Phased array transmitting array, phased array receiving array, radar and intelligent induction equipment
阅读说明:本技术 相控阵发射阵列、相控阵接收阵列、雷达和智能感应设备 (Phased array transmitting array, phased array receiving array, radar and intelligent induction equipment ) 是由 牛犇 于 2019-04-22 设计创作,主要内容包括:本申请涉及雷达技术领域,公开了一种相控阵发射阵列、雷达和智能感应设备,相控阵发射阵列,包括:输出源;N个发射单元;M个分束器,所述M个分束器逐级设置,并且与所述输出源连接,用于对所述输出源输出的光进行逐级分束,得到N路探测介质,每一路探测介质入射至一所述发射单元;P个调相器,一所述调相器的输入端与一所述分束器的输出端连接,至少一个所述调相器的输出端与一个分束器的输入端连接,其余所述调相器的输出端分别与所述发射单元的输入端连接,所述P个调相器用于对分束器输出的探测介质进行调相,以使所述N路探测介质满足预设干涉条件。通过上述方式,降低相控阵发射阵列中调相器所需要调相的相位总和,从而降低调相器所需要的总功率。(The application relates to the technical field of radars, and discloses an phased array transmitting array, a radar and an intelligent induction device, wherein the phased array transmitting array comprises an output source, N transmitting units, M beam splitters, P phase modulators and a phase modulator, wherein the M beam splitters are arranged step by step and are connected with the output source and used for splitting beams of light output by the output source step by step to obtain N paths of detection media, each paths of detection media are incident to of the transmitting unit, the input ends of the phase modulators are connected with the output ends of the beam splitters, the output ends of at least phase modulators are connected with the input ends of beam splitters, the output ends of the rest phase modulators are respectively connected with the input ends of the transmitting units, and the P phase modulators are used for phase modulating the detection media output by the beam splitters to enable the N paths of detection media to meet preset interference conditions.)
An phased array transmit array (20), comprising:
an output source (21);
j transmitting units (24);
the M beam splitters (22) are arranged in a step-by-step mode, are connected with the output source (21) and are used for splitting the detection medium output by the output source (21) step by step to obtain J paths of detection media, and each paths of detection media are incident to the transmitting unit (24);
p phase modulators (23), the input of phase modulator (23) with the output of beam splitter (22) is connected, at least the output of phase modulator (23) is connected with the input of beam splitter (22), the output of remaining phase modulator (23) respectively with the input of emission unit (24) is connected, P phase modulator (23) are used for carrying out the phase modulation to the detection medium of beam splitter (22) output, so that the detection medium of J way satisfies and predetermines the interference condition, wherein, J and M are the natural number that is greater than 2, P is the natural number that is greater than 1.
2. The phased array transmit array (20) of claim 1,
every , K-1 output ends of K output ends of the beam splitter (22) are respectively connected with input ends of K-1 phase modulators (23), and K is a natural number larger than 1.
3. The phased array transmit array (20) of claim 1,
the M beam splitters (22) are arranged in a cascade mode, specifically, except for the beam splitter (22) which receives the detection medium of the output source (21), the input ends of part of the beam splitters (22) in the rest of the beam splitters (22) are connected with the output end of another beam splitter (22), and the input ends of part of the beam splitters (22) are connected with the output end of another beam splitter (22) through the phase modulators.
4. The phased array transmit array (20) of claim 3,
the number of beam splitters (22) per stages is KT-1-T is the order of the splitter (22) and is a natural number greater than 1, K is the number of outputs of the splitter (22).
5. The phased array transmit array (20) of any of of claims 1-4,
the preset interference condition is that the phase difference of the J-path detection medium is 0 to 0 in sequence
6. The phased array transmit array (20) of any of of claims 1-4,
the J transmitting units (24) are arranged in an array, and the distance between any two adjacent transmitting units (24) is the same.
7. The phased array transmit array (20) of claim 6, further comprising a base (25) and J thermally conductive pads (26);
the J emitting units (24) are all fixed on the base (25), and each heat-conducting gasket (26) is arranged between emitting units (24) and the base (25).
8. The phased array transmit array (20) of claim 7, further comprising a fan (27);
the base (25) is provided with a heat dissipation channel (251), the fan (27) is arranged at the end of the heat dissipation channel (251), and the other end of the heat dissipation channel (251) is communicated with the outside.
A phased array receive array of the type 9, ,
a receiver;
x receiving units;
the Y beam combiners are arranged step by step, are connected with the receiver and are used for combining the detection media received by the X receiving units;
the output ends of the Z phase modulators are connected with the input ends of the beam combiners, the input ends of at least phase modulators are connected with the output ends of beam combiners, the input ends of the other phase modulators are respectively connected with the output ends of the receiving units, and the Z phase modulators are used for phase modulating the detection medium received by the X receiving units.
10. The phased array receive array of claim 9,
and each , Q-1 input ends of Q input ends of the beam combiner are respectively connected with output ends of Q-1 phase modulators, and Q is a natural number greater than 1.
11. The phased array receiving array according to claim 9, wherein said Y combiners are arranged in stages such that, in addition to the combiners connected to said receivers, the inputs of some of said combiners are connected to the outputs of another combiners, and some of said combiners are connected to the outputs of another combiners through said phase modulators.
12. The phased array receive array of claim 9,
the number of beam combiners per stages is HG-1And G is the level of the beam combiner, G is a natural number greater than 1, and G is the number of input ends of the beam combiner.
A radar (100) of type, comprising a phased array transmit array (20) according to any of claims 1-8 and a phased array receive array (30), the phased array receive array (30) being arranged to receive a reflection probe medium reflected from an object to be measured.
A smart sensor device, comprising a radar (100) as claimed in claim 13.
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of radars, in particular to phased array transmitting arrays, phased array receiving arrays, radars and intelligent induction equipment.
Background
The laser radar is a radar system for emitting laser beams to detect characteristic vectors such as the position, the speed and the like of a target, and is widely applied to the technical fields of atmospheric detection, urban surveying and mapping, ocean detection, automatic driving, robotics, laser televisions, laser three-dimensional imaging and the like.
At present, laser radars are further classified into Mechanical laser radars, phased array laser radars and MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical systems, Micro Electro-Mechanical systems) laser radars, the Mechanical laser radars push a radar System to rotate 360 degrees through a Mechanical rotating structure, so that 360-degree detection is realized, and the detection precision and reliability of the laser radars are influenced by the Mechanical rotating structure. The phased array laser radar does not need a mechanical rotating structure, interference is generated in space through light beams emitted by a plurality of emission units to form far-field light beams, object detection is achieved through the far-field light beams, then the direction of the far-field light beams is adjusted by adjusting the phase difference of the light emitted by the emission units, and therefore 360-degree scanning is achieved. Because the laser radar based on the optical phased array can be produced in batches by a semiconductor process, the unit cost is much lower than that of a mechanical laser radar, and the mechanical laser radar can cause the problem of reliability due to rotation in use, the phased array laser radar is used as an object detection tool in more and more industries.
However, in the process of the inventor of the present application to realize the present application, it was found that: as shown in fig. 1, in order to achieve a phase difference of a plurality of transmitting
Disclosure of Invention
The purpose of this application embodiment is to provide phased array transmission array, phased array receiving array, radar and intelligent induction equipment, reduces the required phase summation of phase modulation ware in phased array transmission array or the phased array receiving array to reduce the required total power of phase modulation ware.
According to aspects of the embodiment of the application, an phase-control array emitting array is provided and comprises an output source, J emitting units, M beam splitters, P phase modulators and a phase modulator, wherein the M beam splitters are arranged step by step and connected with the output source and used for splitting beams of detection media output by the output source step by step to obtain J detection media, each paths of detection media are incident to the emitting unit, the input end of the phase modulator is connected with the output end of the beam splitter, the output ends of at least phase modulators are connected with the input ends of beam splitters, the output ends of the rest phase modulators are respectively connected with the input ends of the emitting units, the P phase modulators are used for phase modulating the detection media output by the beam splitters to enable the N paths of detection media to meet preset interference conditions, wherein J and M are natural numbers larger than 2, and P is a natural number larger than 1.
In alternative mode, K-1 output ends of K output ends of every of the beam splitters are respectively connected with input ends of K-1 phase modulators, and K is a natural number larger than 1.
In optional modes, the M beam splitters are arranged in stages, specifically, except for the beam splitter receiving the detection medium of the output source, input ends of some of the remaining beam splitters are connected to output ends of another beam splitter, and input ends of some of the beam splitters are connected to output ends of another beam splitter through a phase modulator.
In alternative, the number of beam splitters is K per stagesT-1The T is the level of the beam splitter, the T is a natural number larger than 1, and the K is the number of output ends of the beam splitter.
In alternative modes, the preset interference condition is the J-path probeThe phase difference of the measured medium is 0 to
The N is the number of levels of the beam splitter (22).In alternative, the J transmitting units are arranged in an array and the distance between any two adjacent transmitting units is the same.
In alternative, the phased array transmit array further comprises a base and J heat-conducting pads, wherein the J transmit elements are fixed on the base, and each of the heat-conducting pads is arranged between a transmit element and the base.
In alternative, the base is provided with a heat dissipation channel, the fan is arranged at the end of the heat dissipation channel, and the other end of the heat dissipation channel is communicated with the outside.
According to another aspects of the embodiment of the application, the phased array receiving array comprises a receiver, X receiving units, Y beam combiners, and Z phase modulators, wherein the Y beam combiners are arranged step by step and connected with the receiver and used for performing beam combination processing on detection media received by the X receiving units, the output end of the phase modulator is connected with the input end of the beam combiner, the input ends of at least phase modulators are connected with the output ends of beam combiners, the input ends of the rest phase modulators are respectively connected with the output ends of the receiving units, and the Z phase modulators are used for performing phase modulation on the detection media received by the X receiving units.
In alternative mode, Q-1 input terminals of Q input terminals of each beam combiner are respectively connected with output terminals of Q-1 phase modulators, and Q is a natural number larger than 1.
In optional manners, the step-by-step setting of the Y beam combiners is specifically that, except for the beam combiner connected to the receiver, the input ends of some of the beam combiners in the other beam combiners are connected to the output end of another beam combiner, and the input ends of some of the beam combiners are connected to the output end of another beam combiner through the phase modulator.
In kindsIn an alternative mode, the number of beam combiners per stages is HG-1And G is the level of the beam combiner, G is a natural number greater than 1, and G is the number of input ends of the beam combiner.
According to still aspects of embodiments of the present application, radars are provided, including a phased array transmit array and a phased array receive array as described above.
According to still another aspects of embodiments of the present application, there are provided smart sensor devices, including the radar described above.
In this embodiment of the present application, at least phase modulators in the phased array transmit array are disposed in front of two beam splitters, and at least phase modulators of the phase modulators perform phase adjustment on the detection medium transmitted from beam splitters to beam splitters, so that the detection medium entering the beam splitters has a phase modulated by the phase modulators, and thus the detection medium separated by the beam splitters has a phase adjusted by the phase modulators, and the detection medium separated by the beam splitters is subjected to phase adjustment of , and when the detection medium separated by the beam splitters is subjected to phase adjustment again, the detection medium can be adjusted based on the phase adjusted by the phase modulators, and the amplitude of the phase to be adjusted by the subsequent phase modulators is greatly reduced, which is beneficial for reducing the power of the subsequent phase modulators and further reducing the total power required by all the phase modulators.
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the various embodiments are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings and not by way of limitation, in which elements having the same reference number designation may be referred to by similar elements in the drawings and, unless otherwise indicated, the drawings are not to scale.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a phased array transmit array in the prior art;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a phased array transmit array of the present application;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of secondary beam splitting in an embodiment of a phased array transmit array of the present application;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of three-stage beam splitting in an embodiment of a phased array transmit array of the present application;
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of a phased array transmit array of the present application;
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the connection between the base and the transmit unit in the phased array transmit array embodiment of the present application;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a phased array receive array of the present application;
fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the radar of the present application.
Detailed Description
Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The following examples are merely used to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the present application, and therefore are only examples, and the protection scope of the present application is not limited thereby.
Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a phased array transmit
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It should be noted that in other embodiments, the number of detection mediums separated by each
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In the embodiments, the preset interference condition refers to a condition that the detection mediums emitted by the
It should be noted that: the number of the
For the reader's convenience to better understand the inventive concept of the present invention, two examples of pre-phase modulators are presented below.
(1) Referring to fig. 2 again, at least K-1 output ends of the K output ends of each
The following will describe the modulation of the
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In , as shown in FIG. 6, the phased
, in order to better dissipate heat from the
In the embodiment of the present application, at least
The present application further provides phased array receive array embodiments. Phased array receive
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It should be noted that, the phased
In the embodiment of the present application, the detection mediums received by the
As shown in fig. 7, a radar 100 includes a phased
The application also provides embodiments of intelligent sensing equipment, and the intelligent sensing equipment includes a radar, the structure and function of the radar of this embodiment are the same as those of the radar of the above embodiments, and for the specific structure and function of the radar, reference may be made to the above embodiments, and details are not repeated here in .
For the intelligent sensing device, the device can detect the orientation and distance of the surrounding object and make a decision based on the orientation and distance of the surrounding object, for example: intelligent robots, intelligent cars, intelligent airplanes, and the like.
It should be noted that technical terms or scientific terms used in the embodiments of the present application should be understood as having a common meaning as understood by those skilled in the art to which the embodiments of the present application belong, unless otherwise specified.
In the description of the present embodiments, the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "front", "rear", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "clockwise", "counterclockwise", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", and the like indicate orientations and positional relationships that are based on the orientations and positional relationships shown in the drawings, and are used only for convenience in describing the embodiments of the present application and for simplicity in description, but do not indicate or imply that the device or element being referred to must have a particular orientation, be constructed and operated in a particular orientation, and therefore, should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present application.
Furthermore, the technical terms "", "second", etc. are used for descriptive purposes only and are not to be construed as indicating or implying relative importance or implicitly indicating the number of technical features indicated.
In the description of the embodiments of the present invention, unless otherwise explicitly stated or limited, the terms "mounted," "connected," "fixed," and the like shall be construed , and for example, they may be fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integral bodies, mechanically connected, electrically connected, directly connected, indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, connected between two elements, or in an interaction relationship between two elements.
In describing the novel embodiments of this embodiment, unless expressly specified or limited otherwise, the th feature being "on" or "under" the second feature can be either and the second feature being in direct contact, or and the second feature being in indirect contact through an intervening medium, further, the th feature being "on," "above" and "above" the second feature can be th feature being directly above or obliquely above the second feature, or merely indicating that the th feature is at a higher level than the second feature, the th feature being "under," "below" and "beneath" the second feature can be th feature being directly below or obliquely below the second feature, or merely indicating that the th feature is at a lower level than the second feature.
Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used for illustrating the technical solutions of the present application, and not for limiting the same; although the present application has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; such modifications and substitutions do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure, and the present disclosure should be construed as being covered by the claims and the specification. In particular, the technical features mentioned in the embodiments can be combined in any way as long as there is no structural conflict. The present application is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments disclosed herein but is to cover all embodiments that may fall within the scope of the appended claims.
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