An Autonomous Self-Adapting Conformal Array for Cylindrical Surfaces with a Changing Radius

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作者：

Braaten, Benjamin D. ^{[1
]}

Roy, Sayan ^{[1
]}

Irfanullah ^{[1
]}

Nariyal, Sanjay ^{[1
]}

Anagnostou, Dimitris E. ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] N Dakota State Univ, Elect & Comp Engn Dept, Fargo, ND 58102 USA

[2] South Dakota Sch Mines & Technol, Elect & Comp Engn Dept, Rapid City, SD 57701 USA

来源：

2014 IEEE ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM (APSURSI) | 2014年

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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

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0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

Conformal antennas are being used more often in modern wireless communication systems. Because of this increased usage, novel self-adapting arrays have been developed for improving the performance of wireless communication systems that use conformal antennas on changing surfaces. Among the changing surfaces of interest is a cylinder with a varying radius and in this work, the properties of an autonomous self-adapting 4 x 4 conformal array for changing cylindrical surfaces is presented. A sensor circuit is used to measure the radius-of-curvature of the cylindrical surface and this information is used to control phased-shifters in the 4 x 4 conformal array for phase-compensation of the radiation pattern. This array has been denoted as the SELF-adapting FLEXible (SELFLEX) array. Finally, the self-adapting characteristics of the array are validated with measurements and simulations.

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页码：1784 / 1785

页数：2