scholarly journals A Reconfigurable Stepped Frequency Continuous Wave Radar Prototype for Smuggling Contrast, Preliminary Assessment

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-20
Author(s):  
Massimo Donelli ◽  
Giuseppe Espa ◽  
Mohammedhusen Manekiya ◽  
Giada Marchi ◽  
Claudio Pascucci
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Preliminary Assessment ◽  
Wave Radar ◽  
Stepped Frequency

scholarly journals Analysis of the Snow Water Equivalent at the AEMet-Formigal Field Laboratory (Spanish Pyrenees) During the 2019/2020 Winter Season Using a Stepped-Frequency Continuous Wave Radar (SFCW)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 616
Author(s):  
Rafael Alonso ◽  
José María García del Pozo ◽  
Samuel T. Buisán ◽  
José Adolfo Álvarez
Keyword(s):  
Software Defined Radio ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Snow Water Equivalent ◽  
Cosmic Ray ◽  
Relative Dielectric Permittivity ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Wave Radar ◽  
Spanish Pyrenees ◽  
Snow Water ◽  
Stepped Frequency

Snow makes a great contribution to the hydrological cycle in cold regions. The parameter to characterize available the water from the snow cover is the well-known snow water equivalent (SWE). This paper presents a near-surface-based radar for determining the SWE from the measured complex spectral reflectance of the snowpack. The method is based in a stepped-frequency continuous wave radar (SFCW), implemented in a coherent software defined radio (SDR), in the range from 150 MHz to 6 GHz. An electromagnetic model to solve the electromagnetic reflectance of a snowpack, including the frequency and wetness dependence of the complex relative dielectric permittivity of snow layers, is shown. Using the previous model, an approximated method to calculate the SWE is proposed. The results are presented and compared with those provided by a cosmic-ray neutron SWE gauge over the 2019–2020 winter in the experimental AEMet Formigal-Sarrios test site. This experimental field is located in the Spanish Pyrenees at an elevation of 1800 m a.s.l. The results suggest the viability of the approximate method. Finally, the feasibility of an auxiliary snow height measurement sensor based on a 120 GHz frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar sensor, is shown.

scholarly journals A Local Oscillator Phase Compensation Technique for Ultra-Wideband Stepped-Frequency Continuous Wave Radar Based on a Low-Cost Software-Defined Radio

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 780
Author(s):  
Kazunori Takahashi ◽  
Takashi Miwa
Keyword(s):  
Software Defined Radio ◽  
Initial Phase ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Local Oscillator ◽  
The Other ◽  
Ultra Wideband ◽  
Single Frequency ◽  
Wave Radar ◽  
Stepped Frequency

The paper discusses a way to configure a stepped-frequency continuous wave (SFCW) radar using a low-cost software-defined radio (SDR). The most of high-end SDRs offer multiple transmitter (TX) and receiver (RX) channels, one of which can be used as the reference channel for compensating the initial phases of TX and RX local oscillator (LO) signals. It is same as how commercial vector network analyzers (VNAs) compensate for the LO initial phase. These SDRs can thus acquire phase-coherent in-phase and quadrature (I/Q) data without additional components and an SFCW radar can be easily configured. On the other hand, low-cost SDRs typically have only one transmitter and receiver. Therefore, the LO initial phase has to be compensated and the phases of the received I/Q signals have to be retrieved, preferably without employing an additional receiver and components to retain the system low-cost and simple. The present paper illustrates that the difference between the phases of TX and RX LO signals varies when the LO frequency is changed because of the timing of the commencement of the mixing. The paper then proposes a technique to compensate for the LO initial phases using the internal RF loopback of the transceiver chip and to reconstruct a pulse, which requires two streaming: one for the device under test (DUT) channel and the other for the internal RF loopback channel. The effect of the LO initial phase and the proposed method for the compensation are demonstrated by experiments at a single frequency and sweeping frequency, respectively. The results show that the proposed method can compensate for the LO initial phases and ultra-wideband (UWB) pulses can be reconstructed correctly from the data sampled by a low-cost SDR.

Stepped-Frequency Continuous-Wave Radar With Self-Injection-Locking Technology for Monitoring Multiple Human Vital Signs

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (12) ◽  
pp. 5396-5405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-Chih Su ◽  
Mu-Cyun Tang ◽  
Rezki El Arif ◽  
Tzyy-Sheng Horng ◽  
Fu-Kang Wang
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Injection Locking ◽  
Wave Radar ◽  
Stepped Frequency

Micro-motion target sensing by stepped-frequency continuous-wave radar

2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (6) ◽  
pp. 782-787
Author(s):  
Lingjiang Kong ◽  
Yongshun Zhou ◽  
Guolong Cui ◽  
Jianyu Yang
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Wave Radar ◽  
Micro Motion ◽  
Stepped Frequency
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