Simulation of the front-end of a MEMS based ultra narrow band tomographic imaging system

This paper describes a simulation architecture used to simulate an ultra narrow band radar tomographic imaging (UNBRaTI) system. The work is being performed at Rochester Institute of Technology. The paper lays the groundwork for an effort to develop a systems level approach for the simulation and analysis of an UNBRaTI system using traditional radio frequency (RF) components as well as micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) based components. The utility of the approach is its ability to apply sound systems engineering principles and techniques to compare and contrast traditional RF components with MEMS based components and their effects on system level performance. The simulation has been architected for ease of scalability in order to analyze basic to complex system configurations.