Design and realization of a UWB radar for breath activity monitoring

Author

Bernardi, Paolo ; Cicchetti, Renato ; Pisa, Stefano ; Pittella, Erika ; Piuzzi, Emanuele ; Testa, Orlandino

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Electron. & Telecommun., Sapienza Univ. of Rome, Rome, Italy

fYear

2012

fDate

17-21 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper the design and the realization of a ultra wide band (UWB) radar for breath activity monitoring is described. The radar structure is first described and then the design of the various subsystems, performed by using commercial CAD, is shown. Finally, the subsystems have been realized by means of a low cost planar technology and measurement results are presented, evidencing a good agreement with simulations. The EMC analysis of the whole system evidences the compliance of the radar with International Space Station emission masks.

Keywords

CAD; electromagnetic compatibility; medical signal processing; ultra wideband radar; EMC analysis; International Space Station emission masks; UWB radar design; UWB radar realization; breath activity monitoring; commercial CAD; ultra wide band radar; Generators; Monitoring; Radar antennas; Receivers; Reflector antennas; Ultra wideband radar; Biomedical Monitoring; Breath Activity; Planar Technology; UWB Radar Systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC EUROPE), 2012 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Rome

ISSN

2325-0356

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0718-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMCEurope.2012.6396816

Filename

6396816