A New Efficient Thickness Profile Design Method for Streamlined Airborne Radomes

Xu, Wanye; Duan, Baoyan; Li, Peng; Qiu, Yuanying

doi:10.1109/tap.2017.2754460

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“…Smooth thickness profile is guaranteed by the continuous radome shape which results in the gradual variation of average incident angle. is method can yield satisfactory TL, whereas the BSE, although good and acceptable, is still about 3 times the optimal BSE obtained by the optimization method [12].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…As in [12], the 3D ray-tracing method is employed to evaluate the EM performance parameters of the antennaradome system.…”

Section: Insertion Phase Delay (Ipd) Correctionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…rough analyzing the incident angle variation characteristics for different radome areas, thickness can be accordingly designed to compensate the adverse effect of incident angle. Average incident angle with proper modification is effective in efficiently designing the thickness profile through the half-wave thickness expression [12]. Smooth thickness profile is guaranteed by the continuous radome shape which results in the gradual variation of average incident angle.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Essentially, the half-wave thickness implies optimal transmission efficiency and gives little consideration to BSE characteristics. In this work, on the basis of the thickness profile obtained by the average incident angle method in [12], radome IPD under scan angles with large BSE is corrected for symmetry w.r.t. the antenna axis, thus improving the BSE characteristics.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…the antenna axis, thus improving the BSE characteristics. e tangent-ogival radome in [12] is used to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.…”

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Efficient Variable Thickness Radome Design with Insertion Phase Delay Correction

Qiu

2019

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Variable thickness design is capable of yielding excellent electromagnetic (EM) performance for streamlined airborne radomes. The traditional optimization method using evolutionary computation (EC) techniques can yield variable thickness radome (VTR) design with optimal EM performance but uncontrollable thickness profile, leading to manufacturing difficulties. Thickness profile design based on average incident angle is an efficient way for VTR design with smooth thickness profile, whereas the boresight error (BSE) is relatively large. In this work, insertion phase delay (IPD) correction is introduced in the efficient thickness profile design process to realize a better balance between EM performance and thickness profile smoothness of airborne radomes. The thickness profile obtained from average incident angle is adjusted for IPD distribution symmetry with respect to the antenna axis under scan angles with large BSE. Results indicate that the proposed method can effectively improve the BSE characteristics at the expense of slight deterioration of computational efficiency and thickness profile smoothness.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 85%

“…As in [12], the 3D ray-tracing method is employed to evaluate the EM performance parameters of the antennaradome system.…”

Section: Insertion Phase Delay (Ipd) Correctionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…the antenna axis, thus improving the BSE characteristics. e tangent-ogival radome in [12] is used to validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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