A low-cost Doppler radar system with 24 GHz PLL for remote detection of heart beat

2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (12) ◽  
pp. 3139-3142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Minghui Yang ◽  
Shuqi Zheng ◽  
Xiaowei Sun
Keyword(s):  
Doppler Radar ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Heart Beat ◽  
Radar System ◽  
Remote Detection ◽  
24 Ghz

scholarly journals Design of a Wearable, Low-Cost, Through-Wall Doppler Radar System

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Agneessens ◽  
Patrick Van Torre ◽  
Frederick Declercq ◽  
Bart Spinnewyn ◽  
Gert-Jan Stockman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Moving Objects ◽  
Doppler Radar ◽  
Noise Figure ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Low Complexity ◽  
Radar System ◽  
Indoor Environments ◽  
Textile Materials ◽  
Low Weight

A novel, low-cost, low-weight, wearable Doppler radar system composed of textile materials and capable of detecting moving objects behind a barrier is presented. The system operates at 2.35 GHz and is integrable into garments, making it well-suited for usage in difficult to access terrain, such as disaster areas or burning buildings. Wearability is maximized by relying on flexible, low-weight, and breathable materials to manufacture the key parts of the system. The low-complexity Doppler radar system makes use of an array of four textile-transmit antennas to scan the surroundings. The beam emitted by this array is right-hand circularly polarized along all scanning angles and provides a measured gain of 9.2 dBi. At the receiving end, textile materials are used to develop an active wearable receive antenna, with 15.7 dBi gain, 1.1 dB noise figure, left-hand circular polarization, and a 3 dB axial ratio beamwidth larger than 50°. Several measurement setups demonstrate that the onbody system is capable of detecting multiple moving subjects in indoor environments, including through-wall scenarios.

scholarly journals Multi-frequency sensor for remote measurement of breath and heartbeat

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 79-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Jelen ◽  
E. M. Biebl
Keyword(s):  
Doppler Radar ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Remote Measurement ◽  
Range Resolution ◽  
Radar Sensors ◽  
Pulse Radar ◽  
Radar Systems ◽  
Frequency Sensor ◽  
24 Ghz

Abstract. Remote measurement of breath and heartbeat is desirable in many situations. It avoids the discomfort resulting from electrodes applied on the skin for long-term patients or during sports acvtivities. Also, surveillance of high security areas or finding survivors of disasters are interesting applications. Common methods identify the movement of heart and thorax by using the range resolution provided by UWB pulse radar systems. In this paper a low-cost approach is presented, that is based on detection of movement by means of Doppler radar sensors. Combining three sensors working in the ISM bands at 433 MHz, 2.4 GHz and 24 GHz, the presence of persons was reliably detected and the frequency of breath and heartbeat was measured.

scholarly journals Improved Micro Rain Radar snow measurements using Doppler spectra post-processing

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 4771-4808 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Maahn ◽  
P. Kollias
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Doppler Radar ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Spectral Width ◽  
Noise Removal ◽  
Radar System ◽  
Doppler Velocity ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Post Processing ◽  
Rain Radar

Abstract. The Micro Rain Radar (MRR) is a compact Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) system that operates at 24 GHz. The MRR is a low-cost, portable radar system that requires minimum supervision in the field. As such, the MRR is a frequently used radar system for conducting precipitation research. Current MRR drawbacks are the lack of a sophisticated post-processing algorithm to improve its sensitivity (currently at +3 dBz), spurious artefacts concerning radar receiver noise and the lack of high quality Doppler radar moments. Here we propose an improved processing method which is especially suited for snow observations and provides reliable values of effective reflectivity, Doppler velocity and spectral width. The proposed method is freely available on the web and features a noise removal based on recognition of the most significant peak. A dynamic dealiasing routine allows observations even if the Nyquist velocity range is exceeded. Collocated observations at 115 days of a MRR and a pulsed 35.2 GHz MIRA35 cloud radar show a very high agreement for the proposed method for snow, if reflectivities are larger than −5 dBz. The overall sensitivity is increased to −14 and −8 dBz, depending on range. The proposed method exploits the full potential of MRR's hardware and substantially enhances the use of Micro Rain Radar for studies of solid precipitation.

scholarly journals Improved Micro Rain Radar snow measurements using Doppler spectra post-processing

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 2661-2673 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Maahn ◽  
P. Kollias
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Doppler Radar ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Spectral Width ◽  
Noise Removal ◽  
Radar System ◽  
Doppler Velocity ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
Post Processing ◽  
Rain Radar

Abstract. The Micro Rain Radar 2 (MRR) is a compact Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) system that operates at 24 GHz. The MRR is a low-cost, portable radar system that requires minimum supervision in the field. As such, the MRR is a frequently used radar system for conducting precipitation research. Current MRR drawbacks are the lack of a sophisticated post-processing algorithm to improve its sensitivity (currently at +3 dBz), spurious artefacts concerning radar receiver noise and the lack of high quality Doppler radar moments. Here we propose an improved processing method which is especially suited for snow observations and provides reliable values of effective reflectivity, Doppler velocity and spectral width. The proposed method is freely available on the web and features a noise removal based on recognition of the most significant peak. A dynamic dealiasing routine allows observations even if the Nyquist velocity range is exceeded. Collocated observations over 115 days of a MRR and a pulsed 35.2 GHz MIRA35 cloud radar show a very high agreement for the proposed method for snow, if reflectivities are larger than −5 dBz. The overall sensitivity is increased to −14 and −8 dBz, depending on range. The proposed method exploits the full potential of MRR's hardware and substantially enhances the use of Micro Rain Radar for studies of solid precipitation.

A 24 GHz ISM Band Doppler Radar System for Moving Target Sensing

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sungpeel Kim ◽  
Jihoon Bang ◽  
Kyoseung Keum ◽  
Jaehoon Choi ◽  
Kyung-Young Jung ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Doppler Radar ◽  
Radar System ◽  
Moving Target ◽  
Ism Band ◽  
24 Ghz

Concept and realization of a low-cost multi-target simulator for CW and FMCW radar system calibration and testing

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 207-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Scheiblhofer ◽  
Reinhard Feger ◽  
Andreas Haderer ◽  
Andreas Stelzer
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Doppler Radar ◽  
Dynamic Range ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Intermediate Frequency ◽  
Radar System ◽  
Fmcw Radar ◽  
Radar Systems ◽  
Single Target ◽  
Wave Radar

AbstractWe present the realization of an frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar target simulator, based on a modulated-reflector radar system. The simulator, designed for the 24 GHz frequency band, uses low-cost modulated-reflector nodes and is capable to simultaneously generate multiple targets in a real-time environment. The realization is based on a modular approach and thus provides a high scalability of the whole system. It is demonstrated that the concept is able to simulate multiple artificial targets, located at user-selectable ranges and even velocities, utilized within a completely static setup. The characterization of the developed hardware shows that the proposed concept allows to dynamically and precisely adjust the radar cross-section of each single target within a dynamic range of 50 dB. Additionally, the provided range-proportional target frequency bandwidth makes the system perfectly suitable for fast and reliable intermediate frequency-chain calibration of multi-channel radar systems. Within this paper we demonstrate the application of the concept for a linear sweeped frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar. The presented approach is applicable to any microwave-based measurement system using frequency differences between transmit- and receive signals for range- and velocity evaluation, such as (non-)linear sweeped as well as pure Doppler radar systems.

A Low-Power Low-Cost 24 GHz RFID Tag With a C-Flash Based Embedded Memory

2014 ◽  
Vol 49 (9) ◽  
pp. 1942-1957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadar Dagan ◽  
Aviv Shapira ◽  
Adam Teman ◽  
Anatoli Mordakhay ◽  
Samuel Jameson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Power ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Embedded Memory ◽  
Rfid Tag ◽  
24 Ghz
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