{"title":"Model comparison of bistatic radar clutter","authors":"M. Pola, P. Bezousek, J. Pidanic","doi":"10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545066","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545066","url":null,"abstract":"Bistatic radars are parts of coherent multistatic radar systems for air targets positioning and tracking in various systems including the Air Traffic Control. The signal processing in the bistatic radar invariably encounters with a competitive signal, reflected from terrain objects - the land clutter. In this paper a research in the area of bistatic radar clutter modeling is presented. After the bistatic clutter scenario is defined two land-clutter models, based on a common general geometry are described. The bistatic radar clutter power equation derived here ([9]) is used for computation of interesting parameters like a bistatic radar effective clutter cross section, a total clutter power and a clutter reflectivity. In the end the two models are compared with actually measured bistatic radar clutter with use of a real terrain profile around the radar.","PeriodicalId":372048,"journal":{"name":"2013 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127089462","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":"High power solid state pulse compressor modeling and simulations","authors":"D. Matousek, P. Bezousek","doi":"10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545052","url":null,"abstract":"High power semiconductor generators of nanosecond and sub-nanosecond pulses attract an increasing interest due to their perspective application in various high power switching circuits, in control, supply or VHF systems. This paper is concentrated on an output stage of such pulse generator so called a pulse compressor based on a semiconductor diode reverse recovery switching. In the paper the compressor design and its model are described and simulations as well as experimental results are presented.","PeriodicalId":372048,"journal":{"name":"2013 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129946379","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 building element of an active negative permeability metamaterial","authors":"J. Macháč, L. Jelínek","doi":"10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545068","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545068","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents an active particle designed as a building block of an active volumetric metamaterial showing negative magnetic polarizability. The particle is composed of a conducting ring loaded by an impedance with a negative real part. This impedance is produced by a one-port transistor circuit. The active particle was designed and its stability was discussed. Measurements of the fabricated element verified its working principle in the RF range.","PeriodicalId":372048,"journal":{"name":"2013 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)","volume":"2015 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121443905","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. Grábner, V. Kvicera, P. Pechac, P. Valtr, O. Jicha
{"title":"Atmospheric refractivity profiles and microwave propagation on a terrestrial path - Experiment and simulation","authors":"M. Grábner, V. Kvicera, P. Pechac, P. Valtr, O. Jicha","doi":"10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545035","url":null,"abstract":"The results of experimental measurement of atmospheric refractivity profiles and microwave propagation characteristics at 11 GHz carried out recently at the Podebrady site in the Czech Republic are presented. Long term statistics of atmospheric refractivity were obtained from the tower measurement of temperature, pressure and relative humidity of air. Microwave propagation during clear air conditions was observed concurrently on the 50 km long terrestrial path Prague-Podebrady with several receivers located in different heights above the ground. Propagation of electromagnetic waves was modeled using the parabolic equation method and compared with measured data.","PeriodicalId":372048,"journal":{"name":"2013 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)","volume":"269 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115667238","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":"Cross-coax fed wideband solar patch antenna","authors":"O. Yurduseven, D. Smith, M. Elsdon","doi":"10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545037","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a cross-coax fed low-profile short-circuited suspended patch antenna combined with a polycrystalline silicon (poly-Si) solar cell operating as a radiating patch element is proposed for self-powered 2.4 GHz band WLAN and 2.3/2.5 GHz band WiMAX networks. The fabricated multifunctional solar patch antenna has a measured wide impedance bandwidth of 840 MHz, 35%, and offers a broadband gain of 7.71 dBi. It operates with a measured solar efficiency of 13.9%, generating a DC power output of 225 mW.","PeriodicalId":372048,"journal":{"name":"2013 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122123523","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 frequency tunable broadband amplifier utilizing tunable capacitors and inductors","authors":"T. Nesimoglu, Ç. Aydin, D. Atilla, B. Yarman","doi":"10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545044","url":null,"abstract":"Software Defined Radio (SDR) technology aims employing commercial communication standards within a single transceiver unit. Therefore, the design of broadband frequency tunable microwave components; particularly tunable amplifiers have gained considerable importance in recent years. In this work, a tunable inductor topology is proposed, theoretically analyzed and simulated. By using tunable capacitors, tunable inductors were obtained and broadband tunable matching networks are designed. Eventually a frequency tunable broadband amplifier covering 800-7500 MHz band has been realized.","PeriodicalId":372048,"journal":{"name":"2013 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115131020","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":"Microwave imaging: Comparison of direct scattering problem solvers","authors":"Jan Ciganek, Petr Kadlec, Z. Raida, M. Wiktor","doi":"10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545057","url":null,"abstract":"Breast cancer detection has become one of the most emergent tasks these days. A microwave imaging for the breast cancer detection shows several advantages compared to the conventional X-ray mammography. If the test is carried out using the microwave imaging system a person is not exposed to a high dose of the radiation; the X-ray method is less sensitive to radio-graphically dense tissues, etc. A scattering solver is the most important part of the microwave imaging system. The scattering from an unknown object that exhibits a contrast in electric permittivity and conductivity has to be analyzed. There are several approaches for a numerical solution of the problem, e.g. Integral Equations (IE), Finite Differences (FD), Finite Elements (FE) and other methods.In the paper, the formulation of the scattering problem using IE, FD and FE methods is given. These methods are compared from the viewpoint of their suitability to model a scattering problem. Accuracy, computational time, and memory demands are the criteria for the method comparison.","PeriodicalId":372048,"journal":{"name":"2013 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)","volume":"2018 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134086945","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 novel transition from grounded coplanar waveguide to substrate inte grated waveguide for 60 GHz Radio-over-Fiber photonic transmitters","authors":"I. Flammia, B. Khani, A. Stohr","doi":"10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545046","url":null,"abstract":"We present a novel transition from grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) to substrate integrated waveguide (SIW), designed on a ROGERS 5880 laminate for 60 GHz Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) photonic transmitters. The transition serves as connection between a 60 GHz photodiode (PD) chip and a suitable SIW antenna. In contrast to previous designs, our approach makes use of a quarter-wave coupled-lines (CL) section to transfer the signal carried by the GCPW to the SIW. This technique, creating a DC-block between the GCPW signal track and the ground layers, allows for correctly biasing the PD. In order to reduce the propagation of parasitic modes as well as the risk of interferences, the transition is fully enclosed by a fence of via holes. Simulations show that in the whole 57-64 GHz band, the return loss (RL) is higher than 17 dB, while the insertion loss (IL) is ~ 0.4 dB. To prevent the loss of RF power through the DC path, a planar RF-choke (RL > 22 dB, IL <; 0.4 dB and RF-to-DC isolation (IS) higher than 28 dB) is additionally integrated.","PeriodicalId":372048,"journal":{"name":"2013 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)","volume":"259 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114265747","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":"On forward and backward scattering from fog and rain drops","authors":"O. Fiser, L. Rejfek, V. Brazda","doi":"10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545060","url":null,"abstract":"This contribution deals with the backward and forward scattering on dielectrical spheres. The well-known Rayleigh, Mie and Optical regions are discussed for frequencies regions 0.05 to 70 GHz and for optical wavelength of 830 nm. Some of our results fit the published one, some of them are different and the explanation of possible reasons is added. Also the formulas necessary to compute the radar reflectivity or attenuation due to fog and rain are presented.","PeriodicalId":372048,"journal":{"name":"2013 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114308316","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. Sabah, H. Tugrul Tastan, F. Dincer, M. Karaaslan, E. Unal, K. Delihacioglu
{"title":"Transmission tunneling through the periodic sequence of double-negative and double-positive layers","authors":"C. Sabah, H. Tugrul Tastan, F. Dincer, M. Karaaslan, E. Unal, K. Delihacioglu","doi":"10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2013.6545059","url":null,"abstract":"Transmission tunneling based on the frequency behavior of a multilayer structure comprised of double-positive (DPG) and double-negative (DNG) layers is investigated. The structure is sandwiched between two identical half-spaces. The DNG layers are analyzed using Lorentz and Drude medium. Effects of the permittivity and permeability changes on the transmission are also examined for lossless and lossy situations. Finally, the transmission characteristics for the proposed multilayer structure are presented numerically. It can be seen that the multilayer structure may be used to design efficient filters for different frequency ranges.","PeriodicalId":372048,"journal":{"name":"2013 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)","volume":"2017 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128567393","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}