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Acoustic parametric receiver

Acoustic parametric receiver
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FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: acoustic parametric receiver has a high-frequency voltage generator 1 connected to an acoustic transducer 2, which is in acoustic contact through an acoustic waveguide 3, the boundaries of which are transparent for a low-frequency acoustic signal and not transparent for a high-frequency acoustic signal, with a wideband acoustic transducer 4, connected through series-connected selective amplifier 5, phase changer 6, phase detector 7, attenuator 8, with a recorder 9. The second input of the phase detector 7 is connected to the output of the high-frequency voltage generator 1. The broadband acoustic transducer 4 is connected through series-connected resonance amplifier 10 and amplitude detector 11, to the control input of the selective amplifier 5. The output of the phase detector 7 is connected through an integrator 12 to the control input of the phase changer 6. Outputs of the control unit 13 are connected to the control inputs of the high-frequency voltage generator 1, the resonance amplifier 10, the attenuator 8, the recorder 9 and the second control input of the selective amplifier 5.

EFFECT: broader functional capabilities of the device.

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The invention is intended for directional reception of acoustic signals in different environments and can be used in underwater acoustics, when the location registration of the noise, as well as in all fields of science and technology related to the need for directional reception of acoustic signals.

A device for parametric receiving acoustic signals using the effect of interaction received low-frequency signal from the auxiliary high-frequency acoustic signal [1] and contains a generator of high frequency electrical voltage connected to the acoustic transducer in acoustic contact with the second acoustic transducer is connected through serially connected selective amplifier and narrowband filter with the Registrar. High-frequency voltage from the generator is fed to the acoustic transducer radiating into the environment auxiliary high-frequency acoustic signal, which is distributed in the environment and is the second acoustic transducer. The electrical signal from the transducer is connected in series through a selective amplifier and narrowband filter is supplied to the logger.

During propagation environment, the received low-frequency acoustic signal at the same time the auxiliary high-frequency, is their interaction and the emergence of additional harmonic components in the spectrum of the high frequency signal with a frequency different to the sum and difference frequencies of high-frequency and low-frequency signals. This complex signal from the second acoustic transducer is amplified in a selective amplifier, and lateral components with the sum or difference frequencies carrying the information about the received low-frequency signal are allocated narrowband filter and served on the Registrar.

The reasons that impede the achievement of the technical result is the limited operational capabilities are attributable to the following. The amplitude of the lateral components is significantly smaller than the amplitude of the main RF signal, therefore filtering associated with considerable difficulties: At high q-factor of the filter circuit significantly increases the duration of transient processes; filters should have a significant Squareness to effectively suppress the main high-frequency signal. All paths of the receiver must have a linear amplitude characteristics for small signals from the sum and difference frequencies, and for the basic high-frequency signal in the environment interaction (changing the attenuation factor, the parameter of nonlinearity of the medium), to which that affects the overall sensitivity of parametric receiver. To change the direction of receiving low frequency acoustic signal, it is necessary to mechanically move in the environment of the acoustic transducers.

The signs consistent with the declared facility: generator of high frequency electrical voltage connected to the acoustic transducer in acoustic contact with the second acoustic transducer is connected to a selective amplifier, a recorder.

From a number of data deficiencies freely device for parametric receiving acoustic signals [2], in which for more information on the received acoustic signal using all frequency components of the auxiliary high-frequency signal, not only the lateral components with the sum or difference frequencies, and comprising a generator of high frequency electrical voltage connected to the acoustic transducer in acoustic contact through a medium with the second acoustic transducer is connected through serially connected selective amplifier and a phase detector with the Registrar; the second input of the phase detector is connected to the output of the generator high-frequency electric voltage. This device also uses the effect of interaction received low-frequency signal with auxiliary is a high frequency acoustic signal.

High-frequency voltage from the generator is fed to the acoustic transducer radiating into the environment auxiliary high-frequency acoustic signal, which is distributed in the environment and is the second acoustic transducer. The electrical signal from the transducer through a selective amplifier is fed to one input of a phase detector, a second input connected to a generator of high frequency electrical voltage, and the output of the phase detector is connected to the logger.

If low-frequency acoustic signal is propagated in the same area of the environment, where the auxiliary high frequency, the result of their interaction is the phase modulation of a high frequency signal of the low-frequency [3]. As a result, the output of the phase detector is obtained voltage containing information about the received low frequency signal.

The reasons that impede the achievement of the technical result is the limited operational capabilities are attributable to the following. The use of phase detection for highlighting information about the received signal leads to stringent requirements on the stability of the frequency-phase characteristics of all nodes parametric receiver. The amplitude characteristic of the phase detector of them is no periodic dependence on the phase difference signal, arriving at its inputs [4, S. 168], as well as in this parametric receiver initial phase detected signals have arbitrary values, then disrupted functional connectivity between the received low-frequency acoustic signal and the output signal of the phase detector. The signal level at the output of the phase detector depends on the levels of the signals at its inputs. The signal coming from the output of the generator high-frequency electric voltage to one of the inputs of the phase detector has a constant amplitude, and the signal level received at a second input of the phase detector with the election of the amplifier depends on many factors (the mutual orientation of acoustic transducers, the value of the coefficient of attenuation of high-frequency acoustic signal in the environment and others). To change the direction of receiving low frequency acoustic signal, it is necessary to mechanically move in the environment of the acoustic transducers.

From a number of the above-mentioned shortcomings of the free "parametric Acoustic receiver" [5]with the greatest number of matching signs with the inventive device. It contains: a generator of high frequency electrical voltage connected to the acoustic transducer in acoustic contact with a broadband acoustic Converter is the motor, connected through serially connected electoral phase shifter and a phase detector with a measuring device; a second input of the phase detector is connected to the output of the generator high-frequency electric voltage, broadband acoustic transducer is connected through serially connected resonant amplifier and peak detector with the control input of the selective amplifier, and the output of the phase detector via the integrator is connected with the control input of the phase shifter.

The generator produces an electrical high-frequency voltage supplied to the acoustic transducer and one of the inputs of the phase detector. The acoustic signal emitted by the transducer in the environment and is a broadband acoustic transducer. Under the influence of an external acoustic signal, and the nonlinearity of the medium parameters of the signal receiving transducer will have a complex spectrum consisting of a high frequency signal with side frequency components and high frequency harmonics of the signal. Moreover, the ratio of the amplitudes of the harmonics will depend on the values of the parameters of the nonlinearity of the medium. Harmonic high-frequency signal amplified by the resonance amplifier and the detected amplitude detector is ohms; the voltage from its output to change the gear ratio of the electoral amplifier so that the gain decreases with the increase of the nonlinear characteristics of the environment. The voltage output from the selective amplifier through an adjustable phase shifter is fed to the second input of the phase detector. Constant voltage component at the output of the phase detector is close to zero in the case, if the working point is at the center of the linear plot its amplitude characteristics. This DC component is extracted by the integrator and controls the phase shifter so that the phase detector worked on a linear plot its amplitude characteristics. Thus, the voltage at the output of the phase detector will be definitely be characterized accept low-frequency acoustic signal and not will depend on the changing characteristics of the environment, i.e. the receiver will have a constant sensitivity.

The reasons that impede the achievement of the technical result is the limited operational capabilities, due to the fact that for changing the direction of receiving low frequency acoustic signal, it is necessary to mechanically move in the environment of acoustic transducers, it is impossible to carry out the electrical scanning direction of receiving low frequency acoustic the sky signal.

The aim of the present invention is the enhanced operational capabilities parametric receiver.

This goal is achieved by the fact that in the parametric acoustic receiver containing a Registrar, a generator of high frequency electrical voltage connected to the acoustic transducer in acoustic contact with the broadband acoustic transducer is connected through serially connected selective amplifier and a phase shifter with a phase detector; a second input of the phase detector is connected to the output of the generator high-frequency electric voltage, broadband acoustic transducer is connected through serially connected resonant amplifier and peak detector with the control input of the selective amplifier, and the output of the phase detector via the integrator is connected with the control input of the phase shifter, inputs of the attenuator is located between the output of the phase detector and the Registrar, and also the control unit, the output of which is connected to control inputs of the generator high-frequency electric voltage, the resonant amplifier, attenuator, the Registrar and with the second Manager of the entrance electoral amp; between the acoustic transducer and broadband acoustic PR what education is an acoustic waveguide, the borders of which are transparent to low-frequency acoustic signal and is opaque to high-frequency acoustic signal.

The invention is illustrated by drawings. Figure 1 shows the functional diagram of the device, and figure 2 - diagram of the acoustic channel parametric receiver figure 3 - results of calculation of the directional diagrams parametric acoustic receiver.

Acoustic parametric receiver comprises a generator of high-frequency electric voltage 1 is connected to the acoustic transducer 2, which is in acoustic contact through the acoustic waveguide 3, the boundaries of which are transparent to low-frequency acoustic signal and is opaque to high-frequency acoustic signal with a broadband acoustic transducer 4 is connected through serially connected electoral amplifier 5, the phase shifter 6, a phase detector 7, the attenuator 8 9 Registrar; second input of the phase detector 7 is connected to the generator output frequency voltage 1, a broadband acoustic transducer 4 is connected through serially connected resonant amplifier 10 and the amplitude detector 11 with the control input of the selective amplifier 5 and the output of the phase detector 7 through the integrator 12 is connected with the control input is m the phase shifter 6, the outputs of the control unit 13 is connected to control inputs of the generator high-frequency electric voltage 1, the resonance amplifier 10, the attenuator 8, 9 Registrar and with the second Manager of the entrance electoral amplifier 5.

High-frequency voltage output from the generator 1 is supplied to one input of phase detector 7, and the acoustic transducer 2, a radiating acoustic waveguide 3 high-frequency acoustic signal. The boundaries of the waveguide is transparent to low-frequency acoustic signal and is opaque to high-frequency acoustic signal. The parameters of the waveguide 3 is chosen such that the velocity of propagation of high frequency acoustic signal in it depended on the frequency (see, for example, [6]). At the same time in the waveguide extends low-frequency acoustic signal, which must be taken. While propagation in the waveguide material is high-frequency and low-frequency acoustic signals is their interaction, in which the high frequency signal is modulated by the phase of low frequency. This modulated phase high frequency signal and its higher harmonics are accepted broadband acoustic transducer 4, the signal of which is fed to the input of the electoral amplifier 5, is held to the frequency of the high frequency signal and to the input of the resonant amplifier 10, configured on the frequency of one of the harmonics (e.g. two) of the high-frequency signal. The harmonics of the high-frequency signal, provided that the high-frequency signal is constant, depends on the value of the parameter of nonlinearity of the medium of the waveguide. The output signal of the resonant amplifier 10 is detected by the amplitude detector 11, is fed to the control input of the electoral amplifier 5 and changes its gain (the higher the level of the control signal, the less gain). This eliminates errors caused by changes in the value of the nonlinearity coefficient of the waveguide material. With exit polling amplifier 5 through the phase shifter 6, the signal at the second input of the phase detector 7, and with its release proyektirovanii signal corresponding to the received low-frequency signal through the attenuator 8 is input to the Registrar 9. The output of the phase detector 7 through the integrator 12 is connected with the control input of the phase shifter 6. Constant voltage component at the output of the phase detector 7 is close to zero in the case if the working point of the detector is located in the centre of the linear plot its amplitude characteristics. This DC component is extracted by integrator 12 and controls the phase shifter 6 to the phase detector worked on linear teaching is TKE its amplitude characteristics. This eliminates the error caused by changes in the characteristics of the material of the waveguide, and the phase instabilities blocks parametric receiver, i.e. the receiver will have a constant sensitivity. For scanning in the space of beam parametric receiver from the output of the control unit 13 of the control signals on the control input of the generator high-frequency electric voltage 1 and change the frequency of the generated electric voltage at a control input of the resonant amplifier 10 and change the frequency settings of the amplifier so that it was equal to the frequency of one of the harmonics of the high frequency signal on the control input of the attenuator 8 and changing the gear ratio in such a way as to compensate for errors caused by changes in the slope of the amplitude characteristics of the phase detector and changes the attenuation of the signal in the waveguide material to change its frequency at the control input of the electoral amplifier 5 and changing the frequency of the amplifier is set so that it was equal to the frequency of a high frequency signal, and the control input of the Registrar 9, transmitting information on the position in space of the maximum beam parametric receiver.

Acoustic tra is t the simplest admissions parametric antenna includes a radiating and receiving transducers, located at a distance L from each other, as shown in figure 2. The directivity of the antenna depends on the ratio of the distance L to the wavelength of the low frequency signal is Λ, and for directional reception, you must have L/Λ>>1. If you accept a low-frequency plane acoustic wave propagating at an angle θ to the x-axis, the change in the propagation velocity of the auxiliary high-frequency acoustic waves due to the nonlinearity of the medium can be defined as:

where,

where Rthe amplitude of the sound pressure of the low-frequency wave signal [7, 8]. Calculating the increment of the speed of sound [7, 8] and the projection of the vibrational velocity of the particles in the low-frequency wave on the x axis

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and secondary sources

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wherenonlinear parameter, ρ - density and speed of sound in the environment, and substituting Q(t, x, y) in (1), we calculate the "slow" phase of high frequency waves on the path L from the transmitter to the receiver:

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wherephase detuning caused by the difference of the velocities of the high-frequency wave and a "trace" of the wave signal. Formulae are obtained under the condition that the wavelength of the signal is Ala lot more transverse dimensions of the high-frequency beam Λ> >d.

This expression shows that the directivity of the reception parametric antenna when distributing pump waves in free space in the environment without dispersion represents the directional characteristics of the antennas traveling wave. Thus the maximum directivity is obtained when θ=0. It is physically explainable by the fact that the maximum of wave interaction is obtained by collinear propagation of waves with equal speeds.

If the auxiliary high-frequency acoustic wave pumping is distributed in all zvakapressa.com for the waves of low frequency signal waveguide, the phase velocity of the waves pumping may change when the frequency of the pump wave due to geometric dispersion. On the antenna aperture field will be similar field traveling wave will be created and the phase distribution of the sources, resulting from the nonlinear interaction, the length of the antenna, changing when you change the frequency of the pump wave.

Let the field at the aperture of the antenna is described by the formula

a(x,t)=Aei(ωt-α(x)),

where ω is the angular frequency, amplitude And constant, but the phase is distributed linearly α(x)=βx, where, νf- the phase velocity of the wave, then a(x,t) coincides with the field of a plane wave (with wave number with0- the speed of sound in the medium without dispersion), incident on the aperture at an angle θ to the x-axis, when this. Common-mode antenna can be considered as a particular case of the traveling wave antenna with β=0,. In the General case of a linear distribution of phase at the aperture combined with a variety of changes in the amplitude due to attenuation of the pump waves and, hence, reduction of the nonlinear interaction.

The phase velocity of the pump waves in a circular waveguide is greater than the speed of sound in a dispersionless medium, and receiving the maximum with the direction corresponding to the angle θ to the x axisand coinciding with the direction of propagation of the effective plane wave.

To obtain a directional characteristic of the antenna is possible by integrating field generated by sources with the same phase distribution. The result will be

Since the phase velocity in a circular waveguide can vary from the speed of sound in a dispersionless medium to infinity, we will analyze changes the directivity of the reception parametric antenna when changing the phase velocity of the pump wave. In this case, given that the focus is mainly determined by the integral in the expression (2), shall determine the characteristic is napravlennosti

Figure 3 shows the directivity in the plane passing through the axis of the antenna and perpendicular to the surface of the antenna pumping.

Shows the directivity for L/Λ=10, p0=1500 m/s, νf=1500 m/s (curve 1), 2000 m/s (curve 2), 5000 m/s (curve 3), 10000 m/s (curve 4). The analysis shows that when increasing the phase velocity of the pump wave directional turns and becomes a "funnel". When νf0the cone is pressed against the axis, and when νf=C0the maximum sensitivity in the direction of the axis.

Thus, in the proposed parametric receiver scans the maximum beam parametric receiver electrical path due to a change in frequency of the auxiliary high-frequency acoustic signal that extends the capabilities of the receiver.

Sources of information

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Acoustic parametric receiver containing a Registrar, a generator of high frequency electrical voltage connected to the acoustic transducer in acoustic contact with the broadband acoustic transducer is connected through serially connected selective amplifier and a phase shifter with a phase detector; a second input of the phase detector is connected to the output of the generator high-frequency electric voltage, broadband acoustic transducer is connected through serially connected resonant amplifier and peak detector with a control input izbirat is a high power amplifier, and the output of the phase detector via the integrator is connected with the control input of the phase shifter, inputs of the attenuator is located between the output of the phase detector and the Registrar, and the control unit, the output of which is connected to control inputs of the generator high-frequency electric voltage, the resonant amplifier, attenuator, the Registrar and with the second Manager of the entrance electoral amp; between the acoustic transducer and the broadband acoustic transducer is an acoustic waveguide, the boundaries of which are transparent to low-frequency acoustic signal and is opaque to high-frequency acoustic signal.

 

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