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Les réseaux réflecteurs sont une alternative prometteuse aux antennes à réflecteurs pour la réalisation de diagrammes de rayonnement directifs ou de couvertures formées, notamment dans le spatial ou dans l'aéronautique. Constitués d'un grand nombre de cellules unitaires dont il faut optimiser la géométrie individuellement, ils restent toutefois difficiles à concevoir. Cette thèse traite de la synthèse des antennes réseau à réflecteur. Aujourd'hui les méthodes utilisées pour les concevoir exploitent, pour la majorité, les logiciels de simulation électromagnétique. Elles sont très coûteuses en temps de calcul et requièrent au final des hypothèses simplificatrices. L'objectif de cette thèse est de répondre à la question suivante : est-il possible de synthétiser de manière purement·analytique un réseau réflecteur? Nous avons répondu à cette question en exploitant la méthode de modélisation multimodale. Elle consiste à représenter la cellule unitaire sous la forme d'un circuit équivalent. Ses propriétés remarquables permettent de prédire analytiquement la phase en réflexion en fonction des dimensions de la cellule unitaire. Un réflecteur composé de cellules unitaires à motif 1 D de;type ruban métallique a tout d'abord été étudié et évalué dans le cadre de la synthèse analytique d'une structure simple. Cette étude a permis de valider la méthode de modélisation en vue de son utilisation dans la synthèse analytique de réseaux réflecteurs. Trois réseaux réflecteurs composés de cellules unitaires 2D de types patch et grille ont ensuite·été synthétisés sur la base de trois spécifications différentes, ceci afin de tester la synthèse analytique dans des configurations de plus en plus contraignantes. Finalement il s'est révélé que la méthode de modélisation multimodale et prometteuse mais que sa précision doit encore être améliorée pour permettre une synthèse complète de réseau réflecteur. / Reflectarrays antennas are a promising alternative to reflector antennas in order to produce focused and contoured beams especially for aeronautics and space applications. A reflectarray antenna is made up of ah array of unit cell that provide a pre-adjusted phasing to form the desired beam.The synthesis of a reflectarray consists in fixing the geometrical dimensions of each unit cell to generate the desired phase law. This thesis focuses on the synthesis of reflectarray. The current methods are mostly based on full­wave analysis and so they are time consuming.The purpose of this thesis is to answer at the following question: a reflectarray can be fully analytically synthesized? We answer it by using the multimodal method. The unit cell is then represented by an equivalent circuit. Using its remarkable properties, the reflected phase can be analytically predicted according to the geometrical dimensions of the unit cell. We used it firstly to synthesize a reflector where the unit cell is composed or a metallic strip. This study has validated this method in order to synthesize reflectarray, Then three reflectarrays have been synthesized based on three specifications. Finally, the multimodal method is promising but the precision has to be improving in order to fully synthesize a reflectarray.

Thesis (PhD (Electrical and Electronic Engineering))--University of Stellenbosch. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This dissertation presents a synthesis method for broadband high-power absorptive microwave lters by cascading a wide stop-band wa e-iron lter with an absorptive harmonic pad. The classical image impedance synthesis methods for wa e-iron lters are updated to allow for non-uniform boss patterns, which enable control over both the stop-band attenuation and pass-band re ection of the lter. By optimising an accurate circuit model equivalent, computationally intensive numerical EM optimisation are avoided. The nonuniform wa e-iron lter achieves the same electrical speci cation as similar lters in literature, but in a smaller form factor. The prototype presented displays less than -21 dB in-band re ection over 8.5 - 10.5 GHz, with stop-band attenuation in excess of 50 dB over the harmonic bands 17 - 31.5 GHz and 30 dB over the 34 - 42 GHz. The prototype is designed to handling 4 kW peak power incident in the transmitted band, and is 130 mm in length. Minimal full-wave tuning is required post-synthesis, and good agreement is found between synthesised and measured responses. Additionally, a completely novel oblique wa e-iron boss pattern is proposed. For the absorptive harmonic pad, transversal broadwall slots in rectangular waveguide, coupling to an absorptive auxiliary guide, are investigated in the presence of standing wave surface current distributions. An accurate circuit model description of the cascaded structure is developed, and optimised to provide a required level of input match in the presence of an arbitrary re ective lter. Using numerical port parameter data of the wa eiron lter, a harmonic pad is developed that provides -12.5 dB input re ection match across the band 17 - 21 GHz with up to 1 kW peak incident power handling capability, yet is only 33 mm in length. Again, good agreement is found between synthesised and measured responses of the cascaded structure. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie proefskrif stel 'n sintesetegniek voor vir wyeband, ho edrywing absorberende mikrogol lters deur 'n kaskade kombinasie van 'n verlieslose wafelyster lter met 'n wye stopband, en 'n absorberende harmoniekdemper. Die klassieke sintesemetodes vir wafelyster lters word aangepas om nie-uniforme tandpatrone toe te laat, wat beheer oor beide die lter se stopband attenuasie en deurlaatband weerkaatsing moontlik maak. Deur die optimering van 'n akkurate stroombaanmodel van die lter kan berekeningsintensiewe numeriese EM optimering vermy word. Die nieuniforme wafelyster lter behaal dieselfde spesi kasies as soortgelyke gepubliseerde lters, maar is meer kompak. Die vervaardigingsprototipe handhaaf minder as -21 dB intreeweerkaatsing oor die deurlaatband van 8.5 - 10.5 GHz, asook attenuasie van meer as 50 dB oor die stopband 17 - 31.5 GHz en 30 dB oor 34 - 42 GHz. Die prototipe is ontwerp om 4 kW intree kruindrywing te hanteer in die deurlaatband, en is 130 mm lank. Die metode vereis minimale verstellings tydens volgolf simulasie, en die meetresultate stem goed ooreen met die gesintetiseerde gedrag. 'n Nuwe skuinstandpatroon word ook voorgestel vir wafelyster lters. Vir die harmoniekdemper word transversale bre ewandgleuwe in reghoekige gol eier wat koppel na 'n absorberende newegol eier ondersoek in die teenwoordigheid van staandegolfpatrone in oppervlakstroom. 'n Akkurate stroombaanmodel van 'n gleufkaskade word ontwikkel, en geoptimeer om 'n vereiste intreeweerkaatsing te bewerkstellig in samewerking met 'n arbitr^ere weerkaatsende lter. Deur gebruik te maak van poortparameterdata van die wafelyster lter word 'n 33 mm lange hamoniekdemper ontwikkel wat 'n maksimum intreeweerkaatsing van -12.5 dB oor die band 17 - 21 GHz handhaaf vir kruindrywingsvlakke van tot 1 kW. Goeie ooreenstemming tussen gesintetiseerde en gemete resultate word weereens waargeneem vir die volledige saamgestelde struktuur.

Ces travaux de thèse concernent la mise au point d’une méthodologie de conception de filtres passe-bandes à couplages dispersifs permettant d’optimiser la sélectivité de ces filtres en générant et en contrôlant la position de zéros de transmission supplémentaires. Un état de l’art sur les différentes approches proposées dans la littérature pour la synthèse de filtres hyperfréquences à couplage dispersif est d’abord proposé. Cette analyse est illustrée par plusieurs exemples concrets, et une structure en particulier, comportant un couplage par plot capacitif, constitue le point de départ des travaux. De nouveaux éléments de couplage dispersifs ont été ensuite proposés, capables de générer aussi bien des couplages positifs que négatifs, permettant ainsi de positionner les zéros de transmission dans la bande stoppée supérieure ou inférieure. Ces éléments ont alors été intégrés dans des structures de filtrage plus complexes pour réaliser par exemple des structures en ligne possédant plusieurs zéros de transmission hors bande ou des filtres multibandes à la sélectivité renforcée. Plusieurs des dispositifs conçus ont été fabriqués et mesurés. Les résultats expérimentaux sont en bon accord avec les simulations validant ainsi l’approche proposée. / This thesis report deals with the development of a methodology for the design of bandpass filters including dispersive coupling to optimize the selectivity of these filters by generating and controlling the position of additional transmission zeros. A state of the art on the different approaches proposed in the literature for the synthesis of microwave filters with dispersive coupling is first proposed. This analysis is illustrated by several concrete examples, and a structure in particular, comprising a coupling capacitive post, is the starting point of the work. New dispersive coupling elements were then proposed, capable of generating both positive and negative couplings, thus enabling the transmission zeros to be positioned in the upper or lower stopped band. These elements have then been integrated in more complex filtering structures to achieve, for example, on-line structures having several out-of-band transmission zeros or multiband filters with enhanced selectivity. Many of the devices designed have been manufactured and measured. The experimental results are in good agreement with the simulations validating the proposed approach.

Pour les systèmes de communication par satellite, des filtres avec de très bonnes performances électriques sont indispensables afin de rejeter les signaux indésirables dans de nombreuses parties de la chaîne de communication. Les technologies fort-Q peuvent répondre à cette exigence mais elles conduisent souvent à des dispositifs encombrants. D'autre part, les technologies compactes faible-Q souffrent généralement d'une dégradation des performances électriques en termes de pertes d'insertion, de sélectivité et de platitude. Pour répondre à une demande croissante concernant la réduction de la taille, il est essentiel de développer des filtres hyperfréquences compacts avec des performances électriques améliorées.Pour le filtre de réception, le défi est de concevoir un filtre passe-bande compact avec une réponse plate dans la bande passante et une forte réjection hors bande. Les pertes d'insertion ne sont pas cruciales et peuvent être compensées par un amplificateur en laissant ainsi un espace pour la conception de filtre à pertes. Un tel filtre accepte des pertes supplémentaires, qui peuvent être distribués dans le réseau afin de fournir une transmission plate dans la bande passante et une forte sélectivité hors bande.Dans le cadre de cette thèse, des nouvelles méthodes de synthèse de dispositifs de filtrage ont été étudiées et développées dans le but d’améliorer les performances tout en conservant un encombrement réduit. Ces méthodes ont été validées pour la conception de filtres de récepteur dans la charge utile de satellites de télécommunication dans le cadre d’une collaboration entre le laboratoire Xlim, le Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales et Thales Alenia Space. / For satellite communication systems, high performance filters are needed in order to reject unwanted signals in many parts of the communication chain. High quality factor (Q) technologies can meet this requirement, but they often lead to bulky devices. On the other hand, compact technologies are generally low Q and suffer from a degradation of electrical performances in terms of insertion loss, selectivity and flatness. To meet a growing demand concerning size reduction, it is essential to develop compact microwave filters with improved electrical performances.For a receive filter, the challenge is to design a compact bandpass filter with a flat response in the passband and a sharp transition in the passband edges. The insertion loss is not crucial and it can be compensated by the amplifier, leaving a room to the design of a lossy filter. Such a filter accepts additional losses, which can be distributed in the network in order to provide a flat transmission in the passband and a sharp selectivity.In this thesis, new synthesis methods for filtering devices have been studied and developed to improve performances while maintaining a small footprint. These methods have been validated for the design of filters for a receiver in payload satellites as part of collaboration between the Xlim laboratory, the France National Space Centre and Thales Alenia Space.

Nesta Dissertação propõe-se a aplicação de algoritmos genéticos para a síntese de filtros para modular sinais de controladores a estrutura variável e modo deslizante. A modulação do sinal de controle reduz a amplitude do sinal de saída e, consequentemente, pode reduzir o consumo de energia para realizar o controle e o chattering. Esses filtros também são aplicados em sistemas que possuem incertezas paramétricas nos quais nem todas as variáveis de estado são medidas. Nesses sistemas, as incertezas nos parâmetros podem impedir que seus estados sejam estimados com precisão por observadores. A síntese desses filtros necessita da obtenção da envoltória, que é o valor máximo da norma de cada resposta impulsiva admissível no sistema. Após este passo, é sintetizado um filtro que seja um majorante para a envoltória. Neste estudo, três métodos de busca da envoltória por algoritmos genéticos foram criados. Um dos métodos é o preferido, pois apresentou os melhores resultados e o menor tempo computacional. / This thesis proposes the application of genetic algorithms for the synthesis of filters which modulate signals of variable structure sliding mode controllers. The modulation of the control signal reduces the amplitude of the output signal and thus can reduce power consumption and chattering. These filters are also applied to systems with parametric uncertainties and unmeasured state variables. In these systems, the uncertainties can impair the accurate estimation of the state by means of observers. For the synthesis of these filters, it is necessary to obtain the envelope which is the maximum norm of each impulse response admissible for the system. After this step, a filter is synthesized to be an upper bound for the envelope. In this study, three methods of search of the envelope by genetic algorithms were developed. One of these methods has been giving the best results and needs the least computational time.

Nesta Dissertação propõe-se a aplicação de algoritmos genéticos para a síntese de filtros para modular sinais de controladores a estrutura variável e modo deslizante. A modulação do sinal de controle reduz a amplitude do sinal de saída e, consequentemente, pode reduzir o consumo de energia para realizar o controle e o chattering. Esses filtros também são aplicados em sistemas que possuem incertezas paramétricas nos quais nem todas as variáveis de estado são medidas. Nesses sistemas, as incertezas nos parâmetros podem impedir que seus estados sejam estimados com precisão por observadores. A síntese desses filtros necessita da obtenção da envoltória, que é o valor máximo da norma de cada resposta impulsiva admissível no sistema. Após este passo, é sintetizado um filtro que seja um majorante para a envoltória. Neste estudo, três métodos de busca da envoltória por algoritmos genéticos foram criados. Um dos métodos é o preferido, pois apresentou os melhores resultados e o menor tempo computacional. / This thesis proposes the application of genetic algorithms for the synthesis of filters which modulate signals of variable structure sliding mode controllers. The modulation of the control signal reduces the amplitude of the output signal and thus can reduce power consumption and chattering. These filters are also applied to systems with parametric uncertainties and unmeasured state variables. In these systems, the uncertainties can impair the accurate estimation of the state by means of observers. For the synthesis of these filters, it is necessary to obtain the envelope which is the maximum norm of each impulse response admissible for the system. After this step, a filter is synthesized to be an upper bound for the envelope. In this study, three methods of search of the envelope by genetic algorithms were developed. One of these methods has been giving the best results and needs the least computational time.

Multi-standard RF front-end is a critical part of legacy and future emerging mobile architectures, where the size, the efficiency, and the integration of the elements in the RF front-end will affect the network key performance indicators (KPIs). This chapter discusses power amplifier design for both handset and base station applications for 5G and beyond. Also, this chapter deals with filter-antenna design for 5G applications that include a synthesis-based approach, differentially driven reconfigurable planar filter-antenna, and an insensitive phased array antenna with air-filled slot-loop resonators.

In den letzten Jahrzehnten ist das globale Kommunikationssystem in einem immer größerem Maße ein integraler Bestandteil des täglichen Lebens geworden. Optische Kommunikationssysteme sind die technologische Basis für diese Entwicklung. Nur Fasern können die riesige benötigte Bandbreite bereitstellen. Während für die ersten optischen Übertragungssysteme die Faser als "flacher" Kanal betrachtet werden konnte, machen Wellenlängenmultiplex und steigende Übertragungsraten die Einbeziehung von immer mehr physikalischen Effekten notwendig. Bei einer Erhöhung der Kanaldatenrate auf 40 Gbit/s und mehr ist die statische Kompensation von chromatischer Dispersion nicht mehr ausreichend. Die intrinsische Toleranz der Modulationsformate gegenüber Dispersion nimmt quadratisch mit der Symbolrate ab. Daher können beispielsweise durch Umwelteinflüsse hervorgerufene Dispersionsschwankungen die Dispersionstoleranz der Modulationsformate überschreiten. Dies macht eine adaptive Dispersionskompensation notwendig, was gleichzeitig auch Dispersionsmonitoring erfordert, um den adaptiven Kompensator steuern zu können. Vorhandene Links können mit Restdispersionskompensatoren ausgestattet werden, um sie für Hochgeschwindigkeitsübertragungen zu ertüchtigen. Optische Kompensationstechniken sind unabhängig von der Kanaldatenrate. Daher wird eine Erhöhung der Datenrate problemlos unterstützt. Optische Kompensatoren können WDM-fähig gebaut werden, um mehrere Kanäle auf einmal zu entzerren. Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit optischen Delay-Line-Filtern als eine Klasse von optischen Kompensatoren. Die Filtersynthese von solchen Delay-Line-Filtern wird behandelt. Der Zusammenhang zwischen optischen Filtern und digitalen FIR-Filtern mit komplexen Koeffizienten im Zusammenhang mit kohärenter Detektion wird aufgezeigt. Iterative und analytische Methoden, die die Koeffizienten für dispersions- und dispersions-slope-kompensierende Filter produzieren, werden untersucht. Genauso wichtig wie die Kompensation von Dispersion ist die Schätzung der Dispersion eines Signals. Mit Delay-Line-Filtern können die Restseitenbänder eines Signals genutzt werden, um die Dispersion zu messen. Alternativ kann nichtlineare Detektion angewandt werden, um die Pulsverbreiterung, die hauptsächlich von der Dispersion herrührt, zu schätzen. Mit gemeinsamer Dispersionskompensation und Dispersionsmonitoring können Dispersionskompensatoren auf die Signalverzerrungen eingestellt werden. Spezielle Eigenschaften der Filter zusammen mit der analytischen Beschreibung können genutzt werden, um schnelle und zuverlässige Steueralgorithmen zur Filtereinstellung bereitzustellen. Schließlich wurden Prototypen derartiger faseroptischen Kompensatoren von chromatischer Dispersion und Dispersions-Slope hergestellt und charakterisiert. Die Einheiten und ihr Systemverhalten wird gezeigt und diskutiert. / Over the course of the past decades, the global communication system has become a central part of people's everyday lives. Optical communication systems are the technological basis for this development. Only fibers can provide the huge bandwidth that is required. Where the fiber could be regarded as a flat channel for the first optical transmission systems wavelength multiplexing and increasing line rates made it necessary to take more and more physical effects into account. When the line rates are increased to 40 Gbit/s and higher static chromatic dispersion compensation is not enough. The modulation format's intrinsic tolerance for dispersion decreases quadratically with the symbol rate. Thus, environmentally induced chromatic dispersion fluctuations may exceed the dispersion tolerance of the modulation formats. This makes an adaptive dispersion compensation necessary implying also the need for a monitoring scheme to steer the adaptive compensator. Legacy links that are CD-compensated by DCFs can be upgraded with residual dispersion compensators to make them ready for high speed transmission. Optical compensation is independent from the line rate. Hence, increasing the data rates is inherently supported. Optical compensators can be built WDM ready compensating multiple channels at once. The book deals with optical delay line filters as one class of optical compensators. The filter synthesis of such delay line filters is addressed. The connection between optical filters and digital FIR filters with complex coefficients that are used in conjunction with coherent detection could be shown. Iterative and analytical methods that produce the coefficients for dispersion (and also dispersion slope) compensating filters are researched. As important as the compensation of dispersion is the estimation of the dispersion of a signal. Using delay line filters, the vestigial sidebands of a signal can be used to measure the dispersion. Alternatively, nonlinear detection can be used to estimate the pulse broadening which is caused mainly by dispersion. With dispersion compensation and dispersion monitoring, dispersion compensators can be adapted to the signal's impairment. Special properties of the filter in conjunction with an analytical description can be used to provide a fast and reliable control algorithm for setting the filter to a given dispersion and centering it on a signal. Finally, prototypes of such fiber optic chromatic dispersion and dispersion slope compensation filters were manufactured and characterized. The device and system characterization of the prototypes is presented and discussed.

Master’s thesis deals with the issue of electronic filtering circuits with arbitrary frequency characteristics. First part of the thesis describes theoretical basis. Second part explores the possibilities of design procedures for filters with arbitrary frequency characteristics. Design procedures are demonstrated on examples accordingly to the presented methods, including their circuit implementation and computer simulation to verify the correctness of theoretical assumptions. Thesis also explores the possibilities of tuning circuit structures and electronic setting for characteristics using controllable active elements.