A multipulse transmitter for UWB radar and communication systems

Author

Han, Jeongwoo ; Xu, Rui ; Nguyen, Cam

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

913

Lastpage

916

Abstract

A new ultra-wideband (UWB) transmitter capable of producing multiple monocycle pulses has been developed for UWB radar and communication systems. The developed transmitter is simple, compact and can be realized using planar or uniplanar integrated circuits. Measurement results show multiple monocycle pulses with duration from 0.4-1.2 ns, corresponding approximately to 0.2-3.9 GHz operating frequency range, and 6.5-9 V of peak-to-peak voltage. The calculated and measured pulse durations agree reasonably well. An effective pulse width is introduced, via the pulse´s spectrum analysis, as an accurate parameter for characterizing the range resolution of UWB radar

Keywords

integrated circuits; radar transmitters; radio transmitters; spectral analysis; ultra wideband communication; ultra wideband radar; 0.2 to 3.9 GHz; 0.4 to 1.2 ns; 6.5 to 9 V; UWB communication systems; UWB radar; measured pulse durations; multiple monocycle pulses; multipulse transmitter; operating frequency; peak-to-peak voltage; pulse spectrum analysis; pulse width; range resolution; ultra-wideband transmitter; uniplanar integrated circuits; Antenna accessories; Circuits; Clocks; Delay lines; Frequency; Geophysical measurements; Pulse measurements; Switches; Transmitters; Ultra wideband radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1710678

Filename

1710678