A new millimeter-wave step-frequency radar sensor for distancemeasurement |
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Authors: | Joongsuk Park Cam Nguyen |
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Affiliation: | Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; |
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Abstract: | A new compact millimeter-wave distance-measurement sensor prototype has been developed. The sensor is a step-frequency radar implemented using coherent heterodyne technique. It operates in Ka-band (26.5-40 GHz) and is realized using MICs and MMICs. The sensor transmits sinusoidal signals of incremental frequencies and demodulates the received signals into base-band I/Q signals for processing. Experimental results show that the sensor is capable of measuring distance with less than 0.2 inch of absolute error and a low transmitted power of only -20±3 dBm |
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