Conformal liquid crystal optical phased array antenna and wave control method and device thereof
A phased array antenna, liquid crystal optics technology, applied in the direction of antenna, antenna array, antenna grounding switch structure connection, etc., can solve the problems of large influence of aircraft surface aerodynamic performance, limited antenna area, low driving voltage, etc. Effective use of area, increased beam scanning range, and the effect of wide spatial angle coverage
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[0025] Example one
[0026] Such as figure 1 Shown are the structural schematic diagrams of the conformal liquid crystal optical phased array antenna provided by the present invention and Embodiment 1. The conformal liquid crystal optical phased array antenna includes: an arc-shaped upper substrate 21 and an arc-shaped lower substrate that are arranged oppositely and have the same shape 27. A common electrode 22 is formed on the side of the upper substrate 21 facing the lower substrate 27, an alignment layer 23 is formed on the side of the lower substrate 21 where the common electrode 22 is formed; a grating array is formed on the side of the lower substrate 27 facing the upper substrate 21 A certain interval is formed between the electrode 25 and the grating array electrode 25. An alignment layer 26 is formed on the side of the lower substrate 27 where the grating array electrode 25 is formed; the alignment layer 23 and the alignment layer 26 are filled with liquid crystal 24.
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[0029] Example two
[0030] Such as figure 2 Shown is a conformal liquid crystal optical phased array with a circular arc shape as a special example. The device can achieve conformal characteristics and achieve large-angle beam scanning. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a wave control method of a conformal liquid crystal optical phased array, which can calculate the relationship between the phase shift amount of each radiation unit and the scanning angle.
[0031] The conformal liquid crystal optical phased array adopts pure phase modulation, and different quantized voltages are applied to produce a certain phase shift amount Δφ (Δφ is the phase transition amount of the adjacent phase control unit of the liquid crystal optical phased array antenna) to make it emit The wave front is a phase step similar to a blazed grating. According to the voltage-phase shift curve of the conformal liquid crystal phased array, the voltage loaded on each cell ca...
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[0037] Example three
[0038] Such as image 3 Shown is a schematic structural diagram of a conformal liquid crystal optical phased array device provided in the third embodiment of the present invention. The conformal liquid crystal optical phased array device includes: a laser 41, a focusing lens 42, a conformal liquid crystal optical phased array device 43, The liquid crystal optical phased array antenna adopts the conformal liquid crystal optical phased array in the first embodiment, the specific structure of the phased array can refer to the first embodiment, and the wave control method of the conformal liquid crystal optical phased array adopts the above The wave control method of the conformal liquid crystal optical phased array in the second embodiment will not be repeated here.
[0039] This embodiment is based on a conformal liquid crystal optical phased array antenna to achieve a large-angle beam deflection device. The incident light wave generated by the laser is a plane...
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