W-band collision avoidance radar for light rail applications

Author

Sholley, M. ; Alvarez, R. ; Leary, T. ; Renkowitz, D. ; Schell, S. ; Wendel, L. ; Cisneros, D. ; Brunner, W. ; Osgood, B. ; Gage, C. ; Alley, J. ; Cazares, T. ; Yocum, P.

Author_Institution

Electron. Syst. & Technol. Div., TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

17-21 June 1996

Firstpage

321

Abstract

W-Band radar transceiver system is applied to the application of detecting obstacles on the direct rail path of an on-coming train. This paper presents the system concept, and the initial data confirming the performance requirement of detecting an adult 1000 ft away in a highly cluttered environment. This work was performed on contract for the Siemens Transportation Systems, Inc. And Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority.

Keywords

radar applications; radar clutter; radar equipment; railways; Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Siemens Transportation Systems; W-band; collision avoidance radar; direct rail path; highly cluttered environment; light rail applications; performance requirement; radar transceiver system; Assembly; Collision avoidance; Frequency; Light rail systems; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Radar applications; Transceivers; Transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3246-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1996.508521

Filename

508521