Integrated ultra-wideband hardware for MIMO sensing using pn-sequence approach

Author

Kmec, M. ; Helbig, M. ; Sachs, J. ; Rauschenbach, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Inf. Technol., Ilmenau Univ. of Technol., Ilmenau, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

17-20 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

333

Lastpage

337

Abstract

The article deals with SiGe based hardware for new, flexible ultra-wideband MIMO sensing purposes using pn-sequence approach. Introduced hardware serves as future platform for scientific investigations in the complex field of ultrawideband (UWB) applications. We discuss the design aspects and prototype evaluation of the single chip M-sequence based sensor head as well as realization particularities of the transmit- and receive-front-ends for applications with direct contact measurements. The front-ends are small antenna units with active customized baluns.

Keywords

Ge-Si alloys; MIMO communication; ultra wideband communication; MIMO sensing; direct contact measurements; integrated ultrawideband hardware; pn-sequence approach; realization particularities; single chip M-sequence; transmit-and receive-front-ends; ultrawideband applications; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Impedance matching; MIMO; Receivers; Sensors; Ultra wideband technology; M-Sequence sensor; MIMO sensing; active antena; balun; signle-chip radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Syracuse, NY

ISSN

2162-6588

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2031-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUWB.2012.6340445

Filename

6340445