Antenna pattern synthesizing apparatus and method

• US 10,788,578 B2
• Filed: 11/20/2017
• Issued: 09/29/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
• Inventors: Won, Young Jin
• Primary Examiner(s): Windrich, Marcus E
• Application Number:
  US15/818,084
• Publication Number:
  US 20180164428A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,044 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 13/90 using synthetic aperture techniques , e.g. synthetic aperture radar [SAR] techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/28 varying the amplitude
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 3/30 varying the relative phase between the radiating elements of an array H01Q3/2605, H01Q3/2658, H01Q3/2682, H01Q3/44 take precedence

Abstract

Provided is an antenna pattern synthesizing apparatus that synthesizes an antenna pattern by applying quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (QPSO) algorithm of a satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR), the antenna pattern synthesizing apparatus including a designer configured to design a mask template based on a performance of an SAR system including an antenna array in which a plurality of antennas are arranged in a multidimensional structure, and a generator configured to calculate a signal amplitude and a signal phase for the antenna array to generate a first antenna pattern using QPSO, and generate the first antenna pattern in the designed mask template based on the calculated signal amplitude and the calculated signal phase.

Claims

1. An antenna pattern synthesizing apparatus, comprising:

a designer configured to design a mask template based on a performance of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system including an antenna array in which a plurality of antennas are arranged in a multidimensional structure; and

a generator configured to calculate a signal amplitude and a signal phase for the antenna array to generate a first antenna pattern using quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (QPSO), and generate the first antenna pattern in the designed mask template based on the calculated signal amplitude and the calculated signal phase.

2. The antenna pattern synthesizing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the generator comprises:

an initializer configured to determine an arrangement size of the antenna array corresponding to the first antenna pattern and at least one entity, and initialize a position vector with respect to the at least one entity; and

a setter configured to set a local position and a global position with respect to the at least one entity using the QPSO.

3. The antenna pattern synthesizing apparatus of claim 2, wherein the generator is configured to calculate a best position value of the at least one entity based on the local position and the global position, and calculate the signal amplitude and the signal phase of the antenna array corresponding to the first antenna pattern based on the best position value of the at least one entity.

4. The antenna pattern synthesizing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the generator is configured to calculate a cost function by comparing the mask template to the first antenna pattern, and determine the first antenna pattern to be a final antenna pattern when a result of the calculation satisfies a predesignated condition.

5. The antenna pattern synthesizing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the cost function is calculated based on a sum of excesses of the first antenna pattern over an upper mask and a lower mask of the mask template.

6. The antenna pattern synthesizing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the predesignated condition comprises at least one of a preset calculation iteration number and a preset target result value with respect to the cost function.

7. The antenna pattern synthesizing apparatus of claim 4, wherein the generator is configured to reset a position vector with respect to at least one entity included in the antenna array when the result of the calculation does not satisfy the predesignated condition, and calculate the signal amplitude and the signal phase with respect to the antenna array based on the reset position vector.

8. The antenna pattern synthesizing apparatus of claim 7, wherein the generator is configured to iteratively calculate the cost function until the result of the calculation satisfies the predesignated condition.

9. An antenna pattern synthesizing method, comprising:

designing, via a designer, a mask template based on a performance of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system including an antenna array in which a plurality of antennas are arranged in a multidimensional structure;

calculating, via a generator, a signal amplitude and a signal phase for the antenna array to generate a first antenna pattern using quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (QPSO);

wherein the generator and the designer comprise an antenna pattern synthesizing apparatus; and

generating, via the generator, the first antenna pattern in the designed mask template based on the calculated signal amplitude and the calculated signal phase.

10. The antenna pattern synthesizing method of claim 9, wherein the calculating comprises:

determining, via the generator, an arrangement size of the antenna array corresponding to the first antenna pattern and at least one entity, and initializing a position vector with respect to the at least one entity; and

setting, via the generator, a local position and a global position with respect to the at least one entity using the QPSO.

11. The antenna pattern synthesizing method of claim 10, wherein the calculating comprises calculating a best position value of the at least one entity based on the local position and the global position, and calculating the signal amplitude and the signal phase of the antenna array corresponding to the first antenna pattern based on the best position value of the at least one entity.

12. The antenna pattern synthesizing method of claim 9, wherein the generating comprises:

calculating, via the generator, a cost function by comparing the mask template to the first antenna pattern; and

determining, via the generator, the first antenna pattern to be a final antenna pattern when a result of the calculation satisfies a predesignated condition.

13. The antenna pattern synthesizing method of claim 12, wherein the cost function is calculated based on a sum of excesses of the first antenna pattern over an upper mask and a lower mask of the mask template.

14. The antenna pattern synthesizing method of claim 12, wherein the predesignated condition comprises at least one of a preset calculation iteration number and a preset target result value with respect to the cost function.

15. The antenna pattern synthesizing method of claim 12, wherein the generating comprises:

resetting, via the generator, a position vector with respect to at least one entity included in the antenna array when the result of the calculation does not satisfy the predesignated condition; and

calculating, via the generator, the signal amplitude and the signal phase with respect to the antenna array based on the reset position vector.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the antenna pattern synthesizing method comprising the steps of:

designing a mask template based on a performance of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system including an antenna array in which a plurality of antennas are arranged in a multidimensional structure;

calculating a signal amplitude and a signal phase for the antenna array to generate a first antenna pattern using quantum-behaved particle swarm optimization (QPSO); and

generating the first antenna pattern in the designed mask template based on the calculated signal amplitude and the calculated signal phase.