Photonic-Assisted Frequency Diverse Array

Baohang Mo; Jingxu Chen; Chuizhen Li; Erwin Hoi Wing Chan; Xudong Wang; Xinhuan Feng; Bai Ou Guan; Jianping Yao

doi:10.1109/TMTT.2024.3383959

Photonic-Assisted Frequency Diverse Array

Baohang Mo, Jingxu Chen, Chuizhen Li, Erwin Hoi Wing Chan, Xudong Wang, Xinhuan Feng, Bai Ou Guan, Jianping Yao

Engineering

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

A new microwave photonic signal processor for use in a frequency diverse array (FDA) to generate a dot-shaped beampattern is presented. The microwave photonic signal processor is implemented based on a dual-polarization quadrature phase shift keying (DP-QPSK) modulator and a phase modulator (PM), with the amplitude and phase of an input radio frequency (RF) signal controlled by the bias voltages to the DP-QPSK modulator, and the frequency offset to the RF signal is realized by Serrodyne modulation at the PM. The operation of the signal processor is analyzed theoretically and demonstrated experimentally. The results show that the proposed signal processor can generate an RF signal with arbitrary controlled amplitude and phase and a frequency offset ranging from − 240.2 to 8.4 kHz. A dot-shaped beampattern generated by a 32-element nonuniform FDA is calculated using the experimentally generated RF signals. The beampattern exhibits a low peak sidelobe level (PSLL) of 0.3443 and narrow angle and range half power beamwidth of 7.69 ∘ and 2.35 km, respectively.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6020-6032
Number of pages	13
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume	72
Issue number	10
Early online date	2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TMTT.2024.3383959
Publication status	Published - Oct 2024

Access to Document

10.1109/TMTT.2024.3383959

Cite this

@article{d9ea5d07b4bd4a04953bd387f5bb60f5,

title = "Photonic-Assisted Frequency Diverse Array",

abstract = "A new microwave photonic signal processor for use in a frequency diverse array (FDA) to generate a dot-shaped beampattern is presented. The microwave photonic signal processor is implemented based on a dual-polarization quadrature phase shift keying (DP-QPSK) modulator and a phase modulator (PM), with the amplitude and phase of an input radio frequency (RF) signal controlled by the bias voltages to the DP-QPSK modulator, and the frequency offset to the RF signal is realized by Serrodyne modulation at the PM. The operation of the signal processor is analyzed theoretically and demonstrated experimentally. The results show that the proposed signal processor can generate an RF signal with arbitrary controlled amplitude and phase and a frequency offset ranging from − 240.2 to 8.4 kHz. A dot-shaped beampattern generated by a 32-element nonuniform FDA is calculated using the experimentally generated RF signals. The beampattern exhibits a low peak sidelobe level (PSLL) of 0.3443 and narrow angle and range half power beamwidth of 7.69 ∘ and 2.35 km, respectively.",

keywords = "Dot-shaped beampattern, Frequency control, frequency diverse array (FDA), Frequency modulation, frequency shifting, microwave photonic signal processing, microwave photonics, Microwave photonics, Modulation, Phased arrays, Radio frequency, RF signals",

author = "Baohang Mo and Jingxu Chen and Chuizhen Li and Chan, {Erwin Hoi Wing} and Xudong Wang and Xinhuan Feng and Guan, {Bai Ou} and Jianping Yao",

year = "2024",

month = oct,

doi = "10.1109/TMTT.2024.3383959",

language = "English",

volume = "72",

pages = "6020--6032",

journal = "IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques",

issn = "0018-9480",

publisher = "IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",

number = "10",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Photonic-Assisted Frequency Diverse Array

AU - Mo, Baohang

AU - Chen, Jingxu

AU - Li, Chuizhen

AU - Chan, Erwin Hoi Wing

AU - Wang, Xudong

AU - Feng, Xinhuan

AU - Guan, Bai Ou

AU - Yao, Jianping

PY - 2024/10

Y1 - 2024/10

N2 - A new microwave photonic signal processor for use in a frequency diverse array (FDA) to generate a dot-shaped beampattern is presented. The microwave photonic signal processor is implemented based on a dual-polarization quadrature phase shift keying (DP-QPSK) modulator and a phase modulator (PM), with the amplitude and phase of an input radio frequency (RF) signal controlled by the bias voltages to the DP-QPSK modulator, and the frequency offset to the RF signal is realized by Serrodyne modulation at the PM. The operation of the signal processor is analyzed theoretically and demonstrated experimentally. The results show that the proposed signal processor can generate an RF signal with arbitrary controlled amplitude and phase and a frequency offset ranging from − 240.2 to 8.4 kHz. A dot-shaped beampattern generated by a 32-element nonuniform FDA is calculated using the experimentally generated RF signals. The beampattern exhibits a low peak sidelobe level (PSLL) of 0.3443 and narrow angle and range half power beamwidth of 7.69 ∘ and 2.35 km, respectively.

AB - A new microwave photonic signal processor for use in a frequency diverse array (FDA) to generate a dot-shaped beampattern is presented. The microwave photonic signal processor is implemented based on a dual-polarization quadrature phase shift keying (DP-QPSK) modulator and a phase modulator (PM), with the amplitude and phase of an input radio frequency (RF) signal controlled by the bias voltages to the DP-QPSK modulator, and the frequency offset to the RF signal is realized by Serrodyne modulation at the PM. The operation of the signal processor is analyzed theoretically and demonstrated experimentally. The results show that the proposed signal processor can generate an RF signal with arbitrary controlled amplitude and phase and a frequency offset ranging from − 240.2 to 8.4 kHz. A dot-shaped beampattern generated by a 32-element nonuniform FDA is calculated using the experimentally generated RF signals. The beampattern exhibits a low peak sidelobe level (PSLL) of 0.3443 and narrow angle and range half power beamwidth of 7.69 ∘ and 2.35 km, respectively.

KW - Dot-shaped beampattern

KW - Frequency control

KW - frequency diverse array (FDA)

KW - Frequency modulation

KW - frequency shifting

KW - microwave photonic signal processing

KW - microwave photonics

KW - Microwave photonics

KW - Modulation

KW - Phased arrays

KW - Radio frequency

KW - RF signals

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85191352390&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1109/TMTT.2024.3383959

DO - 10.1109/TMTT.2024.3383959

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85191352390

SN - 0018-9480

VL - 72

SP - 6020

EP - 6032

JO - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

JF - IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

IS - 10

ER -

Photonic-Assisted Frequency Diverse Array

Abstract

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this