Optics and Precision Engineering, Volume. 24, Issue 7, 1711(2016)

Control of active reflector system for radio telescope

LI Ai-hua1...2,3,*, ZHOU Guo-hua1,2, LI Guo-ping1,2, ZHANG Yong1,2, and ZHANG Zhen-chao14 |Show fewer author(s)
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    According to the control requirements of the active reflector surface in the 110 m radio telescope at QiTai(QTT) Xinjiang, a new displacement actuator and a new displacement control system were designed and manufactured and then their characteristics were tested by a dual-frequency laser interferometer in the micro-displacement laboratory. The displacement actuator was designed by a scheme of high precision worm and roller screw structures, and the displacement control system was based on a ARM micro-processor. Finally, the S curve acceleration control methods were used to design the hardware platform and software algorithm for the active reflection surface of the control system. The test experiments were performed based on the laser metrology system on an active reflector close-loop antenna prototype for large radio telescope. Experimental results indicate that it achieves a 30 mm working stroke and 5 μm RMS motion resolution. The accuracy (standard deviation) is 3.67 μm, and the error between the determined and theoretical values is 0.04% when the rated load is 300 kg, the step is 2 mm and the stroke is 30mm. Furthermore, the active reflector integrated system was tested by the laser sensors with the accuracy of 0.25 μm RMS on 4-panel radio telescope prototype, the measurement results show that the integrated precision of the active reflector closed-loop control system is less than 5 μm RMS, and well satisfies the technical requirements of active reflector control system of the QTT radio telescope in 3 mm wavelength.

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    LI Ai-hua, ZHOU Guo-hua, LI Guo-ping, ZHANG Yong, ZHANG Zhen-chao. Control of active reflector system for radio telescope[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2016, 24(7): 1711

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    Received: Jan. 10, 2016

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Aug. 29, 2016

    The Author Email: Ai-hua LI (ahl@niaot.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/ope.20162407.1711

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