Florian Fembacher, F. Khalid, G. Balázs, D. Nugraha, André Roger
{"title":"Real-Time Synthetic Aperture Radar for Automotive Embedded Systems","authors":"Florian Fembacher, F. Khalid, G. Balázs, D. Nugraha, André Roger","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2018.8541602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2018.8541602","url":null,"abstract":"Advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving applications use radar sensors for different safety features. High resolution in azimuth dimension using radar can facilitate these applications (e.g. parking). However, these safety critical applications are realized on embedded systems with finite memory and computational power and need to react in real-time for passenger safety. With synthetic aperture radar (SAR) signal processing, it is possible to get a higher resolution representation of the environment. In this paper, we discuss a real-time embedded system realization of a SAR concept suitable for automotive applications. The computational and memory consumption aspects of the system concept are discussed and verified through real-world measurements in an integrated automotive microcontroller.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128774503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improvement of The Angle Measurement Accuracy for Indoor UWB Localization","authors":"N. Awarkeh, J. Cousin, M. Muller, N. Samama","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546539","url":null,"abstract":"As the demand for indoor localization increases, several ultrawideband (UWB) localization systems are proposed and evaluated. The most difficult challenge for positioning is to find the simplest and most accurate indoor localization method. In this paper, a method of a 2D UWB indoor localization system is presented, allowing to improve the accuracy of angular measurement using a sliding window correlation method. The proposed architecture is simple, and the position of a tag is determined by the relative range and angle from the dedicated localization base station. The experimental results show that the proposed method can achieve high accuracy in estimating position and angle.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121487272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Intermodulation Radar for RF Receiver Detections","authors":"J. Raoult, A. Martorell, L. Chusseau, C. Carel","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546626","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546626","url":null,"abstract":"Nonlinear radars are often used to detect the presence of RF electronics. In the state-of-art most of researchers has chosen to exploit the second-harmonic response of target. But its antenna is usually not impedance-matched at these harmonics, requiring that the useful signal is radiated by unintentional antennas formed by traces on the circuit board. A strong incident power is therefore required to guarantee a detection with an acceptable range. In this paper we propose an intermodulation radar whose incident and reflected signals are both captured and emitted by the antenna of the target.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125307795","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. García-Fernández, Y. Álvarez-López, B. Gonzalez-Valdes, Ana Arboleya-Arboleya, Y. Rodriguez-Vaqueiro, F. L. Heras, A. Pino
{"title":"UAV-mounted GPR for NDT applications","authors":"M. García-Fernández, Y. Álvarez-López, B. Gonzalez-Valdes, Ana Arboleya-Arboleya, Y. Rodriguez-Vaqueiro, F. L. Heras, A. Pino","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546594","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546594","url":null,"abstract":"This contribution introduces a novel airborne system for subsurface sensing and imaging applications. The system consists of a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) mounted on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Since the system does not need to be in contact with the soil, it is particularly useful for some Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) applications such as landmine detection or archeological surveys. An overview of the system and some of the first flight tests are shown in this contribution. The results of these flight tests prove the feasibility of the system to detect both metallic and dielectric targets. Furthermore, since the system includes a high-accuracy positioning system, measurements could be coherently combined to improve the radar image resolution.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115172141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Zero-IF Auto-Calibration System For Phased Array Antennas","authors":"M. Salehi, S. Safavi-Naeini","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2018.8541635","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2018.8541635","url":null,"abstract":"A simple, compact, and low-cost implementation of an auto-calibration system for evaluating a Ka-band phased array active element is presented. The proposed technique estimates the amplitude/phase unbalance of each antenna element induced by feed circuit and characterizes phase shifter and variable gain amplifier (VGA) attached to each individual antenna element in an array configuration. This intelligent calibration system employs phased locked loop (PLL) oscillators to generate an RF test signal and a LO calibration signal. The former is used for down-converting the signal output from the antenna element under test for phase and amplitude measurement. The latter is used to compensate the quadrature mixer error in low-IF topology. The antenna signal amplitude and phase are extracted from the I/Q signals. This approach can compensate for most of the associated errors caused by nonlinearity of the quadrature modules and amplifiers using internal time-varying phase. A back-to-back measurement shows the proposed scheme can offer an accuracy of ±2 degrees in phase and ±0.3 dB in amplitude over a 30-dB dynamic range.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"12 7","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114019812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Rokhmanova, S. Apostolov, N. Kvitka, V. Yampol’skii
{"title":"Dispersion of THz Modes Localized on Layered Superconductor Controlled by DC Magnetic Field","authors":"T. Rokhmanova, S. Apostolov, N. Kvitka, V. Yampol’skii","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2018.8541753","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2018.8541753","url":null,"abstract":"Being materials that support terahertz waves propagation, layered superconductors attract great attention of many researchers. The Josephson plasma modes localized on a slab of layered superconductor can possess an anomalous dispersion. The possibility of the anomalous dispersion manipulation opens wide perspectives for applications. One of the tools that can flexibly change the electromagnetic properties of layered superconductors is the external DC magnetic field. The effect of the DC magnetic field on the spectrum of the localized modes is a subject of the present paper. We present the derivation and analysis of the dispersion relations and discuss some interesting corollaries such as resonant amplification of wave transmission induced by the internal excitation of the localized modes and the possibility of the internal reflection of the localized modes controlled by the external DC magnetic field.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131399294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
B. Gabard, L. Casadebaig, T. Deloues, A. Amiez, P. Escalas, D. Poullin, O. Rabaste, H. Jeuland
{"title":"A UAV Airborne Passive Digital Radar for Aerial Surveillance","authors":"B. Gabard, L. Casadebaig, T. Deloues, A. Amiez, P. Escalas, D. Poullin, O. Rabaste, H. Jeuland","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546568","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a detailed overview of an experimental passive radar payload developed by ONERA the French Aerospace Lab., which improves the performances of VHF passive radar by using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) as support of the receiver. This article highlights the passive radar design which is based on techniques inspired from modern digital receivers combining front-end digitizer and FPGA-based real time data signal processing.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133248184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Siles, K. Cooper, Choonsup Lee, R. Lin, G. Chattopadhyay, I. Mehdi
{"title":"A Compact Room-Temperature 510-560 GHz Frequency Tripler with 30-mW Output Power","authors":"J. Siles, K. Cooper, Choonsup Lee, R. Lin, G. Chattopadhyay, I. Mehdi","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2018.8541363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2018.8541363","url":null,"abstract":"We report on a compact high-power 510-560 GHz GaAs Schottky diode based frequency tripler with enhanced power handling capabilities, showing a world-record measured peak power of 30 mW, at room-temperature, when pumped with 350-400 mW. This corresponds to a ten times better performance than previously reported sources in this frequency range. The increase in power handling capabilities is achieved by using an improved epitaxial structure together with an on-chip power combined topology that allows to combine several multiplying structures onto a single chip. The chip also exhibits a state-of-the-art conversion efficiency of 8-9% without any correction for the losses in fixtures/transitions used for the tests.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133434997","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Noise Removal in Near Range Active Millimeter Wave Three-dimensional Imaging System","authors":"Xin Wen, P. Fei, W. Guo, Lu Zhang","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546572","url":null,"abstract":"Aimed at the noise removal in near range active millimetre wave pulse linear frequency modulation (LFM) based three-dimensional imaging system, this paper proposes a novel noise removal algorithm, which combines the independent component analysis (ICA) and Wigner-Hough transform. The algorithm is effective in noise suppression and easy to implementation. In a semi-physical simulation system, the algorithm improves the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the echo signal by 10dB in standard target imaging experiment which verifies the effectiveness and feasibility of the noise removal algorithm.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115176441","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D. L. Tong, P. Minard, C. Person, J. Coupez, P. Borel, D. Izoard
{"title":"Dipole Antenna Printed on Paper Substrate for WLAN Applications","authors":"D. L. Tong, P. Minard, C. Person, J. Coupez, P. Borel, D. Izoard","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546513","url":null,"abstract":"The design of a dipole antenna printed on a paper substrate is presented in this paper. The antenna which integrates a compact balun is devoted for dual-band 2.4/5 GHz WLAN applications. The antenna is based on a double-side printed multilayer paper substrate and is fed with a coaxial cable for the testing. The simulated results of the whole structure are also presented in detail and compared with the measured performances.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114252140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}