scholarly journals New Concept of Combined Microwave Delay Lines for Noise Radar-Based Remote Sensors

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (22) ◽  
pp. 4842
Author(s):  
Szczepaniak ◽  
Susek
Keyword(s):  
Phase Shifter ◽  
Delay Line ◽  
Vital Signs ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Delay Lines ◽  
Noise Radar ◽  
Digitally Controlled ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
The Time Domain ◽  
Microwave Techniques

Delay lines with a tunable length are used in a number of applications in the field of microwave techniques. The digitally-controlled analogue wideband delay line is particularly useful in noise radar applications as a precise detector of movement. In order to perform coherent reception in the noise radar, a delay line with a variable delay value is required. To address this issue, this paper comprises a new concept of a digitally-controlled delay line with a set of fine distance gates. In the paper, a solution for micro-movement detection is proposed, which is based on direct signal processing in the time domain with the use of a microwave analogue correlator. This concept assumes the use of a microwave analogue tapped delay line structure. It was found that the optimal solution for a noise radar with an analogue signal correlator is a combined delay line consisting of switched reference sections, a tapped delay line, and a precision phase shifter. The combined delay line presented in this paper is dedicated to serving as the adjustable reference delay for a noise radar intended for the detection of micro-movement. The paper contains the calculation results and delay line implementation for a given example. The new structure of the analogue tapped delay line with the calculation of optimal parameters is also presented. The precise detector of movement can be successfully used for the remote sensing of human vital signs (especially through-the-wall), e.g., breathing and heart beating, with the simultaneous determination of position.

scholarly journals Recent Developments of Reflectarray Antennas for Reconfigurable Beams Using Surface-Mounted RF-MEMS

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Carrasco ◽  
Mariano Barba ◽  
Manuel Arrebola ◽  
Jose A. Encinar
Keyword(s):  
Phase Shifter ◽  
Rf Mems ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Phase Control ◽  
Electronic Control ◽  
Delay Lines ◽  
Mems Switches ◽  
Manufacturing Complexity ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Control Devices

Some of the most recent developments in reconfigurable reflectarrays using surface-mounted RF-MEMS, which have been developed at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, are summarized in this paper. The results include reconfigurable elements based on patches aperture-coupled to delay lines in two configurations: single elements and gathered elements which form subarrays with common phase control. The former include traditional aperture-coupled elements and a novel wideband reflectarray element which has been designed using two stacked patches. The latter are proposed as a low cost solution for reducing the number of electronic control devices as well as the manufacturing complexity of large reflectarrays. The main advantages and drawbacks of the grouping are evaluated in both pencil and shaped-beam antennas. In all the cases, the effects of the MEMS switches and their assembly circuitry are evaluated when they are used in a 2-bit phase shifter which can be extended to more bits, demonstrating that the proposed elements can be used efficiently in reconfigurable-beam reflectarrays.

A high linearity X-band SOI CMOS digitally-controlled phase shifter

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 065004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Chen ◽  
Xinyu Chen ◽  
Youtao Zhang ◽  
Zhiqun Li ◽  
Lei Yang
Keyword(s):  
Phase Shifter ◽  
High Linearity ◽  
X Band ◽  
Digitally Controlled ◽  
Soi Cmos

Microstrip fractal-based phase shifter an UHF phase shifter based on with Hilbert's fractal delay lines

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elias M. F. de Oliveira ◽  
Leon P. Pontes ◽  
Crislane P. N. da Silva ◽  
Marcos T. de Melo ◽  
Bruno G. M. de Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phase Shifter ◽  
Delay Lines

scholarly journals THE TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS ON MOORED SHIP MOTIONS

1988 ◽  
Vol 1 (21) ◽  
pp. 219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masayoshi Kubo ◽  
Naokatsu Shimoda ◽  
Shunsaku Okamoto
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Integral Method ◽  
Time Domain Analysis ◽  
Domain Analysis ◽  
Ship Motions ◽  
Convolution Integral ◽  
Quay Wall ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
The Time Domain

The ship refuge inside a harbor in storm requires the analysis of moored ship motions along a quay wall. In this case the time domain analysis with the convolution integral method becomes effective. But the calculation accuracy is not enough and must be improved to analyze actual moored ship motions. In this paper some methods of the improvement are proposed and their efficiency is verified by comparing the calculation results with the experimental ones.

scholarly journals Determining the vehicles routes by considering its different types and capacity (heterogeneous) to minimize the total distribution cost

2018 ◽  
Vol 154 ◽  
pp. 01069
Author(s):  
Nurhidayat ◽  
Annie Purwani
Keyword(s):  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Fixed Cost ◽  
Routing Problem ◽  
Total Cost ◽  
Vehicle Type ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Insertion Algorithm ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Distribution Cost ◽  
Alternative Solutions

Packaged sugar is one of the products in sugar cane manufacture, PT Madubaru Yogyakarta. Currently, the company deals with a high distribution cost because there is no plan to determine the vehicle route, vehicle type, and capacity for distributing the product. In this research, the optimum route of the distributing vehicles is developed. The company has three different types and capacity of vehicles: L300, HD, and PS. A problem in determining the distribution route here is called as Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP). The basic form of classic VRP says that all vehicles owned by a company have the same capacity (homogenous), meanwhile not all companies have the vehicles with same capacity. The heterogeneous variant is used to minimize the fixed cost of vehicles and distribution variant cost using Sequential Insertion Algorithm. This research has three purposes; are minimizing the number of vehicles used (NV), Total time of Completion tour (TCT) and Distribution Total Cost (TCD). The results based on a test calculation of a shipment date (August 19, 2016) of the company show three alternative solutions to distribute the packaged sugar to 12 consumers. The third alternative solution is the optimal solution and chosen as the decision result of the packaged sugar shipment. Based on the calculation results, it is needed 2 vehicles type HD with capacity 7,000 kg and type PS with capacity 3,500 kg, with total time of completion tour (TCT) is 828.49 minutes or 13.81 hours, and distribution total cost is IDR. 959,011.

scholarly journals Millimetre-Wave Planar Phased Patch Array with Sidelobe Suppression for High Data-Rate Transmission

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Hung-Chen Chen ◽  
Tsenchieh Chiu ◽  
Ching-Luh Hsu
Keyword(s):  
Power Distribution ◽  
Phase Shifter ◽  
Radiation Power ◽  
Data Rate ◽  
High Data Rate ◽  
Sidelobe Suppression ◽  
Millimetre Wave ◽  
High Data ◽  
Rate Transmission ◽  
Digitally Controlled

A design of 38 GHz planar phased patch array with sidelobe suppression for data-rate enhancement is proposed in the paper. The proposed array is formed of three 24-element subarrays of patches. Each patch has its own transmit/receive modules (TRM) consisting of a digitally controlled attenuator and phase shifter. In order to achieve high data-rate communications, the noise, especially due to the undesired signals received from the sidelobes, should be reduced with high sidelobe suppression of subarray. The sidelobe suppression of the proposed subarray is first improved to 17.92 dB with a diamond-shaped aperture and then better than 35 dB with a tapered radiation power distribution. The excellent sidelobe suppression of the antenna array is essential for the beam-division multiplexing applications when the signal sources are close to each other. The proposed design is validated experimentally, including the data-rate measurements showing that the 7 Gbps data transmission can be achieved with sufficient sidelobe suppression of the proposed design.

An algorithm for Morlet wavelet transform based on generalized discrete Fourier transform

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (05) ◽  
pp. 1950030
Author(s):  
Hua Yi ◽  
Peichang Ouyang ◽  
Tao Yu ◽  
Tao Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Wavelet Transform ◽  
Discrete Fourier Transform ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Morlet Wavelet ◽  
Wavelet Function ◽  
Linear Convolution ◽  
Calculation Results ◽  
Morlet Wavelet Transform ◽  
The Time Domain

Continuous wavelet transform (CWT) is a linear convolution of signal and wavelet function for a fixed scale. This paper studies the algorithm of CWT with Morlet wavelet as mother wavelet by using nonzero-padded linear convolution. The time domain filter, which is a non-causal filter, is the sample of wavelet function. By making generalized discrete Fourier transform (GDFT) and inverse transform for this filter, we can get a geometrically weighted periodic extension of the filter when evaluated outside its original support. From this extension of the time domain filter, we can get a causal filter. In this paper, GDFT-based algorithm for CWT, which has a more concise form than that of linear convolution proposed by Jorge Martinez, is constructed by using this causal filter. The analytic expression of the GDFT of this filter, which is essential for GDFT-based algorithm for CWT, is deduced in this paper. The numerical experiments show that the calculation results of GDFT-based algorithm are stable and reliable; the running speed of GDFT-based algorithm is faster than that of the other two algorithms studied in our previous work.

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