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Configuration design of a deployable SAR antenna for space application and tool-kit development

위성용 전개형 SAR 안테나 형상 설계 및 툴킷 개발

  • Received : 2014.04.25
  • Accepted : 2014.07.04
  • Published : 2014.08.01
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Abstract

Significance of SAR(Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite regadless of weather have grown for Earth observation. According to the cost-effective trend in satellite development, SAR antenna is actively studied. It's a competitive candidate to use deployable SAR antenna out of CFRP. In this study, variables for an antenna configuration model was researched and evaluated. The design of the antenna was structurally analyzed by FEM(Finite Element Model). Tool-kit was developed for modifying the SAR antenna model easily in accordance with system requirement change. In the tool-kit, antenna configuration design and error analysis of the antenna surface could be achieved. And compatibility of tool-kit results to CST, a RF analysis program, was confirmed.

최근 지구관측위성으로 전천후 사용가능한 영상레이더의 중요성이 매우 높아지고 있다. 또한 저비용 고효율 위성의 개발추세에 따라 경량화 SAR 안테나에 관한 연구가 활발히 이루어지고 있다. CFRP를 이용한 전개형 SAR 안테나는 여러 방법 중 장점이 많은 후보 중 하나이다. 본 논문에서는 전개형 SAR 안테나의 형상에 필요한 변수들을 찾아내 수치화 하였으며, 안테나 크기에 따른 최적값을 찾아 설계하였다. 설계된 형상은 유한요소 모델해석을 통해 구조적 안전성을 분석하였다. 마지막으로 체계요구규격의 변경에 따른 안테나 형상의 변경을 수월하게 진행할 수 있도록 툴킷을 개발하였다. 툴킷을 통해 변수에 따른 안테나 형상모델 설계 및 힌지 공차에 따른 안테나면의 오차분석을 수행하였으며, 전자파 해석 프로그램과의 호환성을 확인하였다.

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