{"title":"Monopole fed grounded dielectric slab leaky wave Bull’s-Eye antenna","authors":"U. Beaskoetxea, A. Torres-García, M. Beruete","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546650","url":null,"abstract":"A novel lightweight grounded dielectric-slab-based Bull’s-Eye antenna working at f = 12.6 GHz is presented in this work. The structure, which displays two sets of five periodic semicircular strips asymmetrically distributed around a central feeding monopole, shows a numerical high gain beam (20.2 dBi) and −20.3 dB side lobe level. Both numerical and experimental results show an enhancement of the side lobe values with respect to previously analysed resonant-slot-fed antennas despite the experimental response deterioration due to manufacturing inaccuracies.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"14 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":"123180614","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}
C. Quemada, J. Iriarte, D. Marín, C. Miranda, R. Gonzalo, L. G. Santesteban, I. Ederra
{"title":"A Real-Time Non-Destructive Water Status Monitoring System at Terahertz Band","authors":"C. Quemada, J. Iriarte, D. Marín, C. Miranda, R. Gonzalo, L. G. Santesteban, I. Ederra","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2018.8541646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2018.8541646","url":null,"abstract":"A novel water content monitoring system of a grapevine based on the reflectivity measurement on the plant trunk at the terahertz band is presented. In order to simulate different outdoor conditions, mainly temperature and lighting, the whole setup, which includes the grapevine and the measurement system, has been settled inside a growth chamber. Fluctuations of lighting conditions, temperature and irrigation have been correlated with variations of the signal power reflected on the trunk using both time domain broadband measurements and, magnitude and phase frequency domain narrowband measurements. The innovative setup enables the achievement of more reliable and accurate results when external conditions vary. Finally, the results have been contrasted, with high level of correlation, with long-established techniques using a dendrometer and a humidity probe.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"56 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":"122930366","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":"Size determination in Particle Streams using a Multistatic Dual Frequency Millimeter Wave Radar","authors":"A. Reinhardt, A. Teplyuk, R. Knöchel, M. Höft","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2018.8541662","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2018.8541662","url":null,"abstract":"A multistatic dual frequency radar operating at 91.5 GHz and 150.3 GHz is designed and utilized to measure particle dimensions in a multidisperse particle stream. From the physical relations a size measurement routine is derived. In a numerical study we then investigate how a multistatic antenna configuration can improve the state-of-the-art method which usually is performed with a monostatic radar. Based on the simulation results, we present the layout of the radar sensor and experimental setup. Finally, measurement results are provided and discussed.","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":"116675224","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":"Advanced Spectral Model of Doppler-Polarimetric Meteorological Radar Signal","authors":"A. Rudiakova, Y. Averyanova, F. Yanovsky","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546640","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546640","url":null,"abstract":"The advanced generalized model for Doppler-polarimetric meteorological radar signal spectra simulation is developed and presented in this paper. The model covers situations that include the dry and wet snow precipitation cases and can be further expanded for other water-ice-air mixture hydrometeors.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"64 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":"121895642","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 Plane-Wave Synthesis Approach for 3D Monostatic RCS Prediction from Near-Field Measurements","authors":"O. Neitz, T. Eibert","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546622","url":null,"abstract":"A plane-wave synthesis approach for determining the 3D monostatic radar cross section from a set of near-field measurements is presented. Compared to image based techniques, it does not suffer from inaccuracies in the case of multiple interactions. At the same time, very general measurement setups are possible without introducing severe truncation errors and the resulting field transformation problem can still be solved efficiently, due to the implementation based on propagating plane-wave expansions of the Green’s function. The theory of the algorithm is first outlined and then validated using simulated near-field and far-field data.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"4 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":"125701303","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":"Electrodynamic study of forward- and backward-scattering from spherical targets","authors":"B. Salski, P. Kopyt, K. Kulpa, P. Samczyński","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546570","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a comparison between backward and forward radar cross-section (RCS) profiles of metallic and dielectric spheres is presented. The emphasis is put on the electrodynamic background of generated RCS. It is shown that different phenomena are associated with the scattering from a perfectly reflecting target and dielectric one that can be well penetrated by the electromagnetic wave. Derived conclusions can be useful in better understanding of the operating conditions of bistatic passive radars utilizing the forward-scattering effect.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"2 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":"114581453","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":"Analysis of a Coherent Distributed MIMO Photonics-Based Radar Network","authors":"L. Lembo, P. Ghelfi, A. Bogoni","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546607","url":null,"abstract":"Multistatic radars are of great interest to achieve an enhancement in the cross range resolution, observing stealth targets and instantaneously evaluating the velocity in all directions. Current multistatic radars operate independently and heavy synchronization algorithms are required to permit the fusion of the collected data. Recently, photonics has been demonstrated to enable the development of coherent multistatic radars. Here, for the first time, these systems are studied considering the effect of the main system parameters and noise sources. Their capability to provide super-resolution in cross range is confirmed.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"5 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":"125742461","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":"Multistatic Holographic Imaging for Breast Cancer Detection","authors":"Iqra Asghar, A. Khan, Anthony Keith Brown","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546523","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546523","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with low cost and non-invasive wideband holographic microwave imaging system that operates in 5.05GHz-8.23GHz band. Emphasis is given here to detect tumor in 2D breast phantom using 18 bowtie antennas with 4 antennas serving as transmitters (Tx) and 14 antennas as receivers (Rx). Holographic microwave simulations have been done using MATLAB to detect the existence of tumor and its size. Results are shown for 2D reconstructed sliced images of the breast taken for four different transmitters. Holographic simulations demonstrate that array proposed in this paper has the ability to detect tumor of a size as small as 1.5 mm located at (x, y, z) = (0, 40, 30) within the breast tissues.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"32 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":"117216214","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. Mosalanejad, I. Ocket, C. Soens, G. Vandenbosch
{"title":"Differential Multi-Layer Compact Grid Antenna Array for 79 GHz Automotive Radar Applications","authors":"M. Mosalanejad, I. Ocket, C. Soens, G. Vandenbosch","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2018.8541527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2018.8541527","url":null,"abstract":"A novel wide band compact grid antenna array is developed for 79 GHz MIMO radar applications. The key issue is the stable radiation pattern with flat gain characteristic along the whole frequency bandwidth, which is very advantageous for the targeted radar applications. The antenna is taped out with the new high resolution multi-layer PCB technology, called \"Any-Layer PCB\". This technology provides the possibility to stack micro-vias in PCB boards and reduce the fabrication cost compared to other multi-layer technologies in mm-wave bands. With this feature, the width of the array has been compacted with 17.2%, which leads to a higher side lobe suppression and an enhancement of the field of view in radar applications. A combined impedance and 3-dB gain band width of 9.6% is achieved. The gain and SLL are 13.52 dB and −14 dB at 79 GHz, respectively.","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":"131515914","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}