WO2017010111A1 - 送信モジュールおよびそれを備えるアレイアンテナ装置および送信装置 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a transmission module, an array antenna apparatus and a transmission apparatus including the transmission module, and more particularly to a configuration of a transmission module used for transmission without a baseband signal.
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- Patent Document 1 discloses an array antenna device configured to synthesize a transmission high-frequency signal synthesized from a plurality (n) of local oscillation signals. According to the array antenna device of Patent Document 1, it is possible to improve the SN ratio by n times compared to a configuration in which a transmission high-frequency signal generated from a single local oscillation signal is amplified n times. Has been.
- the transmission module since the array antenna device of Patent Document 1 is directed to a transmission application having a baseband signal as communication information, the transmission module also performs frequency conversion by mixing the baseband signal and the local oscillation signal. It is configured to execute. For this reason, in an application limited to transmission without a baseband signal, the number of parts is large, resulting in a large size and high cost.
- radiation directivity control that is, beam control is performed by the phase between high-frequency signals of the same frequency transmitted from each of the plurality of element antennas.
- a single high-frequency signal corresponding to the transmission frequency is distributed to a plurality of transmission modules respectively corresponding to a plurality of element antennas, and each transmission module
- a configuration in which a phase shifter for beam control is arranged is arranged.
- a circuit for distributing a high-frequency signal becomes large and expensive.
- the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to configure a small, low-cost, low-loss transmission module suitable for transmission without a baseband signal. Is to provide.
- a transmission module includes a plurality of oscillator modules and a phase command signal generation unit.
- the plurality of oscillator modules receive a common reference signal and output a plurality of transmission signals, respectively.
- the phase command signal generation unit separately generates a plurality of phase command signals corresponding to each of the plurality of transmission signals, and outputs the plurality of phase command signals to the plurality of oscillator modules, respectively.
- Each oscillator module includes a voltage controlled oscillator and an amplifying unit. The voltage controlled oscillator outputs a corresponding transmission signal of the plurality of transmission signals based on the reference signal and the corresponding phase command signal of the plurality of phase command signals.
- the amplifying unit amplifies the power of the corresponding transmission signal output from the voltage controlled oscillator.
- the voltage-controlled oscillator has a common frequency among the plurality of oscillator modules by synchronous control based on the reference signal, and is separately controlled between the plurality of oscillator modules according to the corresponding phase command signal.
- a plurality of transmission signals are output so as to have the specified phase.
- the transmission module can output a plurality of transmission signals that are synchronously controlled based on a common reference signal without providing a circuit element that distributes a high-frequency transmission signal.
- a plurality of transmission signals having the same frequency and a controlled relative phase by suppressing the power amplification factor in the amplification unit and reducing the number of circuit elements.
- a small, low-cost and low-loss circuit configuration can be realized.
- a small, low-cost and highly efficient transmission module configuration suitable for transmission without a baseband signal such as a radar.
- a small and low-cost array antenna apparatus and transmission apparatus can be configured using this transmission module.
- FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram for explaining in detail a configuration example of an oscillator module shown in FIG. 1. It is a perspective view for demonstrating the example of mounting structure of the oscillator module shown by FIG. It is a circuit diagram explaining the 1st modification of an oscillator module. It is a circuit diagram explaining the 2nd modification of an oscillator module. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of the array antenna apparatus according to the modification of Embodiment 1.
- FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a transmission device according to a second embodiment. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of the array antenna apparatus provided with the transmission module according to Embodiment 3. It is a block diagram explaining the structure of the transmitter provided with the transmission module according to Embodiment 3.
- FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an array antenna apparatus 100a including a transmission module according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- the array antenna apparatus 100a includes a reference signal source 10, a signal distributor 20, a transmission module 30, and a plurality of element antennas 90.
- the transmission module 30 includes a phase command signal generator 40 and a plurality of oscillator modules 50.
- the transmission module 30 has n (n: a natural number of 2 or more) oscillator modules 50.
- a total of n element antennas 90 are provided corresponding to each oscillator module 50.
- the reference signal source 10 outputs a reference signal Sr.
- the reference signal Sr corresponds to a reference clock of about several MHz to several hundred MHz, for example.
- the signal distributor 20 branches the reference signal Sr and transmits it to each oscillator module 50.
- Each oscillator module 50 includes a voltage controlled oscillator 60 and an amplifying unit 70. Each oscillator module 50 outputs a transmission signal (hereinafter also referred to as a “transmission high-frequency signal”) having a high frequency (for example, GHz order).
- the plurality of element antennas 90 are arranged in an array corresponding to each of a plurality (n) of oscillator modules. Each element antenna 90 is arranged so as to propagate a transmission high-frequency signal from the corresponding oscillator module 50 to space.
- the element antenna 90 corresponds to an example of a “radiating element”.
- a common reference signal Sr is transmitted to each oscillator module 50 via the signal distributor 20.
- Each voltage controlled oscillator 60 outputs a transmission high-frequency signal having the same frequency by synchronous control based on the reference signal Sr.
- the phases of the transmission high-frequency signals from the n voltage controlled oscillators 60 are controlled according to the phase command signals ⁇ 1 * to ⁇ n * from the phase command signal generation unit 40.
- the phase command signals ⁇ 1 * to ⁇ n * are also comprehensively expressed as phase command signals ⁇ *.
- each voltage-controlled oscillator 60 performs synchronous control so as to output a high-frequency signal synchronized with the reference signal Sr by a PLL (Phase Locked Loop) having the reference signal Sr as an input signal.
- the voltage controlled oscillator 60 outputs transmission high-frequency signals having the same frequency.
- each transmission high-frequency signal has its phase difference with respect to the reference phase given by the reference signal Sr controlled for each oscillator module 50 according to the phase command signal ⁇ *. Therefore, the relative phase between the n transmission high-frequency signals can be freely controlled by setting the phase command signals ⁇ 1 * to ⁇ n *.
- the amplifying unit 70 amplifies the transmission high-frequency signal output from the voltage controlled oscillator 60 in each oscillator module 50.
- the transmission high-frequency signal amplified by the amplification unit 70 is transmitted to the element antenna 90 as an output from the oscillator module 50.
- the plurality (n) of element antennas 90 transmit a transmission high-frequency signal from each of the plurality (n) of oscillator modules 50 toward the space.
- the shape and direction of the transmission beams from the plurality of element antennas 90 can be changed. It can be freely controlled.
- the array antenna apparatus 100a can output a transmission signal that does not use a baseband signal.
- the array antenna apparatus 100a can transmit a beam for radar use.
- FIG. 2 shows a configuration of a general array antenna apparatus 100 # shown as a comparative example.
- an array antenna apparatus 100 # of a comparative example includes a voltage controlled oscillator 60, a signal distributor 65, a plurality of oscillator modules 50 #, a plurality of element antennas 90, and a phase command signal generator 40.
- phase command signal generator 40 generates phase command signals ⁇ 1 * to ⁇ n * for controlling the shapes and directions of the transmission beams from the plurality of element antennas 90.
- the voltage controlled oscillator 60 outputs a transmission high frequency signal.
- Signal distributor 65 distributes the transmission high-frequency signal from voltage controlled oscillator 60 to each of a plurality of oscillator modules 50 #. Thereby, a common transmission high-frequency signal having the same frequency is input to each oscillator module 50 #.
- Each oscillator module 50 # has a phase shifter 151 and amplifiers 152 and 153.
- phase shifter 151 controls and outputs the phase of the input transmission high-frequency signal in accordance with phase command signals ⁇ 1 * to ⁇ n * from phase command signal generation unit 40.
- the n transmission high-frequency signals output from the n phase shifters 151 have the same frequency as the n transmission high-frequency signals output from the n voltage-controlled oscillators 60 in FIG.
- each phase is controlled separately according to the phase command signals ⁇ 1 * to ⁇ n *.
- the amplifiers 152 and 153 amplify the power of the transmission high-frequency signal output from the phase shifter 151 and output the amplified power to the corresponding element antenna 90.
- the n element antennas 90 can output transmission beams of n transmission high-frequency signals. .
- the array antenna apparatus 100 # of the comparative example is configured to input a common transmission high-frequency signal having the same frequency to each oscillator module 50 #. Therefore, signal distributor 65 that distributes a high-frequency signal to each oscillator module 50 # is increased in size and power loss is increased.
- each oscillator module 50 # needs to increase the power amplification factor by amplifiers 152 and 153. Furthermore, it is necessary to arrange phase shifter 151 for phase control in each oscillator module 50 #.
- the signal distributor 20 has a simpler configuration than the signal distributor 65 in the comparative example, and can be downsized.
- the arrangement of the signal distributor 20 can be omitted.
- each oscillator module 50 since the voltage controlled oscillator 60 outputs a transmission high-frequency signal, even if the power of the reference signal Sr is reduced by distribution, the power amplification factor of the transmission high-frequency signal is not affected. As a result, the voltage amplification factor by amplification unit 70 of oscillator module 50 can be made smaller than the power amplification factor by amplifiers 152 and 153 of oscillator module 50 #.
- the voltage controlled oscillator 60 is synchronously controlled by inputting the common reference signal Sr among the n oscillator modules 50, it is not necessary to arrange the phase shifter 151 unlike the oscillator module 50 #.
- each oscillator module 50 that outputs a high-frequency signal for transmission that does not have a baseband signal is used as compared with array antenna device 100 # of the comparative example.
- the gain can be suppressed and the circuit elements can be reduced.
- it is not necessary to distribute the high-frequency signal in the previous stage of each oscillator module 50 it is possible to realize a small, low-cost and low-loss circuit configuration. As a result, it is possible to realize a small, low-cost, low-loss transmission module configuration suitable for transmission without a baseband signal such as a radar.
- FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram for explaining a configuration example of the oscillator module 50 shown in FIG.
- the oscillator module 50 includes a power supply / control circuit 51, a voltage controlled oscillator 60, and an amplifying unit 70.
- the power supply / control circuit 51 is a comprehensive representation of a power supply circuit for supplying power to the constituent elements and a control circuit for generating a control command signal for the constituent elements in one block. It is.
- the voltage controlled oscillator 60 operates by receiving power supply from the power supply / control circuit 51.
- the voltage control oscillator 60 receives the reference signal Sr output from the reference signal source 10 and further distributed by the signal distributor 20. This reference signal Sr is common among the n oscillator modules 50 shown in FIG.
- the voltage controlled oscillator 60 outputs a transmission high-frequency signal that is synchronously controlled with the reference signal Sr by a PLL or the like. As described above, the phase of the transmission high-frequency signal is controlled for each oscillator module 50 according to the phase command signal ⁇ *.
- the amplification unit 70 includes amplifiers 72a and 72b arranged in series, a distribution circuit 74, a plurality of amplifiers 72c arranged in parallel, a synthesis circuit 75, and an isolator 77.
- the amplifiers 72 a and 72 b and the plurality of amplifiers 72 c are operated by electric power from the power supply / control circuit 51.
- the amplifiers 72a and 72b amplify the power of the transmission high-frequency signal output from the voltage controlled oscillator 60.
- the distribution circuit 74 distributes the output signal of the amplifier 72b to the plurality of amplifiers 72c.
- Each amplifier 72c amplifies the power of the transmission high-frequency signal input from the distribution circuit 74 and outputs the amplified signal.
- the synthesis circuit 75 synthesizes the transmission high-frequency signals output from the plurality of amplifiers 72c.
- the distribution circuit 74 and the synthesis circuit 75 can be configured using, for example, a 90-degree hybrid circuit.
- the distribution circuit 74 and the synthesis circuit 75 to perform power amplification with a plurality of amplifiers 72c, it becomes easy to secure output power. Therefore, when the output power of the transmission high-frequency signal is not so necessary, the arrangement of the distribution circuit 74 and the synthesis circuit 75 may be omitted and the single amplifier 72c may be arranged. Further, the amplifiers 72a and 72b can also be configured by a single-stage amplifier.
- the isolator 77 is provided to protect the amplifier 72c from excessive output reflection from the element antenna 90. Note that the isolator 77 can be configured such that a plurality of isolators with low power durability are arranged in the middle of the synthesis of the synthesis circuit 75.
- the oscillator module 50 is separated into two circuit blocks CKa and CKb when mounted.
- the circuit block CKa includes a voltage controlled oscillator 60 and a power supply / control circuit 51. Further, a part of the amplifiers 72a and 72b (for example, the amplifier 72a) may be arranged to be included in the circuit block CKa. In the configuration example of FIG. 3, among the amplifiers 72a and 72b provided in a plurality of stages, the amplifier 72a is included in the circuit block CKa. In the circuit block CKa, components having a large number of control wirings for PLL and components of a relatively low power portion are mounted.
- the circuit block CKb includes at least a part of the amplifiers 72a and 72b (for example, the amplifier 72b), a distribution circuit 74, an amplifier 72c, a synthesis circuit 75, and an isolator 77.
- the circuit block CKb includes a component that is a relatively high power portion and requires a heat dissipation structure because of large heat generation.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view for explaining an implementation example of the oscillator module 50 classified into the circuit blocks CKa and CKb.
- the oscillator module 50 is mounted by a two-story structure in which a substrate 207 on which the circuit block CKa is mounted and a substrate 210 on which the circuit block CKb is mounted are stacked as an integrated substrate. .
- the substrate 207 on which the circuit block CKa is mounted includes a high-frequency signal circuit unit for small signals, such as the power supply / control circuit 51, the voltage-controlled oscillator 60 having a large number of control lines for PLL control, and the first-stage amplifier 72a. Fabrication as an integrated substrate facilitates downsizing and wiring connection.
- the circuit board 210 on which the circuit block CKb is mounted has a high heat output, and circuit elements that generate a large amount of heat are mounted. For this reason, the substrate 210 is disposed on the first floor portion of the structure. Further, the substrate 210 is disposed on the metal base 202 to which the heat radiating fins 201 are attached. Thereby, the heat generated from the circuit elements included in the circuit block CKb can be released from the radiation fins 201.
- the cooling method can be changed to water cooling or the like as necessary.
- the substrate 210 mounted on the metal base 202 is covered with a metal input side connector plate 203, an output side connector plate 204, and a metal plate 206. Further, a vertical wall formed of a conductive sponge 211 is provided on the GND pattern of the substrate 210.
- a shield structure for isolation between elements required between the circuit block CKa (substrate 207) and the circuit element of the circuit block CKb having a large output power is formed by the sponge 211.
- the digging structure of the metal base 202 can be simplified. Further, if the GND pattern is provided on the substrate 210, the shape and size of the space to be shielded can be flexibly changed.
- the input-side connector plate 203 and the output-side connector plate 204 are configured not only to have a shield structure but also to mount connectors that serve as input / output interfaces from the outside.
- the input side connector plate 203 is provided with a connector 203a for receiving the input of the reference signal Sr.
- the output-side connector plate 204 is provided with a connector 204a for outputting a transmission high-frequency signal to the element antenna 90.
- circuit element (circuit block CKa) mounted on the substrate 207 and the circuit element (circuit block CKb) mounted on the substrate 210 pass through holes formed in the metal plate 206 with a size that does not affect isolation. Connected by the connected wiring. At this time, a covered wire is used as a wiring for transmitting a power source and a control signal. On the other hand, it is preferable to use a coaxial line for wiring for transmitting a high-frequency signal.
- the circuit structure (two-storey structure) of the oscillator module 50 formed on the metal base 202 is covered with a metal cover 208.
- the metal cover 208 is attached as an isolation structure of the circuit block CKa in addition to the purpose of protecting the circuit structure from an external impact or the like.
- each oscillator module 50 constituting the transmission module according to the first embodiment can be mounted efficiently.
- the substrate 210 corresponds to a “first substrate”
- the substrate 207 corresponds to a “second substrate”.
- FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram illustrating the configuration of the oscillator module 50a of the first modification.
- the oscillator module 50 a according to the first modification 1 is different from the configuration of the oscillator module 50 according to the first embodiment (FIG. 3) with the variable gain amplifier 71 and the output power monitor.
- the difference is that the circuit 78 and the reflected power monitor circuit 79 are further included. Since other configurations of oscillator module 50a are similar to those of oscillator module 50, detailed description will not be repeated.
- the variable gain amplifier 71 is disposed between the voltage controlled oscillator 60 and the amplifier 72a.
- the variable gain amplifier 71 operates by receiving power supply from the power supply / control circuit 51, and amplifies and outputs the transmission high-frequency signal from the voltage controlled oscillator 60.
- the power amplification factor corresponding to the power ratio between the input signal and the output signal of the variable gain amplifier 71 changes according to the control signal from the power supply / control circuit 51.
- the output power monitor circuit 78 measures the output power of the transmission high-frequency signal from the amplification unit 70.
- the reflected power monitor circuit 79 measures the reflected power from the element antenna 90.
- the output power detected by the output power monitor circuit 78 and the reflected power detected by the reflected power monitor circuit 79 are input to the power supply / control circuit 51.
- the output power monitor circuit 78 and the reflected power monitor circuit 79 can be configured by extracting a part of the output power and the reflected power with a directional coupler and detecting the extracted power with a detector.
- the power source / control circuit 51 controls the power amplification factor of the variable gain amplifier 71 based on at least one of the output power and the reflected power measured by the output power monitor circuit 78 and the reflected power monitor circuit 79.
- the voltage amplification factor by the variable gain amplifier 71 can be controlled so that the output power measured by the output power monitor circuit 78 matches a predetermined reference power.
- the output power of the transmission high-frequency signal from each oscillator module 50a can be precisely controlled according to the reference power optimum for forming the various beams output from the array antenna apparatus 100.
- the output power of the voltage controlled oscillator 60 and the gains of the amplifiers 72a to 72c are compensated for by temperature dependence, and the output power of the transmission high-frequency signal from the oscillator module 50a is compensated. It can be kept constant.
- the oscillator module 50a can be protected from failure.
- FIG. 6 is a circuit diagram illustrating a configuration of an oscillator module 50b according to the second modification.
- the oscillator module 50 b according to the second modification is different from the oscillator module 50 a (FIG. 5) in that it includes a variable attenuator 81 instead of the variable gain amplifier 71. .
- the variable attenuator 81 operates by receiving power supply from the power supply / control circuit 51, and attenuates the power of the transmission high-frequency signal from the voltage controlled oscillator 60.
- the power attenuation rate corresponding to the power ratio between the input signal and the output signal of the variable attenuator 81 changes according to the control signal from the power supply / control circuit 51. Since the configuration of the other parts of the oscillator module 50b is the same as that of the oscillator module 50a, detailed description will not be repeated.
- the power attenuation rate in the variable attenuator 81 is controlled according to the monitoring results by the output power monitor circuit 78 and the reflected power monitor circuit 79, similarly to the power amplification factor of the variable gain amplifier 71 in the oscillator module 50a. can do. Therefore, also in the oscillator module 50b, the output power of the transmission high-frequency signal can be maintained at a predetermined reference power. Alternatively, when the output power and / or the reflected power exceeds the threshold, the device protection control is executed in which the power attenuation rate in the variable attenuator 81 is set to infinity and the output of the transmission high-frequency signal from the oscillator module 50b is stopped. can do.
- variable gain amplifier 71 or the variable attenuator 81 is further arranged to precisely control the output power of the transmission high-frequency signal. And device protection control when the output power and the reflected power are excessive.
- each of variable gain amplifier 71 and variable attenuator 81 corresponds to an embodiment of “power regulator”, and each of output power monitor circuit 78 and reflected power monitor circuit 79 is “detection”. This corresponds to an embodiment of the “container”.
- the oscillator modules 50a and 50b according to the modification shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 can also be configured according to the mounting structure example described in FIG.
- the variable gain amplifier 71 and the variable attenuator 81 are circuit blocks for amplifying or attenuating a relatively small power transmission high-frequency signal from the voltage controlled oscillator 60 in accordance with a control signal from the power supply / control circuit 51. It is preferable to mount on the substrate 207 as a circuit element of CKa.
- the output power monitor circuit 78 and the reflected power monitor circuit 79 are preferably mounted on the substrate 210 as circuit elements of the circuit block CKb in order to measure relatively large power on the output side of the amplifying unit 70.
- FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of array antenna apparatus 100b according to the modification of the first embodiment of the present invention.
- array antenna device 100 b according to the second modification of the first embodiment is guided as element antenna 90 in comparison with array antenna device 100 a according to the first embodiment (FIG. 1). The difference is that a tube 91 and a horn antenna 92 are provided. Since the configuration of other parts of array antenna apparatus 100b is similar to that of array antenna apparatus 100a, detailed description will not be repeated.
- the plurality of oscillator modules included in the transmission module 30 include the oscillator module 50a shown in FIG. 5 or the oscillator shown in FIG. 6 in addition to the configuration of the oscillator module 50 shown in FIG. It is also possible to apply the configuration of the module 50b.
- the element antenna is constituted by a horn antenna
- a plurality of transmission high-frequency signals having the same frequency and whose phases are independently controlled are arrayed by using the transmission module 30 suitable for transmission that does not have a baseband signal.
- the antenna device 100b By outputting from the antenna device 100b, a transmission beam can be formed.
- FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of transmission apparatus 110 according to the second embodiment configured by including a transmission module according to the embodiment of the present invention.
- transmission apparatus 110 includes reference signal source 10, signal distributor 20, and transmission module 30, similar to array antenna apparatus 100a shown in FIG. Further, the transmission device 110 includes a power combiner 80.
- the transmission module 30 is configured in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and includes a plurality (n) of oscillator modules 50.
- the transmission module 30 may be configured using the oscillator module 50a (FIG. 5) or the oscillator module 50b (FIG. 6).
- the transmission apparatus 110 is provided with a power combiner 80 instead of the n element antennas 90.
- the power combiner 80 combines the outputs from the n oscillator modules 50 (50a, 50b) to generate a transmission signal from the transmission device 110. It is known that the output power of the power combiner 80 is maximized when the phase condition between input signals is optimized. Therefore, when the transmission module 30 is applied to the transmission device 110, the phase command signal generation unit 40 transmits the transmission high-frequency signal from the n oscillator modules 50 (50a, 50b) at the input end of the power combiner 80. The phase command signals ⁇ 1 * to ⁇ n * are generated so that the phase relationship between them is optimal.
- the phase control command is set so that the phases of n transmission high-frequency signals are actually aligned at the input end of the power combiner 80.
- the signals ⁇ 1 * to ⁇ n * can be adjusted.
- the phase adjustment at the input end of the power combiner 80 is performed using the transmission module 30 according to the present embodiment including the oscillator module 50 (50a, 50b). Accordingly, it is possible to increase the output of a transmission signal that does not have a baseband signal with a small, low-cost, and low-loss circuit configuration.
- the transmission high-frequency signals at the input ends of the power combiner 80 have the same amplitude so that the oscillator modules 50a and 50b have the same amplitude.
- the output reference power can be initially adjusted. Thereby, since the output power from the power combiner 80 can be maximized, the output of the transmission signal can be further increased.
- each output module 30 can control the output power of each voltage controlled oscillator 60.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of array antenna apparatus 101 including the transmission module according to the third embodiment.
- array antenna apparatus 101 according to the third embodiment is different from array antenna apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment in that a transmission module 31 is provided instead of transmission module 30.
- the transmission module 31 is different from the transmission module 30 in that it further includes an amplitude command signal generation unit 41.
- the amplitude command signal generator 41 generates the amplitude command signals A1 * to An * of the voltage controlled oscillator 60 for the n oscillator modules 50.
- the amplitude command signals A1 * to An * are input to the voltage controlled oscillators 60 of the n oscillator modules 50, respectively.
- the voltage-controlled oscillator 60 outputs a transmission high-frequency signal having an amplitude according to the amplitude command signal A * (which comprehensively represents A1 * to An *). Thereby, the output power of the transmission high-frequency signal from the voltage controlled oscillator 60 can be controlled separately by the n oscillator modules 50.
- array antenna apparatus 101 Since the configuration and operation of other parts of array antenna apparatus 101 are the same as those of array antenna apparatus 100 (FIG. 1), detailed description will not be repeated.
- the side lobe when the output power from each element antenna 90 is uniform, the side lobe may become large. In such a case, the side lobe can be improved by intentionally increasing or decreasing the output power from the n oscillator modules 50. For example, when the side lobe is improved by an amplitude distribution pattern in which the amplitude of the transmission high-frequency signal from the central element antenna 90 is stronger than the amplitude of the transmission high-frequency signal from the peripheral element antenna 90, The amplitude command signals A1 * to An * can be set according to the amplitude pattern.
- the reference power in the feedback control using the measurement value by the output power monitor circuit 78 is set to n oscillator modules 50a and 50b according to the amplitude pattern. By setting them separately, it is possible to output a transmission beam having a small side lobe as well. Conversely, in the configuration of the third embodiment, a transmission beam having a small side lobe can be output without arranging the variable gain amplifier 71 or the variable attenuator 81.
- FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of transmission apparatus 111 including a transmission module according to the third embodiment.
- FIG. 10 is different from FIG. 8 in that the transmission device 111 according to the third embodiment is different from the transmission device 110 according to the second embodiment in that a transmission module 31 is provided instead of the transmission module 30. Similar to FIG. 9, the transmission module 31 is different from the transmission module 30 in that it further includes an amplitude command signal generation unit 41.
- the output power of the transmission high-frequency signal from the voltage controlled oscillator 60 can be separately controlled by the n oscillator modules 50.
- transmitting apparatus 111 Since the configuration and operation of other parts of transmitting apparatus 111 are the same as those of transmitting apparatus 110 (FIG. 8), detailed description will not be repeated.
- an amplitude command signal is used so that the transmission high-frequency signal from each oscillator module 50 is actually equalized at the input end of the power combiner 80.
- A1 * to An * can be adjusted.
- the power of the transmission signal output from power combiner 80 can be maximized.
- the oscillator module 50 having a simple configuration without using the oscillator modules 50a and 50b in which the variable gain amplifier 71 or the variable attenuator 81 is disposed.
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図1は、本発明の実施の形態に従う送信モジュールを含んで構成されるアレイアンテナ装置100aの構成を説明するブロック図である。
図5は、第1の変形例の発振器モジュール50aの構成を説明する回路図である。
図6を図5と比較して、第2の変形例に従う発振器モジュール50bは、発振器モジュール50a(図5)と参照して、可変利得増幅器71に代えて、可変減衰器81を含む点で異なる。
図7は、本発明の実施の形態1の変形例に従うアレイアンテナ装置100bの構成を示すブロック図である。
実施の形態1では、本発明の実施の形態に従う送信モジュールからの送信高周波信号を空間で電力合成することで送信ビーム制御を行うアレイアンテナ装置の構成を説明した。しかしながら、本発明の実施の形態に従う送信モジュールは、空間合成方式によらず、電力合成器を用いて電力合成を行う高出力用の送信装置にも適用することが可能である。
実施の形態3では、各送信モジュール30において各電圧制御発振器60の出力電力を制御可能な構成とした構成を説明する。
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- 共通の基準信号を受けて、複数の送信信号をそれぞれ出力する複数の発振器モジュールと、
前記複数の送信信号のそれぞれに対応する複数の位相指令信号を別個に生成して、前記複数の位相指令信号を前記複数の発振器モジュールに対してそれぞれ出力する位相指令信号生成部とを備え、
各前記発振器モジュールは、
前記基準信号および前記複数の位相指令信号のうちの対応する位相指令信号に基づいて、前記複数の送信信号のうちの対応する送信信号を出力する電圧制御発振器と、
前記電圧制御発振器から出力された前記対応する送信信号の電力を増幅するための増幅部とを含み、
前記電圧制御発振器は、前記基準信号に基づく同期制御により、各前記送信信号が、前記複数の発振器モジュール間で同一の周波数を有し、かつ、前記対応する位相指令信号に従って前記複数の発振器モジュール間で別個に制御された位相を有するように、前記複数の送信信号を出力する、送信モジュール。 - 各前記発振器モジュールは、
入力信号および出力信号の間の電力比を調整可能に構成された電力調整器と、
当該発振器モジュールからの出力電力を検出するための検出器とをさらに含み、
前記電力調整器は、前記電圧制御発振器から出力された前記対応する送信信号が通過する信号経路上に配置され、
前記電力調整器の前記電力比は、前記検出器による検出値に基づいて調整される、請求項1記載の送信モジュール。 - 各前記発振器モジュールは、
入力信号および出力信号の間の電力比を調整可能に構成された電力調整器と、
当該発振器モジュールにおける反射電力を検出するための検出器とをさらに含み、
前記電力調整器は、前記電圧制御発振器から出力された前記対応する送信信号が通過する信号経路上に配置され、
前記電力調整器の前記電力比は、前記検出器による検出値に基づいて調整される、請求項1記載の送信モジュール。 - 前記電力調整器は、可変利得増幅部および可変減衰器のいずれかによって構成される、請求項2記載の送信モジュール。
- 前記電力調整器は、可変利得増幅部および可変減衰器のいずれかによって構成される、請求項3記載の送信モジュール。
- 前記複数の発振器モジュールのそれぞれの複数の振幅指令信号を生成して、前記複数の振幅指令信号の各々を前記複数の発振器モジュールのうちの対応する1つに含まれる前記電圧制御発振器へ出力する振幅指令信号生成部をさらに備え、
各前記電圧制御発振器は、前記複数の振幅指令信号のうちの対応する振幅指令信号に従って、前記対応する送信信号の振幅を可変制御する、請求項1記載の送信モジュール。 - 各前記発振器モジュールは、
前記発振器モジュールの構成素子に電源および制御信号を供給するための電源制御回路部をさらに含み、
前記発振器モジュールは、前記増幅部のうちの少なくとも一部の回路素子を搭載する第1の基板と、前記電圧制御発振器および前記電源制御回路部の回路素子を搭載する第2の基板とが積層されて一体化された構造によって実装され、
前記第1および第2の基板は、前記第1の基板のグランドパターン上に形成された導電性部材によって構成されるたて壁と、前記第1の基板を覆うための、プレート、入力側コネクタ板および出力側コネクタ板とによって空間的に離間される、請求項1記載の送信モジュール。 - 各前記発振器モジュールは、
前記発振器モジュールの構成素子に電源および制御信号を供給するための電源制御回路部をさらに含み、
前記発振器モジュールは、前記増幅部のうちの少なくとも一部の回路素子を搭載する第1の基板と、前記電圧制御発振器および前記電源制御回路部の回路素子を搭載する第2の基板とが積層されて一体化された構造によって実装され、
前記第1および第2の基板は、前記第1の基板のグランドパターン上に形成された導電性部材によって構成されるたて壁と、前記第1の基板を覆うための、プレート、入力側コネクタ板および出力側コネクタ板とによって空間的に離間される、請求項6記載の送信モジュール。 - 各前記発振器モジュールは、
前記発振器モジュールの構成素子に電源および制御信号を供給するための電源制御回路部をさらに含み、
前記発振器モジュールは、前記増幅部のうちの前記電力調整器を除く回路素子のうちの少なくとも一部を搭載する第1の基板と、前記電圧制御発振器、前記電力調整器、および前記電源制御回路部の回路素子を搭載する第2の基板とが積層されて一体化された構造によって実装され、
前記第1および第2の基板は、前記第1の基板のグランドパターン上に形成された導電性部材によって構成されるたて壁と、前記第1の基板を覆うための、プレート、入力側コネクタ板および出力側コネクタ板とによって空間的に離間される、請求項2記載の送信モジュール。 - 各前記発振器モジュールは、
前記発振器モジュールの構成素子に電源および制御信号を供給するための電源制御回路部をさらに含み、
前記発振器モジュールは、前記増幅部のうちの少なくとも一部の回路素子を搭載する第1の基板と、前記電圧制御発振器および前記電源制御回路部の回路素子を搭載する第2の基板とが積層されて一体化された構造によって実装され、
前記第1および第2の基板は、前記第1の基板のグランドパターン上に形成された導電性部材によって構成されるたて壁と、前記第1の基板を覆うための、プレート、入力側コネクタ板および出力側コネクタ板とによって空間的に離間される、請求項3記載の送信モジュール。 - 請求項1~10のいずれか1項に記載の送信モジュールを複数個備え、
配列された複数の放射素子をさらに備え、
前記複数の放射素子は、前記複数個の送信モジュールにそれぞれ対応して設けられて、前記複数の発振器モジュールからの前記複数の送信信号を空間に伝播するように配置される、アレイアンテナ装置。 - 請求項1~10のいずれか1項に記載の送信モジュールを複数個備え、
前記複数個の送信モジュールからの前記複数の送信信号を合成する電力合成器をさらに備え、
前記電力合成器は、合成した信号を空間に伝播するように配置される、送信装置。
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