Compact quasi-chipless harmonic radar sensor with a dielectric resonator antenna

Author

Kubina, Bernd ; Mandel, Christian ; Schussler, Martin ; Jakoby, Rolf

Author_Institution

Inst. for Microwave Eng. & Photonics, Tech. Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany

fYear

2015

fDate

17-22 May 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Design and measurement of a quasi-chipless harmonic radar sensor are presented. The sensor is setup as an entirely passive RF circuit. It transduces a temperature measurement value to a spectral signature. For this purpose the sensor consists of a patch antenna, a temperature-sensitive dielectric resonator antenna and an unbiased diode with matching circuit, which is designed in planar microstrip technology. The nonlinear behaviour of the diode generates the harmonic signal at 6.1 GHz. Wireless indoor measurements proof the functionality: A reading range of 3.75 m is achieved with a temperature measurement accuracy of 1.9 K.

Keywords

dielectric resonator antennas; microstrip antennas; passive networks; radar antennas; temperature measurement; compact quasi-chipless harmonic radar sensor; frequency 6.1 GHz; matching circuit; passive RF circuit; patch antenna; planar microstrip technology; temperature measurement; temperature-sensitive dielectric resonator antenna; wireless indoor measurements; Artificial neural networks; Cameras; Conferences; Dielectrics; Substrates; Passive microwave remote sensing; radar clutter; sensor systems and applications; temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2015 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2015.7166820

Filename

7166820