
SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL
The utility model aims to solve the technical problem of how to provide a 1-bit phase reconfigurable polarization-variable all-metal reflective array antenna unit which can respectively realize 1-bit phase reconfigurable and polarization reconfigurable and has low dielectric loss.
In order to solve the technical problems, the technical scheme adopted by the utility model is as follows: the utility model provides a 1-bit phase place restructural polarization-changing full metal reflection array antenna unit, its characterized in that, antenna unit is full metal construction, includes: the metal base is provided with a rotatable metal turntable, the metal turntable is provided with two first fan-shaped metal steps, two second fan-shaped metal steps and two third fan-shaped metal steps, the central angle of each fan-shaped metal step is 45 degrees, the two first fan-shaped metal steps are oppositely arranged, the two second fan-shaped metal steps are oppositely arranged, and the two third fan-shaped metal steps are oppositely arranged; the metal base is in a cuboid shape, and the metal turntable is in a cylindrical shape; and the metal base is provided with a driving device for driving the metal turntable to rotate.
The further technical scheme is as follows: first fan-shaped metal ladder, second fan-shaped metal ladder and third fan-shaped metal ladder are fixed the upper surface of metal carousel, and arrange the order according to the anticlockwise and do: the central angles of the exposed part of the metal turntables between the first third fan-shaped metal step and the second first fan-shaped metal step and between the second third fan-shaped metal step and the first fan-shaped metal step are 45 degrees.
The further technical scheme is as follows: the height of the second fan-shaped metal ladder is higher than that of the first fan-shaped metal ladder, and the height of the third fan-shaped metal ladder is higher than that of the second fan-shaped metal ladder.
The further technical scheme is as follows: the height difference between the first fan-shaped metal step and the second fan-shaped metal step is equal to the height difference between the second fan-shaped metal step and the third fan-shaped metal step.
Adopt the produced beneficial effect of above-mentioned technical scheme to lie in: the antenna unit is of an all-metal structure, so that the dielectric loss is greatly reduced; meanwhile, the structure of the antenna becomes more compact, the antenna can be processed by adopting a 3D printing technology, and the processing cost and difficulty of the antenna are also greatly reduced;
the antenna unit realizes phase and polarization reconfiguration, only needs to mechanically rotate the unit structure to switch different working states, and does not need to integrate lumped parameter elements in the antenna unit as switches to control the working states of the unit, so that the antenna unit does not cause extra loss due to the integration of the lumped parameter elements, and the structure of the antenna unit is simpler;
the antenna unit has 4 different working states, and polarization of reflected waves can be freely selected while 1-bit phase reconstruction is realized; the phase and polarization of the reflected wave can be flexibly controlled, the method is suitable for different communication application scenes, and the use is more convenient.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and specific embodiments.
Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an antenna unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 2 is a side view of an antenna unit structure according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a fan-shaped metal step distribution diagram of the antenna unit according to the embodiment of the present invention when the antenna unit operates in the 00 state;
fig. 4 is a fan-shaped metal step distribution diagram of the antenna unit according to the embodiment of the present invention when the antenna unit operates in the 01 state;
fig. 5 is a diagram illustrating a sector metal step distribution when the antenna unit according to the embodiment of the present invention operates in 10 states;
fig. 6 is a fan-shaped metal step distribution diagram of the antenna unit according to the embodiment of the present invention when the antenna unit operates in the 11 state;
fig. 7 is a graph of the phase and amplitude of a reflected wave polarized the same as an incident wave for an antenna unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 8 is a graph of phase and amplitude of a reflected wave orthogonal to an incident wave polarization for an antenna unit according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a phase diagram of a reflected wave when the antenna unit rotates at different angles according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a graph of the reflection performance of the antenna unit according to the embodiment of the present invention in different states;
wherein: 1. a metal base; 2. a metal turntable; 3. a first fan-shaped metal step; 4. a second fan-shaped metal step; 5. a third fan-shaped metal step.
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The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention, but the present invention may be practiced in other ways than those specifically described and will be readily apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art without departing from the spirit of the present invention, and therefore the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.
As shown in fig. 1 and fig. 2, an embodiment of the present invention discloses a 1-bit phase reconfigurable polarization-variable all-metal reflective array antenna unit, wherein a metal base 1, preferably, the metal base has a rectangular shape, and the specific shape of the metal base 1 may also have other regular shapes; the upper surface of the metal base 1 is provided with a rotatable metal turntable 2, the metal turntable 2 can rotate for 0-360 degrees under the driving of a driving device, and the driving device can be arranged in the metal base 1 or outside the metal base 1; metal carousel 2's upper surface is fixed with two first fan-shaped metal ladders 3, two fan-shaped metal ladders 4 of second and two fan-shaped metal ladders 5, fan-shaped metal ladder be 45, and two at the sectorial central angle of xoy planar projection formation first fan-shaped metal ladder 3 sets up relatively, two fan-shaped metal ladder 4 of second sets up relatively, two third fan-shaped metal ladder 5 sets up relatively, fan-shaped metal ladder uses metal material to make, consequently antenna element's whole is full metal construction.
Further, the first fan-shaped metal step 3, the second fan-shaped metal step 4 and the third fan-shaped metal step 5 are fixed on the upper surface of the metal turntable 2, and are arranged in the sequence of counterclockwise: the first fan-shaped metal step 3, the first second fan-shaped metal step 4, the first third fan-shaped metal step 5, the second first fan-shaped metal step 3, the second fan-shaped metal step 4 and the second third fan-shaped metal step 5, and the fan-shaped central angles formed by the exposed partial metal turntables between the first third fan-shaped metal step 5 and the second first fan-shaped metal step 3 and between the second third fan-shaped metal step 5 and the first fan-shaped metal step 3 in the xoy plane projection are 45 degrees. In addition, the height of the second fan-shaped metal step 4 is higher than that of the first fan-shaped metal step 3, and the height of the third fan-shaped metal step 5 is higher than that of the second fan-shaped metal step 4. Further, the height difference between the first fan-shaped metal step 3 and the second fan-shaped metal step 4 and the height difference between the second fan-shaped metal step 4 and the third fan-shaped metal step 5 are equal.
Further, the working state of the antenna unit can be changed by rotating the metal rotary disc 2, and the antenna unit has at least the following four different states: the metal rotor rotates to 0 ° or 180 °, state 00, 45 ° or 225 °, state 01, 90 ° or 270 °, state 10, 135 ° or 315 °, state 11. The structure of the antenna element is symmetrical about the center of the origin (the origin refers to the center of the metal base 1), and the performance of the element obtained by rotating from 0 ° to 180 ° is consistent with the performance obtained by rotating from 180 ° to 360 °.
Furthermore, the unit reflection phases in the state 00 and the state 01 are the same, and the polarization of the two reflected waves is orthogonal to each other; the cell reflection phases of state 10 and state 11 are the same, the reflected wave polarizations are orthogonal to each other and 180 ° out of phase with the states 00 and 01; the unit rotates clockwise 90 degrees from the state 00 or the state 01 to obtain the reflection phase difference of 180 degrees, and the polarization of the reflected wave is not changed; after the cell is rotated 45 ° clockwise from state 00 or state 10, the reflected phase of the cell does not change, but the reflected wave is orthogonal to the incident wave polarization.
Preferably, the working frequency point of the antenna unit is 10.0 GHz, and in order to suppress grating lobes of the array, the antenna unit is preferably configuredThe size of the antenna unit is less than or equal to 1/2 wavelengths, and the length and the width of the metal base 1 can be bothP=15.0 mm, the thickness of the metal base 1 ish 1 =2.0 mm; radius of the metal turntable 2RAnd thicknessh 2 May be 7.2 mm and 2.0 mm, respectively; the heights of the first, second and third fan- shaped metal steps 3, 4 and 5 may be respectivelyh 3 =0.75 mm、h 4 =4.5 mm andh 5 radius of =8.25 mmRMay be 7.2 mm；The height difference between adjacent fan-shaped metal steps is one eighth of the wavelength of free space, namely 3.75 mm; each fan-shaped metal step edgexoyThe sectional areas of the surfaces are equal and are 1/8 of the area of the upper surface of the circular metal turntable 2, and it should be noted that the specific dimensions of the metal base 1, the metal turntable 2, the first fan-shaped metal step 3, the second fan-shaped metal step 4 and the third fan-shaped metal step 5 may also be other values, and are not limited to the above values.
As shown in fig. 3, 4, 5 and 6, the antenna unit has four different operating states; FIG. 3 is a diagram of the metal sector step distribution when the antenna unit is operating at 00, where the first sector step 3 and the third sector step 5 are connected to the antenna unit respectivelyxShaft andyparallel to the axis (edges of the first and third steps 3 and 5)xoyThe center line of the projection of the surface); FIG. 4 is a diagram of the metal sector step distribution when the antenna unit is operating in the 01 state, where the second sector step 4 is connected toxParallel to the axis (second fan-shaped step 4 edgexoyThe center line of the projection of the surface); FIG. 5 is a diagram of the metal sector step distribution when the antenna unit is operating at 10, where the third sector step 5 and the first sector step 3 are connected to the antenna unit respectivelyxShaft andyparallel to the axis (edges of the first and third steps 3 and 5)xoyThe center line of the projection of the surface); FIG. 6 is a diagram of the metal sector step distribution when the antenna unit is operating at 11, where the second sector step 4 is connected withyParallel to the axis (second fan-shaped step 4 edgexoyThe center line of the projection of the surface);
FIG. 7 is a graph of the phase and amplitude of the transmitted waves produced by the antenna element operating in states 00 and 10; when the unit rotates by 0 degrees, 180 degrees and 360 degrees, the antenna unit works in a 00 state, the antenna unit generates reflected waves with the same polarization as the incident waves, and the phase of the reflected waves is 325 degrees; when the antenna unit rotates by 90 degrees and 270 degrees, the unit works in a 10 state, the unit generates a reflected wave with the same polarization as the incident wave, and the phase of the reflected wave is 145 degrees; the reflection amplitudes of the antenna units in the 00 and 10 states are larger than-0.01 dB; it was verified that the reflected waves of the antenna unit in the 00 state and the 10 state have a phase difference of 180 °, and the reflection loss of the antenna unit is extremely small;
FIG. 8 is a graph of the phase and amplitude of the transmitted waves produced by the antenna element operating in states 01 and 11; when the unit rotates by 45 degrees, 225 degrees and 405 degrees, the unit works in a 01 state, the antenna unit generates a reflected wave orthogonal to the polarization of an incident wave, and the phase of the reflected wave is 345 degrees; when the antenna unit rotates 135 degrees and 315 degrees, the unit works in an 11 state, the antenna unit generates a reflected wave orthogonal to the polarization of an incident wave, and the phase of the reflected wave is 165 degrees; the reflection amplitudes of the antenna units in the 00 and 10 states are larger than-1 dB; it was verified that the reflected waves of the antenna elements in the 01 state and the 11 state have a phase difference of 180 ° and the reflection loss of the antenna elements is small;
fig. 9 shows the phases of the reflected waves of the antenna unit rotating by different angles and operating in different states; fig. 6 verifies that the reflection phase difference of 180 ° can be obtained by rotating the antenna element clockwise by 90 ° from state 00 or state 01, and the polarization of the reflected wave does not change; the antenna unit rotates clockwise by 45 degrees from a state 00 or a state 10, the reflection phase of the antenna unit is not changed, but the reflected wave is orthogonal to the incident wave polarization; the 1-bit phase polarization reconfigurable full metal reflection array antenna unit has the characteristics of 1-bit phase reconfigurable and polarization reconfigurable; to more clearly demonstrate the cell performance in different states, FIG. 10 lists the reflective performance of the cell operating in different states.
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1. The utility model provides a 1-bit phase place restructural polarization-changing full metal reflection array antenna unit, its characterized in that, antenna unit is full metal construction, includes: the metal base (1), a rotatable metal turntable (2) is arranged on the upper surface of the metal base (1), two first fan-shaped metal steps (3), two second fan-shaped metal steps (4) and two third fan-shaped metal steps (5) are arranged on the metal turntable (2), the fan-shaped central angle of the fan-shaped metal steps formed by xoy plane projection is 45 degrees, the two first fan-shaped metal steps (3) are oppositely arranged, the two second fan-shaped metal steps (4) are oppositely arranged, and the two third fan-shaped metal steps (5) are oppositely arranged; the metal base (1) is in a cuboid shape, and the metal turntable (2) is in a cylindrical shape; the metal base (1) is provided with a driving device for driving the metal turntable (2) to rotate.
2. The 1-bit phase reconfigurable polarization-changing all-metal reflective array antenna unit of claim 1, wherein: first fan-shaped metal ladder (3), second fan-shaped metal ladder (4) and third fan-shaped metal ladder (5) are fixed the upper surface of metal carousel (2), and arrange according to the anticlockwise order and be: first fan-shaped metal ladder (3), first second fan-shaped metal ladder (4), first third fan-shaped metal ladder (5), second first fan-shaped metal ladder (3), second fan-shaped metal ladder (4), second third fan-shaped metal ladder (5), the fan-shaped central angle that naked partial metal carousel between first third fan-shaped metal ladder (5) and second first fan-shaped metal ladder (3) and between second third fan-shaped metal ladder (5) and first fan-shaped metal ladder (3) formed at the xoy plane projection is 45.
3. The 1-bit phase reconfigurable polarization-changing all-metal reflective array antenna unit of claim 2, wherein: the height of the second fan-shaped metal ladder (4) is higher than that of the first fan-shaped metal ladder (3), and the height of the third fan-shaped metal ladder (5) is higher than that of the second fan-shaped metal ladder (4).
4. The 1-bit phase reconfigurable polarization-changing all-metal reflective array antenna unit of claim 3, wherein: the height difference between the first fan-shaped metal step (3) and the second fan-shaped metal step (4) and the height difference between the second fan-shaped metal step (4) and the third fan-shaped metal step (5) are equal.
5. The 1-bit phase reconfigurable polarization-changing all-metal reflective array antenna unit of claim 1, wherein: the structure of the antenna element is symmetrical about the origin center, and the performance of the element obtained from 0 ° rotation to 180 ° is consistent with the performance obtained from 180 ° rotation to 360 °.
6. The 1-bit phase reconfigurable polarization-changing all-metal reflective array antenna unit of claim 1, wherein: the antenna element has four different states: the metal rotor rotates to 0 ° or 180 °, state 00, 45 ° or 225 °, state 01, 90 ° or 270 °, state 10, 135 ° or 315 °, state 11.
7. The 1-bit phase reconfigurable polarization-changing all-metal reflective array antenna unit of claim 6, wherein: the unit reflection phases in the state 00 and the state 01 are the same, and the polarization of the two reflected waves is orthogonal to each other; the cell reflection phases of state 10 and state 11 are the same, the reflected wave polarizations are orthogonal to each other and 180 ° out of phase with the states 00 and 01; the unit rotates clockwise 90 degrees from the state 00 or the state 01 to obtain the reflection phase difference of 180 degrees, and the polarization of the reflected wave is not changed; after the cell is rotated 45 ° clockwise from state 00 or state 10, the reflected phase of the cell does not change, but the reflected wave is orthogonal to the incident wave polarization.
8. The 1-bit phase reconfigurable polarization-changing all-metal reflective array antenna unit of claim 1The method is characterized in that: the length and the width of the metal base (1) are allP=15.0 mm, the thickness of the metal base (1) beingh 1 =2.0 mm; radius of the metal turntable (2)RAnd thicknessh 2 7.2 mm and 2.0 mm respectively; the first fan-shaped metal ladder (3), the second fan-shaped metal ladder (4) and the third fan-shaped metal ladder (5) are respectively provided with the heighth 3 =0.75 mm、h 4 =4.5 mm andh 5 radius of =8.25 mmRIs 7.2 mm；The height difference between adjacent fan-shaped metal steps is one eighth of the wavelength of free space, namely 3.75 mm; the fan-shaped metal step edgexoyThe cross sections of the surfaces are equal and are 1/8 of the area of the upper surface of the round metal turntable (2).
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