OPTICAL SENSOR FOR SURFACE PROFILE MONITORING OF PARABOLIC ANTENNA FOR MILLIMETER AND SUBMILLIMETER ASTRONOMY
Purpose: developing the sensor for non-contact measurement and profiling parabolic surfaces of antenna systems in the millimeter and submillimeter range with an aperture diameter up to 2 m. Design/methodology/approach: Using a high-speed CCD and photoelectric displacement transducer for determini...
Main Authors: | , , , , |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Institute of Radio Astronomy
2016-06-01
|
Series: | Radio Physics and Radio Astronomy |
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://rpra-journal.org.ua/index.php/ra/article/view/1239/874 |
Summary: | Purpose: developing the sensor for non-contact measurement and profiling parabolic surfaces of antenna systems in the millimeter and submillimeter range with an aperture diameter up to 2 m.
Design/methodology/approach: Using a high-speed CCD and photoelectric displacement transducer for determining position of light spot on the antenna surface.
Findings: The experimental data show that the designed sensor provides RMS estimation accuracy for the antenna surface better than 15 microns.
Conclusions: Used is the optical sensor for antenna surface measurements avoids surface damage and need to control contact sensor pressure on the measured surface. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 1027-9636 2415-7007 |