• DocumentCode
    1105835
  • Title

    UWB passive microwave imagery from static discharge effects

  • Author

    Mackay, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Barons Cross Labs., Q-par Angus Ltd., Leominster, UK
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    18
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    1116
  • Lastpage
    1118
  • Abstract
    It is well known that spark transmitters can be sources of ultra-wideband (UWB) radiation. It is also known that high-voltage low energy static discharges are ubiquitous in nature, whenever there is friction between surfaces. Provided is a simple electromagnetic model and it is suggested that it is feasible to construct an ultra-wideband correlator capable of imaging a region of space containing such sources. This would permit a new window of observation on several physical processes, with applications ranging from observations of ice flows to covert operations.
  • Keywords
    correlators; discharges (electric); friction; microwave imaging; UWB; electromagnetic model; friction; ice flows; physical processes; spark transmitters; static discharge effects; ultra-wideband; ultra-wideband correlator; ultra-wideband radiation passive microwave imagery;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20045696
  • Filename
    1335006