Detecting power lines using 330GHz FMCW sensor

Author

Kapilevich, B. ; Pinhasi, Y. ; Anisimov, M. ; Litvak, B. ; Hardon, D. ; Wool, Y.

Author_Institution

Ariel Univ. Center of Samaria, Ariel, Israel

fYear

2011

fDate

7-9 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

330 GHz sensor is developed for detecting power lines along the traffic of low altitude flying aircrafts. It is based on a frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) mode of operation and includes the two high gain horn-lens antennas integrated with a homodyne transceiver. The FMCW signal at X-band is multiplied by a factor of 32 to generate the transmitted signal. An intermediate frequency (IF) signal obtained in the output port of the 2-nd harmonic mixer is employed for processing. Power line detection was done by data acquisition unit based on LabView interface and resulting in a range resolution about 5cm. Experiments carried out with real-world power lines have demonstrated an applicability of sub-mm wave range for improving flight safety conditions of such aircrafts.

Keywords

aerospace safety; aircraft communication; carrier transmission on power lines; data acquisition; frequency modulation; horn antennas; lens antennas; radio transceivers; telecommunication traffic; 2nd harmonic mixer; FMCW sensor; FMCW signal; LabView interface; data acquisition unit; flight safety condition; frequency 330 GHz; frequency modulated continuous wave mode; high gain horn-lens antenna; homodyne transceiver; intermediate frequency signal transmission; low altitude flying aircraft traffic; real-world power line detection; Attenuation; Lenses; Millimeter wave radar; Mixers; Radar detection; Wires; FMCW radar; MM-wave sensor; localization; power line detecting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Communications, Antennas and Electronics Systems (COMCAS), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tel Aviv

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1692-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMCAS.2011.6105768

Filename

6105768