The six-port technology: A low-cost concept for precise position measurements

Author

Koelpin, Alexander ; Vinci, Gabor ; Barbon, Francesco ; Lindner, Stefan ; Fischer, Georg ; Weigel, Robert

Author_Institution

Inst. for Electron. Eng., Friedrich-Alexander Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

20-23 March 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Local positioning is a demanding task for industrial environments. With the help of six-port technology, a precise and easy to use concept for angle of arrival (AoA) and distance measurements will be presented in this publication. AoA resolution below 0.005° and resolving distances of 1μm for a 24 GHz six-port architecture will be shown by measurement results. Furthermore, impairments compensation issues and limitations of the technology will be discussed.

Keywords

direction-of-arrival estimation; microwave detectors; microwave integrated circuits; position measurement; AoA resolution; angle-of-arrival measurement; distance measurement; impairments compensation issues; industrial environments; integrated circuit technology; local positioning; microwave based sensor technology; precise position measurements; six-port architecture; six-port technology; Antenna measurements; Microwave circuits; Microwave integrated circuits; Microwave measurements; Receivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Signals and Devices (SSD), 2012 9th International Multi-Conference on

Conference_Location

Chemnitz

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1590-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1589-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SSD.2012.6198100

Filename

6198100