{"title":"Design of a Rigid UWB Log Spiral Antenna for GPR Applications in Harsh Environment","authors":"M. Richardson, C. Bauder, R. Kazemi, A. Fathy","doi":"10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050033","url":null,"abstract":"A rigid air-filled cavity backed UWB spiral antenna for GPR applications is designed, simulated, and measured. The fabricated physically big planar spiral is accurately cut out of a thick aluminum sheet using an abrasive water jet machine. It is fed by a mechanically firm balun feed that avoids the weak interconnection between the spiral and the balun. The antenna operates from 750 MHz – 1.25 GHz and maintains better than 12dB return loss and greater than 6 dB peak gain over the range. The fabricated antenna also keeps an axial ratio of less than 4 dB over the operating frequency range.","PeriodicalId":184822,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"39 3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129463103","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 Spatial Modulation System over Time-varying Rician Fading Channel with a CSI Detector","authors":"Yanni Zhou, F. Hutu, G. Villemaud","doi":"10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050121","url":null,"abstract":"Spatial Modulation (SM) is proposed in the literature as a new Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) transmission scheme. The advantage of the SM consists in using only one RF (Radio Frequency) chain in the transmitting end which helps to increase the energy efficiency and the performance of the transmission. The related work in the literature is mostly based on the study of the SM transmission under the simple channel models. Moreover, it is assumed that the perfect Channel State Information (CSI) is known by the receiving end. This article discusses a CSI detector for the channel estimation and analyzes the performance of the proposed system over the time-varying Rician fading channel. The ADS-Matlab co-simulation results demonstrate that the bit error rate (BER) can be kept at an acceptable level with a realistic CSI detector, and in this case the system offers better performance with a small Rician factor.","PeriodicalId":184822,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130538785","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":"Monopole Antenna with Beam Scanning in Both End-fire and Broadside Directions","authors":"Sagiru Gaya, O. Sokunbi, S. Sheikh, H. Attia","doi":"10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050053","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050053","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a novel printed monopole antenna integrated with active elements is presented. It comprises a monopole printed on the top face of a substrate that is acting as a driving element, and two other parasitic elements placed symmetrically on the two sides of a partial ground plane. The parasitic elements are interchanged to be a reflector or a director. To achieve pattern reconfiguration, the approach of Yagi-Uda configuration is employed, where the positions of the reflector and director are to be interchanged using DC-controlled electronic switches. Four scanning angles (-90°, 0°, 90° and 180°) around the operating frequency of 4.3 GHz are accomplished. Also, an acceptable impedance matching in all switching schemes is achieved.","PeriodicalId":184822,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123388319","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}
A. Gadallah, M. Eissa, D. Kissinger, A. Malignaggi
{"title":"A V-band Bidirectional Amplifier-Module for Hybrid Phased-Array Systems in BiCMOS Technology","authors":"A. Gadallah, M. Eissa, D. Kissinger, A. Malignaggi","doi":"10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050023","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a V-band T/R amplifer-module in a SiGe:C 130nm BiCMOS technology, with ft/fmax=250/340GHz. The T/R amplifer-module is a bidirectional architecture consists of IN/OUT RF switches, PA in Tx path and LNA in Rx path with a digital control circuit for hybrid phased array systems. On wafer measurements show that the designed module has a peak gain of 15.5dB and 19dB at 60GHz in Tx mode and Rx mode respectively, while maintaining wideband performance over the desired band from 57-66GHz. In Rx mode, the simulated NF is 8dB over the required band. Furthermore, an OP1dB of 10dBm in Tx mode and an IP1dB of -26dBm in Rx mode have been achieved. The T/R amplifer-module occupies 1.1mm2 area and consumes 160mW/50mW at Tx and Rx modes.","PeriodicalId":184822,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128047623","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. Hosseini, M. Assefzadeh, Sam Razavian, Yash Mehta, A. Babakhani
{"title":"Terahertz Channel Characterization using a Silicon-based Picosecond Pulse Source","authors":"M. Hosseini, M. Assefzadeh, Sam Razavian, Yash Mehta, A. Babakhani","doi":"10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050123","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, a long-path Terahertz (THz) communication channel is characterized between 0.32-1.1 THz using a custom-designed silicon-based THz pulse radiator chip. Our chip generates and radiates 1.9 ps pulses with an on-chip antenna at a repetition rate of 5.2 GHz, resulting in a broadband 0.1-1.1 THz frequency comb. A specular non-lineof-sight link was created using the impulse radiator, parabolic reflector antennas, a plane mirror, and a downconverting mixer. The THz channel was characterized up to a distance of 113 m. The measurement results demonstrate channel path loss, atmospheric absorption, and low-loss frequency windows suitable for wireless links in this range. To the best of authors’ knowledge, this is the first time a custom lowpower silicon-based radiator has been used as the source in channel characterization at THz frequencies.","PeriodicalId":184822,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114949304","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}
E. Guerrero, Josep Brugués, J. Verdú, Pedro De Paco Sanchez
{"title":"Sound Retrieval Using 24 GHz FMCW Radar","authors":"E. Guerrero, Josep Brugués, J. Verdú, Pedro De Paco Sanchez","doi":"10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050012","url":null,"abstract":"This paper investigates the use of radar techniques for recovering low frequency audio signals by measuring the vibration induced in objects exposed to sound pressure waves. A sound wave emitted by a speaker is recovered by measuring the small-scale displacement vibrations transmitted into a reflective surface that is being analyzed by a commercial FMCW radar at 24 GHz, bandwidth of 300 MHz and sweep time of 300 µs. Experimental validations are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":184822,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116802054","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}
S. M. Islam, Ashikur Rahman, E. Yavari, M. Baboli, O. Boric-Lubecke, V. Lubecke
{"title":"Identity Authentication of OSA Patients Using Microwave Doppler radar and Machine Learning Classifiers","authors":"S. M. Islam, Ashikur Rahman, E. Yavari, M. Baboli, O. Boric-Lubecke, V. Lubecke","doi":"10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9049983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9049983","url":null,"abstract":"Non-contact home-based sleep monitoring will bring a paradigm shift to diagnosis and treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) as it can facilitate easier access to specialized care in order to reach a much boarder set of patients. However, current remote unattended sleep studies are mostly contact sensor based and test results are sometimes falsified by sleep-critical job holders (driver, airline pilots) due to fear of potential job loss. In this work, we investigated identity authentication of patients with OSA symptoms based on extracting respiratory features (peak power spectral density, packing density and linear envelop error) from radar captured paradoxical breathing patterns in a small-scale clinical sleep study integrating three different machine learning classifiers (Support Vector Machine (SVM), K-nearest neighbor (KNN), Random forest). The proposed OSA-based authentication method was tested and validated for five OSA patients with 93.75% accuracy using KNN classifier which outperformed other classifiers.","PeriodicalId":184822,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"122 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128178464","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":"In-Band Full-Duplex RF Canceller Tuning using Adaptive Learning Rate Functions","authors":"K. Kolodziej, Aidan U. Cookson, B. Perry","doi":"10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050105","url":null,"abstract":"Enhancements in communication and spectral efficiencies can be derived from incorporating In-Band Full-Duplex (IBFD) technology into future wireless systems. These improvements are made possible by reducing each node’s self-interference through a variety of techniques, including RF cancellation in the analog domain. While multi-tap RF cancellers have been proven to deliver high performance in realistic environments, their multivariate nature creates a problem when trying to tune them. This paper investigates different adaptive learning rate functions as well as starting locations for a multi-dimensional gradient-descent algorithm. Results are presented for this research using a two-tap canceller prototype that was measured over 20 MHz centered at 2.5 GHz and provided up to 48 dB of cancellation in a multipath interference scenario.","PeriodicalId":184822,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"8 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132933873","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":"Numerical Parameter Extraction for Multi Terminal Type Microwave Devices","authors":"U. Schumann, A. Jöstingmeier, A. Omar","doi":"10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050090","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RWS45077.2020.9050090","url":null,"abstract":"A new method for the determination of the scattering parameters of microwave components with heterogeneous terminals is presented. The method is based on the widely known TRL calibration scheme. Applying a two tier calibration, the abstract error boxes determined during the TRL procedure are converted into physical objects. This makes it possible to measure microwave structures with different port types. The one degree of freedom uncertainty of the error boxes, which is inherent to the TRL calibration procedure, is removed by the assumption that these boxes represent reciprocal devices. This is the case in most practical applications. The function of the procedure is proven with another measurement method for vector network analyzer measurements.","PeriodicalId":184822,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS)","volume":"193 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134294474","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}