A mechanical debugging device and cavity filter debugging system
By designing a mechanical debugging device for multiple motors and drive shafts, the heavy burden of single-axis or manual debugging in cavity filter debugging and the difficulty of multi-direction debugging are solved, and efficient adjustment and precise debugging of cavity filter parameters are achieved.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- CN202010041259.6
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Patents(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2020-01-15
- Publication Date
- 2025-01-10
- Estimated Expiration
- 2040-01-15
AI Technical Summary
Existing cavity filter debugging usually uses single-axis debugging or manual debugging methods, resulting in simple debugging methods, heavy workload and inability to conduct multi-direction debugging.
A mechanical debugging device is designed, including multiple motors, motor bases, substrates and motor drive shafts. The motor is driven by the upper computer, and the motor drive shaft is driven by the rotation of the motor shaft to transmit torque, so as to tune the cavity filter. The screws are rotated simultaneously, thereby adjusting the parameters of the cavity filter.
It solves the problems of complex structure, slow manual debugging speed and poor accuracy in cavity filter debugging, realizes dense spacing debugging and three-dimensional space free debugging of small filters, and improves debugging efficiency and accuracy.
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Abstract
Description
Technical Field
[0001] The present application belongs to the technical field of cavity filters, and in particular, relates to a mechanical debugging device and a cavity filter debugging system. Background Art
[0002] Cavity filters are widely used in low-loss, high-power microwave and millimeter-wave devices. With the rapid development of 5G communication technology, cavity filters are gradually becoming smaller. In order to compensate for errors caused by processing and materials during the production process, debugging is an extremely important step in achieving the best performance of the filter.
[0003] However, the existing cavity filter debugging usually adopts a single-axis debugging or manual debugging method, which has the problems of simple debugging method, heavy debugging workload and inability to debug in all directions. Summary of the invention
[0004] In view of this, an embodiment of the present application provides a cavity filter mechanical debugging device and a control method thereof, aiming to solve the problems that the debugging of existing cavity filters usually adopts single-axis debugging or manual debugging methods, and the debugging method is simple, the debugging workload is heavy, and multi-directional debugging is impossible.
[0005] A first aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a mechanical debugging device, which is applied to a cavity filter debugging system. The mechanical debugging device includes:
[0006] Multiple motors;
[0007] A plurality of motor seats for fixing the motors, the plurality of motor seats respectively corresponding to the plurality of motors, and each motor is fixed on a corresponding motor seat;
[0008] A substrate for fixing a plurality of the motor seats, wherein a fixing position for fixing the cavity filter to be tested is provided on the substrate, and the plurality of the motor seats are fixed on the substrate and arranged in sequence around the fixing position;
[0009] Multiple motor drive shafts, the first ends of the multiple motor drive shafts are respectively connected to the motor shafts of the multiple motors in a one-to-one correspondence, and the second end of each motor drive shaft is connected to the tuning screw of the cavity filter to be tested to adjust the tuning screw.
[0010] Optionally, the mechanical debugging device further includes a sleeve connector; and a sleeve connector fixing plate fixedly connected to the cavity filter to be tested and used for fixing the sleeve connector.
[0011] Wherein, the second end of the motor transmission shaft is connected to the tuning screw through a sleeve connector.
[0012] Optionally, the substrate is a quadrilateral, the fixing position is located at the center of the substrate, and a plurality of the motor seats are fixed on a plurality of sides of the substrate.
[0013] Optionally, the substrate is a quadrilateral, a first side of the substrate and a third side opposite to the first side are respectively provided with a plurality of first fixing grooves, and a second side of the substrate and a fourth side opposite to the second side are respectively provided with a plurality of second fixing grooves;
[0014] Wherein, the motor seat is adjustably fixedly connected to the base plate through the first fixing slot and the second fixing slot.
[0015] Optionally, the sleeve connector fixing plate includes a horizontal fixing plate and two vertical fixing plates;
[0016] The two vertical fixing plates are arranged on opposite sides of the cavity filter to be tested and are respectively fixed to two ends of the horizontal fixing plate. The horizontal fixing plate is provided with at least one sleeve connector fixing groove for fixing the sleeve connector.
[0017] Optionally, the width of the sleeve connector fixing groove is smaller than the diameter of the sleeve connector.
[0018] Optionally, the motor base includes a first base plate and a second base plate, the first base plate and the second base plate are fixedly connected, the first base plate is fixedly connected to the base plate, and the second base plate is used to fix the motor.
[0019] Optionally, at least one third fixing groove is provided on the first machine base plate, and a motor shaft groove and motor fixing shaft grooves located on both sides of the motor shaft groove are provided on the second machine base plate;
[0020] The third fixing groove on the first machine base plate is fixedly connected to the first fixing groove or the second fixing groove on the base plate by means of screws and nuts, and the motor fixing shaft groove is fixedly connected to the motor by means of screws and nuts.
[0021] Optionally, the motor transmission shaft includes a first transmission shaft, a first universal joint, a second transmission shaft and a second universal joint connected in sequence;
[0022] The first end of the first transmission shaft is provided with a groove, and the motor shaft of the motor is embedded in the groove to be transmission-connected with the first transmission shaft. The second end of the first transmission shaft is transmission-connected with the first end of the second transmission shaft via a first universal joint, and the second end of the second transmission shaft is connected to the sleeve connector via a second universal joint.
[0023] A second aspect of an embodiment of the present application provides a cavity filter debugging system, including:
[0024] The mechanical debugging device as described in any one of the above items is connected to the cavity filter to be tested;
[0025] A data measuring instrument, connected to the cavity filter to be tested, for monitoring the response of the cavity filter to be tested and generating monitoring data according to the response of the cavity filter to be tested;
[0026] A host computer, connected to the data measuring instrument, for receiving the monitoring data and generating a filter adjustment signal based on the monitoring data;
[0027] The lower computer is used to receive the filter adjustment signal and generate a motor drive signal based on the filter adjustment signal to drive the motor to rotate.
[0028] In the mechanical debugging device and cavity filter debugging system provided in the embodiments of the present application, the mechanical debugging device includes multiple motors, multiple motor seats for fixing the motors, substrates for fixing the multiple motor seats, and multiple motor drive shafts. The motors are driven to rotate by a host computer, and the rotation of the multiple motor shafts is used to drive the motor drive shafts to transmit torque. Multiple tuning screws of the cavity filter to be tested are rotated at the same time, thereby adjusting the parameters of the cavity filter, which solves the problems that the debugging of existing cavity filters usually adopts single-axis debugging or manual debugging methods, and the existing debugging methods are simple, the debugging workload is heavy, and multi-directional debugging is impossible. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0029] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application, the drawings required for use in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly introduced below. Obviously, the drawings described below are only some embodiments of the present application. For ordinary technicians in this field, other drawings can be obtained based on these drawings without paying creative labor.
[0030] Figure 1 A schematic diagram of a top view of a mechanical debugging device provided in one embodiment of the present application;
[0031] Figure 2 An exploded view of a mechanical debugging device provided for one embodiment of the present application;
[0032] Figure 3 A schematic diagram of the structure of a substrate provided in one embodiment of the present application;
[0033] Figure 4 A schematic structural diagram of a vertical fixing plate in a fixing plate of a sleeve connector provided in an embodiment of the present application;
[0034] Figure 5A schematic structural diagram of a horizontal fixing plate in a sleeve connector fixing plate provided in an embodiment of the present application;
[0035] Figure 6 A schematic diagram of the structure of a motor seat in a sleeve connector fixing plate provided in an embodiment of the present application;
[0036] Figure 7 A schematic diagram of the structure of a motor seat in a sleeve connector fixing plate provided in an embodiment of the present application;
[0037] Figure 8 A schematic diagram of the assembly structure of a motor drive shaft and a motor base provided in one embodiment of the present application;
[0038] Fig. 9 A schematic diagram of the structure of a motor drive shaft provided in one embodiment of the present application;
[0039] Fig.10 A schematic diagram of a combination of a motor drive shaft and a motor base provided in one embodiment of the present application;
[0040] Fig.11 A schematic diagram of the structure of a cavity filter debugging system provided for one embodiment of the present application. DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0041] In order to make the purpose, technical solution and advantages of the present application more clearly understood, the present application is further described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are only used to explain the present application and are not used to limit the present application.
[0042] An embodiment of the present application provides a mechanical debugging device, which is applied to a cavity filter debugging system. Specifically, the mechanical debugging device can be used to fix the cavity filter to be tested, and adjust the tuning screws of the cavity filter to be tested based on the received motor drive signal, so as to achieve the purpose of adjusting the design parameters of the cavity filter to be tested.
[0043] Figure 1 and Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a mechanical debugging device is provided for an embodiment of the present application. Figure 1 and Figure 2As shown, the mechanical debugging device includes: a plurality of motors 10; a plurality of motor seats 20 for fixing the motors 10, the plurality of motor seats 20 respectively corresponding to the plurality of motors 10 one by one, and each of the motors 10 is fixed on the corresponding motor seat 20; a substrate 30 for fixing the plurality of motor seats 20, the substrate 30 being provided with a fixing position for fixing the cavity filter 90 to be tested, the plurality of motor seats 20 are fixed on the substrate 30, and are sequentially arranged around the fixing position; a plurality of motor transmission shafts 40, the plurality of motor transmission shafts 40 respectively corresponding to the plurality of motors 10 one by one, the first end of each of the motor transmission shafts 40 is connected to the motor shaft of the corresponding motor 10, and the second end of each of the motor transmission shafts 40 is connected to the tuning screw of the cavity filter 90 to be tested.
[0044] In this embodiment, a plurality of motor mounts 20 are provided on the substrate 30 for fixing a plurality of motors 10. The plurality of motors 10 are connected to the tuning screws on the cavity filter 90 to be tested through the motor drive shaft 40. The plurality of motors 10 rotate based on the received motor drive signal, thereby utilizing the rotation of the motor shaft to drive the motor drive shaft 40 to transmit torque, thereby controlling the plurality of tuning screws to adjust the parameters of the cavity filter 90 to be tested, thereby solving the problems of complex filter structure, slow manual debugging speed and poor debugging accuracy. Furthermore, by controlling the plurality of tuning screws through the plurality of motor drive shafts 40, the problems of small spacing between tuning screws and great debugging difficulty existing in small filters can also be solved.
[0045] In this embodiment, multiple sets of motor drive shafts 40 are connected to the tuning screws, so that the mechanical debugging device in this embodiment can be suitable for debugging the closely spaced debugging screws on small filters, and through the adjustable motor seat 20 and the motor drive shaft 40, the debugging position can be freely set in three-dimensional space during the specific debugging process, and it has strong universality for many different types of filters.
[0046] In one embodiment, the second end of the motor drive shaft 40 is connected to the tuning screw via a sleeve connector. Figure 2 An exploded view of a mechanical debugging device provided in one embodiment of the present application is shown in FIG. Figure 2 As shown, the mechanical debugging device further includes: a sleeve connector fixing plate 50 fixedly connected to the cavity filter 90 to be tested and used for fixing the sleeve connector 405 .
[0047] In this embodiment, the sleeve connector 405 is arranged between the tuning screw and the motor transmission shaft 40, wherein the motor transmission shaft 40 and the tuning screw are both transmission-connected to the sleeve connector 405, for example, by an inlay combination or a pliers combination, so that the rotation of the tuning screw is adjusted based on the transmission of the motor 10.
[0048] In one embodiment, the substrate 30 is a polygon, and the plurality of motor seats 20 are fixed to the plurality of sides of the substrate 30. In this embodiment, the plurality of motor seats 20 are fixed to the substrate 30 by a combination of screws and nuts, and the plurality of motor seats 20 are arranged around a fixed position, and the fixed position is used to fix the cavity filter 90 to be tested, so as to ensure that the position of the filter 90 to be tested is fixed during the adjustment process. For example, see Figure 1 As shown, nine motor seats 20 are fixed on the base plate 30 , and the nine motor seats 20 are fixed on multiple edges of the base plate 30 in sequence.
[0049] In one embodiment, the substrate 30 is a quadrilateral, the fixing position is located at the center of the substrate 30, and a plurality of the motor seats are fixed on a plurality of sides of the substrate.
[0050] In one embodiment, see Figure 1 and Figure 3 As shown, the substrate 30 is a quadrilateral, and a first side of the substrate 30 and a third side opposite to the first side are respectively provided with a plurality of first fixing grooves 301, and a second side of the substrate 30 and a fourth side opposite to the second side are respectively provided with a plurality of second fixing grooves 302; wherein the motor base 20 is adjustably fixedly connected to the substrate 30 via the first fixing grooves 301 and the second fixing grooves 302.
[0051] In this embodiment, the first fixing groove 301 and the second fixing groove 302 are used to insert screws, and nuts are fixed on the motor base 20 on the other side, thereby forming an adjustable connection between the substrate 30 and the motor base 20. By adjusting the positions of the screws in the first fixing groove 301 and the second fixing groove 302, the motor base 20 can be freely adjusted on the substrate 30 to adapt to cavity filters of different sizes. For example, see Figure 3 As shown, the first side of the substrate 30 and the third side opposite to the first side are respectively provided with two first fixing grooves 301, and the second side of the substrate 30 and the fourth side opposite to the second side are respectively provided with two second fixing grooves 302, wherein the slot length of the second fixing groove 302 is greater than the slot length of the first fixing groove 301. At this time, more motor seats 20 can be set on the second side and the fourth side of the substrate 30. Since each side is provided with two slots, the position of the screw in each slot can be adjusted to adjust the angle of the motor seat 20.
[0052] In one embodiment, the screws inserted into the first fixing groove 301 and the second fixing groove 302 may be M3 screws, which are inserted into the fixing grooves on the substrate and the motor base 20 in sequence, and are fixed with corresponding nuts on the motor base 20 .
[0053] In one embodiment, the sleeve connector fixing plate 50 includes a horizontal fixing plate 52 and two vertical fixing plates 51; the two vertical fixing plates 51 are arranged on opposite sides of the cavity filter 90 to be tested, and are respectively fixed to the two ends of the horizontal fixing plate 52, and the horizontal fixing plate 52 is provided with at least one sleeve connector fixing groove 521 for fixing the sleeve connector 405.
[0054] In this embodiment, the horizontal fixing plate 52 and the vertical fixing plate 51 are 90 degrees apart. The horizontal fixing plate 52 is located on one side of the tuning screw of the cavity filter 90 to be tested, and the vertical fixing plate 51 is located on both sides of the cavity filter 90 to be tested. The vertical fixing plate 51 is fixed to the cavity filter 90 to be tested, and the horizontal fixing plate 52 is adjusted in position through the vertical fixing plates 51 on both sides.
[0055] In one embodiment, see Figure 4 As shown, the vertical fixing plate 51 is provided with two fixing holes 512 and two long slots 511, the two fixing holes 512 are directly fixed to the two sides of the cavity filter 90 to be tested by screws, and the long slots 511 are used to adjust the position of the horizontal fixing plate 52. Specifically, the position of the horizontal fixing plate 52 is adjusted by inserting a screw into the long slot 511 and adjusting the position of the screw.
[0056] In one embodiment, see Figure 5 As shown, the horizontal fixing plate 52 is provided with at least one sleeve connector fixing groove 521 for fixing the sleeve connector, and four fixing holes 522. The fixing holes 522 are fixed to the fixing holes 512 on the vertical fixing plates 51 on both sides through hexagonal nuts. The horizontal fixing plate 52 can adjust its up and down position through the sleeve connector fixing groove 521 on the vertical fixing plate 51.
[0057] Furthermore, a preset groove is provided on the sleeve connector 405 , and the groove corresponds to the sleeve connector fixing groove 521 , and the sleeve connector 405 is connected to the tuning screw on the cavity filter 90 to be tested.
[0058] In one embodiment, the width of the sleeve connector fixing groove 521 is smaller than the diameter of the sleeve connector. In this embodiment, the width of the sleeve connector fixing groove 521 is slightly smaller than the diameter of the sleeve connector 405, and the sleeve connector 405 can be stuck in the sleeve connector fixing groove 521 by matching the groove on the sleeve connector 405 with the sleeve connector fixing groove 521, so that the sleeve connector fixing groove 521 fixes the upper and lower positions of the sleeve connector 405, thereby preventing the sleeve connector 405 from shaking back and forth during the adjustment process.
[0059] In one embodiment, the relationship between the width of the sleeve connector fixing groove 521 and the diameter of the sleeve connector is: D=d-1mm, where D is the width of the sleeve connector fixing groove 521 and d is the diameter of the sleeve connector 405.
[0060] In one embodiment, Figure 6 and Figure 7 A schematic diagram of the structure of the motor base 20 provided in one embodiment of the present application is shown in FIG. Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown, the motor base 20 includes a first base plate 21 and a second base plate 22 , the first base plate 21 and the second base plate 22 are fixedly connected, the first base plate 21 is fixedly connected to the base plate 30 , and the second base plate 22 is used to fix the motor 10 .
[0061] In this embodiment, the first machine base plate 21 is fixedly connected to the second machine base plate 22 by a six-sided nut. Specifically, the first machine base plate 21 is perpendicular to the second machine base plate 22, the first machine base plate 21 is arranged parallel to the substrate 30, and is adjustably connected to the substrate 30, and the second machine base plate 22 is perpendicular to the cavity filter 90 to be tested.
[0062] In one embodiment, see Figure 6 and Figure 7 As shown, at least one third fixing groove 211 is provided on the first machine base plate 21, and a motor shaft groove 221 and a motor fixing shaft groove 222 located on both sides of the motor shaft groove 221 are provided on the second machine base plate 22; the third fixing groove 211 on the first machine base plate 21 is fixedly connected to the first fixing groove 301 or the second fixing groove 302 on the base plate 30 by screws and nuts, and the motor fixing shaft groove 222 is fixedly connected to the motor 10 by screws and nuts.
[0063] Figure 8 It is a schematic diagram of the component structure of the motor base 20 and the motor drive shaft 40. In this embodiment, the first base plate 21 is fixed to the first fixing groove 301 or the second fixing groove 302 on the base plate 30 through the third fixing groove 211. For example, screws are sequentially passed through the third fixing groove 211 and the fixing grooves on the base plate 30 and fixed with nuts. The second base plate 22 is fixed to the motor 10 through the motor fixing shaft groove 222, and the position of the motor is adjusted up and down by adjusting the position of the screw. The motor shaft of the motor 10 passes through the motor shaft groove 221 on the second base plate 22 and is connected to the sleeve connector through the motor drive shaft 40.
[0064] In one embodiment, see Figure 8As shown, the first machine base plate 21 is further provided with a fixing through hole 212 , and the second machine base plate 22 is further provided with a fixing through hole 223 . The fixing through hole 212 and the hexagonal nut 23 are fixed by screws 213 , and the fixing through hole 223 and the hexagonal nut 23 are fixed by screws 224 .
[0065] In one embodiment, the first machine base plate 21 can be formed by opening a third fixing groove 211 on a square acrylic plate to allow the power base 20 to be adjusted forward, backward, left, and right. The second machine base plate 22 can be formed by opening three long grooves on a long strip of acrylic plate, the middle long groove is wider, serving as a motor shaft groove 221, and the long grooves on both sides are narrower, serving as motor fixing shaft grooves 222, so as to adjust the position of the power supply 10 up and down. In one embodiment, see Figure 8 As shown, the motor transmission shaft 40 includes a first transmission shaft 401, a first universal joint 402, a second transmission shaft 403 and a second universal joint 404 which are connected in sequence; a groove is provided at the first end of the first transmission shaft 401, and the motor shaft of the motor 10 is embedded in the groove at the first end of the first transmission shaft 401 to be transmission-connected with the first transmission shaft 401. Specifically, the groove can be set to be a "cross" shape or a hexagonal shape, and the second end of the first transmission shaft 401 is transmission-connected with the first end of the second transmission shaft 403 through the first universal joint 402, and the second end of the second transmission shaft 403 is connected to the sleeve connector 405 through the second universal joint 404. In this embodiment, the motor transmission shaft 40 is composed of two transmission shafts and two universal joints to realize torque transmission from the motor shaft to the sleeve connector 405, see Fig. 9 and Fig.10 As shown, the two ends of the first universal joint 402 are respectively connected to the first transmission shaft 401 and the second transmission shaft 403, and the two ends of the second universal joint 404 are respectively connected to the second transmission shaft 403 and the sleeve connector 405. When the motor shaft rotates, the first transmission shaft 401 is first driven to rotate, and then the second transmission shaft 403 is driven to rotate through the first universal joint 402. The second transmission shaft 403 drives the sleeve connector 405 through the second universal joint 404, thereby realizing torque transmission.
[0066] In one embodiment, the sleeve connector 405 is mainly used to rotate the tuning screw on the cavity filter 90 to be tested. The tuning screw can be an external hexagonal screw. The end of the sleeve connector 405 connected to the external hexagonal screw has a hexagonal hollow structure inside. When the position of the sleeve connector 405 remains unchanged, the external hexagonal screw is driven to rotate up and down by rotating the sleeve connector 405. A groove is provided on the sleeve connector 405 for allowing the sleeve connector fixing groove 521 in the sleeve connector fixing plate 50 to pass through. One end of the sleeve connector fixing groove 521 is open for passing through the groove on the sleeve connector 405. A groove is provided on the other end of the sleeve connector 405 to connect to the motor drive shaft 40.
[0067] The embodiment of the present application also provides a cavity filter debugging system, including:
[0068] A mechanical debugging device 94 as described in any one of the above items, connected to the cavity filter 90 to be tested;
[0069] A data measuring instrument 91, connected to the cavity filter 90 to be tested, and used to monitor the response of the cavity filter 90 to be tested, and generate monitoring data according to the response of the cavity filter 90 to be tested;
[0070] A host computer 92, connected to the data measuring instrument 91, for receiving the monitoring data and generating a filter adjustment signal based on the monitoring data;
[0071] The lower computer 93 is used to receive the filter adjustment signal, and generate a motor drive signal based on the filter adjustment signal to drive the motor to rotate.
[0072] In this embodiment, the mechanical debugging device 94 is connected to the tuning screw on the cavity filter 90 to be tested through the motor transmission shaft. The data measuring instrument 91 monitors the S parameters of the cavity filter 90 to be tested, generates S11 and S21 data, and feeds them back to the host computer 92. The host computer 92 processes and analyzes the response data of the cavity filter 90 to be tested based on a preset debugging program, thereby generating a corresponding filter adjustment signal. The lower computer 93 generates a motor drive signal based on the filter adjustment signal to drive the multiple motors in the mechanical debugging device 94 to rotate, thereby transmitting the torque of the motor to the sleeve connector through the motor transmission shaft to control the rotation of the tuning screw, thereby adjusting the response of the cavity filter 90 to be tested.
[0073] In one embodiment, the host computer 92 may be a computer, and the preset debugging program may be run on MATLAB, and the debugging program may include an optimization algorithm part, a part for communicating with the data measuring instrument 91, and a part for communicating and controlling with the lower computer 93. As a calculation model, the debugging program is mainly used to determine the corresponding tuning step length according to the S11 parameter and the S21 parameter provided by the data measuring instrument 91, the position of the tuning screw of the cavity filter 90 to be tested fed back by the lower computer 93, and the preset algorithm model, and the tuning step length corresponds to the S11 parameter and the S21 parameter in this iteration.
[0074] Specifically, the preset debugging program can realize data transmission with the data measuring instrument 91 based on the API interface provided by R&S and MATLAB, and control the lower computer based on the serial communication principle and receive data fed back by the lower computer.
[0075] In one embodiment, the lower computer 93 can be controlled by Arduino Mega2560 to control the motor in the mechanical debugging device 94, which can be a stepper motor. Arduino Mega2560 is a microcontroller board based on ATmega2560, with 54 digital input / output ports (15 of which can be used as PWM outputs), 16 analog input ports, 4 UART serial ports, 16MHz crystal oscillator, USB connection port, battery interface, ICSP header and reset button. The power supply part only needs to be powered by a computer USB port or an AC / DC transformer. After receiving the control signal of the upper computer 92, the lower computer 93 mainly outputs a pulse signal to the stepper motor through its digital input / output port, so as to achieve rapid and accurate adjustment of the rotation of the tuning screw.
[0076] In one embodiment, the data measuring instrument 91 is a vector network analyzer (VNA), model R&S ZNB20, a four-port network analyzer, suitable for unidirectional measurement from 100kHz to 20GHz, and can reach a dynamic range of up to 130dB. The VNA is connected to the cavity filter through a signal line, so as to detect the response of the cavity filter 90 to be tested in real time, and transmit the data back to the host computer 92 for processing.
[0077] In the mechanical debugging device and cavity filter debugging system provided in the embodiments of the present application, the mechanical debugging device includes multiple motors, multiple motor seats for fixing the motors, substrates for fixing the multiple motor seats, and multiple motor drive shafts. The motors are driven to rotate by a host computer, and the rotation of the multiple motor shafts is used to drive the motor drive shafts to transmit torque. Multiple tuning screws of the cavity filter to be tested are rotated at the same time, thereby adjusting the parameters of the cavity filter, which solves the problems that the debugging of existing cavity filters usually adopts single-axis debugging or manual debugging methods, and the existing debugging methods are simple, the debugging workload is heavy, and multi-directional debugging is impossible.
[0078] Various embodiments are described herein for various systems and methods. Many specific details are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the overall structure, function, manufacture, and use of the embodiments as described in the specification and shown in the drawings. However, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments may be implemented without such specific details. In other examples, well-known operations, parts, and elements are described in detail so as not to make the embodiments in the specification difficult to understand. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the embodiments herein and shown are non-limiting examples, and therefore it will be appreciated that the specific structural and functional details disclosed herein may be representative and do not necessarily limit the scope of the embodiments.
[0079] In the above embodiments, the description of each embodiment has its own emphasis. For parts that are not described or recorded in detail in a certain embodiment, reference can be made to the relevant descriptions of other embodiments.
[0080] The above are only preferred embodiments of the present application and are not intended to limit the present application. Any modifications, equivalent substitutions and improvements made within the spirit and principles of the present application should be included in the protection scope of the present application.
Claims
1. A mechanical debugging device, used in a cavity filter debugging system, characterized in that: The mechanical debugging device comprises: Multiple motors; A plurality of motor seats for fixing the motors, the plurality of motor seats respectively corresponding to the plurality of motors, and each motor is fixed on a corresponding motor seat; A substrate for fixing a plurality of the motor seats, wherein a fixing position for fixing the cavity filter to be tested is provided on the substrate, and the plurality of the motor seats are fixed on the substrate and arranged in sequence around the fixing position; A plurality of motor drive shafts, wherein the first ends of the plurality of motor drive shafts are respectively connected to the motor shafts of the plurality of motors in a one-to-one correspondence, and the second end of each of the motor drive shafts is connected to a tuning screw of the cavity filter to be tested, so as to adjust the tuning screw; The mechanical debugging device further includes a sleeve connector; and a sleeve connector fixing plate fixedly connected to the cavity filter to be tested and used to fix the sleeve connector; wherein the second end of the motor transmission shaft is connected to the tuning screw through the sleeve connector; The sleeve connector is used to rotate the tuning screw on the cavity filter to be tested, the tuning screw is an external hexagonal screw, one end of the sleeve connector is connected to the external hexagonal screw, and the interior of the sleeve connector adopts a hexagonal hollow structure; a groove is provided on the sleeve connector for allowing the sleeve connector fixing groove in the sleeve connector fixing plate to pass through, one end of the sleeve connector fixing groove is open for passing through the groove on the sleeve connector, and a groove is provided on the other end of the sleeve connector to connect the corresponding motor drive shaft.
2. The mechanical debugging device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The substrate is a quadrilateral, the fixing position is located at the center of the substrate, and a plurality of motor seats are fixed on a plurality of sides of the substrate.
3. The mechanical debugging device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that: The substrate is a quadrilateral, a first side of the substrate and a third side opposite to the first side are respectively provided with a plurality of first fixing grooves, and a second side of the substrate and a fourth side opposite to the second side are respectively provided with a plurality of second fixing grooves; Wherein, the motor seat is adjustably fixedly connected to the base plate through the first fixing slot and the second fixing slot.
4. The mechanical debugging device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The sleeve connector fixing plate includes a horizontal fixing plate and two vertical fixing plates; The two vertical fixing plates are arranged on opposite sides of the cavity filter to be tested and are respectively fixed to two ends of the horizontal fixing plate. The horizontal fixing plate is provided with at least one sleeve connector fixing groove for fixing the sleeve connector.
5. The mechanical debugging device according to claim 4, characterized in that: The width of the sleeve connector fixing groove is smaller than the diameter of the sleeve connector.
6. The mechanical debugging device according to claim 4 or 5, characterized in that: The motor base includes a first base plate and a second base plate, the first base plate and the second base plate are fixedly connected, the first base plate is fixedly connected to the base plate, and the second base plate is used to fix the motor.
7. The mechanical debugging device according to claim 6, characterized in that: The first machine base plate is provided with at least one third fixing groove, and the second machine base plate is provided with a motor shaft groove and motor fixing shaft grooves located on both sides of the motor shaft groove; The third fixing groove on the first machine base plate is fixedly connected to the first fixing groove or the second fixing groove on the base plate by means of screws and nuts, and the motor fixing shaft groove is fixedly connected to the motor by means of screws and nuts.
8. The mechanical debugging device according to any one of claims 4 to 5 and 7, characterized in that: The motor transmission shaft comprises a first transmission shaft, a first universal joint, a second transmission shaft and a second universal joint which are connected in sequence; The first end of the first transmission shaft is provided with a groove, and the motor shaft of the motor is embedded in the groove to be transmission-connected with the first transmission shaft. The second end of the first transmission shaft is transmission-connected with the first end of the second transmission shaft via a first universal joint, and the second end of the second transmission shaft is connected to the sleeve connector via a second universal joint.
9. A cavity filter debugging system, characterized in that: include: The mechanical debugging device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, connected to the cavity filter to be tested; A data measuring instrument, connected to the cavity filter to be tested, for monitoring the response of the cavity filter to be tested and generating monitoring data according to the response of the cavity filter to be tested; A host computer, connected to the data measuring instrument, for receiving the monitoring data and generating a filter adjustment signal based on the monitoring data; The lower computer is used to receive the filter adjustment signal and generate a motor drive signal based on the filter adjustment signal to drive the motor to rotate.
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