Reader architectures for wireless surface acoustic wave sensors

F Lurz, T Ostertag, B Scheiner, R Weigel, A Koelpin - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Wireless surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors have some unique features that make them
promising for industrial metrology. Their decisive advantage lies in their purely passive …

Impact of frequency ramp nonlinearity, phase noise, and SNR on FMCW radar accuracy

S Ayhan, S Scherr, A Bhutani… - IEEE Transactions …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the main disturbances in a frequency-modulated continuous wave radar system for
range measurement is nonlinearity in the frequency ramp. The intermediate frequency (IF) …

SAW sensor basics on material, antenna and applications: a review

R Kumar, N Mandal - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless, passive, and capability to withstand harsh environment make the surface acoustic
wave (SAW) sensor a very prominent and unique sensor among others. SAWs are basically …

A fully-integrated 77-GHz UWB pseudo-random noise radar transceiver with a programmable sequence generator in SiGe technology

HJ Ng, R Feger, A Stelzer - … on Circuits and Systems I: Regular …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a fully-integrated 77-GHz ultra-wideband pseudo-random noise (PRN)
radar transceiver in a Silicon-Germanium technology. The transceiver is equipped with a …

The degradation of automotive radar sensor signals caused by vehicle vibrations and other nonlinear movements

F Hau, F Baumgärtner, M Vossiek - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
As the demands on modern radar systems with respect to accuracy, reliability, and
availability increase, a detailed assessment of the influence of nonlinear movements has …

Signal model and linearization for nonlinear chirps in FMCW radar SAW-ID tag request

S Scheiblhofer, S Schuster… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a frequency-modulated continuous-wave radar interrogation
concept, based on direct digital synthesis (DDS), that operates without the commonly …

A DLL-supported, low phase noise fractional-N PLL with a wideband VCO and a highly linear frequency ramp generator for FMCW radars

HJ Ng, A Fischer, R Feger… - … on Circuits and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper describes a frequency synthesizer for frequency-modulated continuous wave
(FMCW) radars, operating in combination with a frequency multiplier, at 77 GHz. The …

Phase noise spectral density measurement of broadband frequency-modulated radar signals

P Tschapek, G Körner, A Hofmann… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In continuous-wave (CW) radar systems, such as frequency-modulated (FMCW), frequency-
stepped (FSCW), or orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) radar systems, the …

Accurate and robust CW-LFM radar sensor: Transceiver front-end design and implementation

H Arab, S Dufour, E Moldovan, C Akyel… - IEEE Sensors …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper outlines the design and implementation of a continuous-wave linear-frequency-
modulated sensor for short-range radar applications. Low-cost technologies have been …

Phase-error measurement and compensation in PLL frequency synthesizers for FMCW sensors—I: Context and application

M Pichler, A Stelzer, P Gulden… - … on Circuits and …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The synthesis of linear frequency sweeps or chirps is required, among others, in frequency-
modulated continuous-wave radar systems for object position estimation. Low phase and …