Investigations of ZnO thin films deposited by a reactive pulsed laser ablation

Highly transparent ZnO thin films were deposited at different substrate temperatures by pulsed laser deposition in an oxygen atmosphere. The thin films were characterized by various techniques including X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, optical absorption, and photoluminescence. We demonstrated that oriented wurtzite ZnO thin films could be deposited at room temperature using a high purity zinc target. Variable temperature photoluminescence revealed new characteristics in the band edge emission. The underlying mechanism for the observed phenomena was also discussed.     

A novel initial ranging algorithm for OFDMA systems using smart antenna

To improve the capacity of initial ranging （IR） users simultaneously accessing into network and enhance the performance of the IR, a novel IR algorithm is presented for the orthogonal frequency division multiple access systems with the smart antenna. The beamforming weight vectors provided by the antenna array are introduced for the IR users, and the procedures of the multiuser parameter estimation and the interference cancellation are designed. The proposed method can improve the accuracy of the channel estimation of active paths and efficiently reduce the residual multiple access interference. Simulation results show that the proposed method has a much better performance than the available successive multiuser detection and interference cancellation algorithm and accommodates more active ranging users simultaneously accessing into a cell.     

压缩感知算法在阵列测向中的相干信号分辨

现有算法在进行信号重建时,需要原始信号的稀疏信息来控制初始原子集的大小和算法迭代的最大次数,这削弱了重建精度,增加了计算复杂度,限制了其实际应用能力。为了克服这个问题,提出了基于正交匹配追踪算法的改进算法。该算法将阵元个数作为假设稀疏度,在稀疏度未知的初始阶段扩展初始原子集。最后通过对测量信号的幅度进行阈值过滤以实现信号的分辨和信源数的估计。为解决测向人员面对监测软件所指示的多个信号示向度中,无法分辨哪些指示方向是同一个信号源所产生的折反射信号的问题,首次提出了基于压缩感知算法的相干关系分析和相干信号分辨的模型。实测数据结果表明,该算法在不同环境下可以清晰分辨相干信号,并且能够适应多种实验平台。     

A low‐profile antenna with circularly polarized reconfigurable and omnidirectional radiation patterns

A low profile circularly polarized (CP) antenna with reconfigurable polarization is designed and presented, which can radiate omnidirectional patterns that can be switched between left‐hand circularly polarized (LHCP) and right‐hand circularly polarized (RHCP). A pair of arc‐shaped complementary dipoles is acted as reconfigurable elements by bridging four pin diodes at the dipole arced arms. A meander phase shift line is employed to connected the arc dipole arms and plate cavity to adjust the phase relationship of two sources. The proposed antenna exhibits the omnidirectional radiation pattern by combining six identical elements placed in a circular array configuration. 24 p‐i‐n diodes are exploited to six elements, by manipulating the dc bias voltage across the diodes, the polarization state of the antenna can be switched. The patterns of the antenna are similar to that of a dipole, but its size is only about Φ0.87 × 0.029λ₀ at 5.8 GHz. The overlapped bandwidth of measured 3‐dB axial ratio (AR) and 10‐dB return loss is 5.724‐5.87 and 5.738‐5.91 GHz for two polarization states, which are right on the target of ISM band. It can be well adapted to medical diagnosis systems.     

Design of a broadband dielectric resonator antenna and its application in low sensitivity frequency beam‐scanning array with wide scanning angle and suppressed sidelobes

In this paper, a broadband dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) with a simple H‐slot feeding structure is proposed. The broad bandwidth (~45%) and uni‐directional radiation enable this DRA suitable to work as a radiation element in the construction of a beam‐scanning array with not only low frequency sensitivity which is important for accurate angle estimation of in‐coming targets, but also a wide scanning range. Moreover, stable coupling coefficients are established around all the above three resonances with respect to its corresponding feeding line, ensuring a low sidelobe level (SLL) across the whole operating frequency range. In order to realize such a DRA, a latticed rectangular structure is utilized to generate the lower two resonances, while the upper resonance is generated by its H‐shaped feeding slot. The shape of the latticed dielectric resonator is also modified according to a 3‐D printed fixing structure for an accurate installation. A 20‐element beam‐scanning prototype is demonstrated and manufactured. The range of scanning angle is from ?36° to +13° within the bandwidth of 10 to 16 GHz, corresponding to a frequency sensitivity of only 122.5 MHz/^o. The achieved SLL are smaller than 19 dB for all scanning beams. The above performance indicates that, this array is very suitable for near‐range radar systems requiring an accurate angle estimation.     

相控阵天气雷达站环境参数计算及评估系统研发

作为S波段新一代天气雷达的重要补充,目前广东省正加快建设X波段双极化相控阵天气雷达;如何更好地做好优化布局提升全网覆盖率和探测能力,站点选择是否科学合理显得尤为重要;文章设计一套全新的基于数字高程DEM的探测环境参数智能分析系统,客观、定量、自动计算探测净空投影面积、净空占总投影面积比例、投影阻挡面积比例、探测净空体积、静锥盲区体积、低空盲区体积、扫描立体空域完备度等,在现场选址时能够1分钟内输出综合分析结果和建议;作为辅助选址系统,已经在广东省26部X波段双极化相控阵天气雷达选址中应用,输出结论对现场选址起到了很好的指导性作用,为雷达系统建设快速提供科学决策依据.     

Ultra-low latency and omit-iteration CORDIC algorithm

The pipeline structure Coordinate Rotation Digital Computer (CORDIC) algorithm improves its precision by increasing the stages of iterations, which leads to a large delay, excessive consumption of hardware and limits its applications.The omit-iteration CORDIC algorithm is proposed to solve this problem by using the methods of binary to bipolar recoding, folding angle domain, merging iteration and optimizing the lookup table. Simulation results show that this method needs only two clock cycles to get the output and also makes improvement on the hardware consumption and its precision, especially having privilege to the application on high speed and real-time occasions compared with other realization of the CORDIC algorithm.     

基于FPGA的瞬态响应测试仪的设计与实现

为提高瞬态响应测试仪的测量精度和响应速度,提出了一种基于现场可编程门阵列(FPGA)实现的设计方法.系统设计采用Xilinx公司生产的Xilinx Spartan 3E XC3S500E PQ208 FPGA作为控制核心,实现了对瞬态响应的峰值时间、超调量及调节时间的精确测量,并且能较准确地绘制二阶系统的瞬态响应曲线.系统显示模块采用VGA显示,既节约了IO口资源,又可以更加逼真地显示相应曲线.系统可通过模拟开关实现单脉冲信号的输出,并扩展了语音提示功能,使用更方便.实际测试表明,系统具有运行稳定、参数测量精度高、抗干扰强及响应速度快的优点.     

基于GNU Radio和USRP的切换天线方向调制物理层安全系统

提出了一种切换天线方向调制物理层安全传输系统,利用天线的切换选择扰乱非期望方向的窃听者进行信息窃密,实现了视距空间的保密通信。基于GNU Radio和USRP软件无线电平台,结合高速射频开关、FPGA控制板、网络收发模块以及阵列天线搭建了实验验证系统。通过测试窃听者位于不同方位角的视频传输质量和信号星座样式验证了该方法的可行性,结果表明与传统阵列天线相比,切换天线方向调制技术能提供更安全的视距通信。     

基于加权平滑l_0范数的单快拍波达方向估计

针对现有基于压缩感知的DOA估计算法估计精度不高的问题,提出一种基于加权平滑l0范数的单快拍DOA估计算法。所提算法采用一种新的加权方式,在构造一个恰当的平滑连续函数后,根据接收数据的初始解确定一个合适的递减的{σ}序列[σ_1,σ_2,?,σ_J],并对每一个σ值,用最速下降法来求解l0范数的逼近函数H_σ(S)的最小值;然后将该σ值作为下一次迭代的初始值,并在每次迭代开始时更新权值,通过多次的迭代获得逼近函数的最小解,即逼近的最小l0范数。通过仿真实验表明所提算法可对DOA进行有效估计,且容易实现、精度较高,与未加权的改进平滑l_0范数DOA估计方法相比具有更好的估计性能。