Microwave Doppler sensors for terrestrial transportation applications

Author

Descamps, Philippe ; Vindevoghel, Jean ; Bouazza, Fouzia ; Sawsan, Sadek

Author_Institution

Dept. Hyperfrequences et Semicond., Univ. des Sci. et Technol. de Lille, Villeneuve d´´Ascq, France

Volume

46

Issue

1

fYear

1997

fDate

2/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

220

Lastpage

228

Abstract

In order to increase the safety of intelligent road vehicles of the future and to automate their driving, priority is being given to help systems for drivers. One critical need is the determination of real-time information about the instantaneous motion of the vehicles. Small-sized, low-cost, low-time constant, low-power consumption, contactless microwave sensors are well suited to these applications and give reliable measures in the real-time domain. A K-band Doppler sensor has been developed both in hybrid and monolithic technology. For both the X-band and K-band sensors, printed microstrip flat patch antennas were used. Some experimental results obtained both in the laboratory and on vehicles with some different experimental integrated Doppler radar are provided. The performance are compared at 10 and 24 GHz

Keywords

Doppler effect; Doppler radar; automated highways; distance measurement; electric sensing devices; microstrip antennas; velocity measurement; Doppler radar; K-band Doppler sensor; X-band Doppler sensor; contactless microwave sensors; distance measurement; experimental integrated Doppler radar; experimental results; instantaneous motion; integrated Doppler radar; intelligent road vehicles; low-cost sensors; low-power consumption; low-time constant; microwave Doppler sensors; printed microstrip flat patch antennas; real-time information; safety; speed measurement; terrestrial transportation applications; vehicles; Antenna measurements; Intelligent sensors; Intelligent vehicles; K-band; Microwave measurements; Microwave sensors; Road safety; Road vehicles; Transportation; Vehicle safety;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/25.554755

Filename

554755