ULTRA: Wideband Ground Penetrating Radar

Author

Parrini, Filippo ; Fratini, Matteo ; Pieraccini, Massimiliano ; Atzeni, Carlo ; De Pasquale, G. ; Ruggiero, Piernicola ; Soldovieri, Francesco ; Brancaccio, Adriana

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Florence Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

13-15 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

182

Lastpage

185

Abstract

The frequency range employed in ground penetrating radar (GPR) systems is generally limited to 2 GHz because media loss increases dramatically at higher frequencies. Nevertheless, a series of applications exists in the Cultural Heritage field where the development of high frequency systems would significantly benefit, in terms of resolution, from an increased operating band. This article presents ULTRA, a wideband GPR (800 MHz-4000 MHz) system, using a CW-SF technique developed for this type of surveying

Keywords

CW radar; geophysical signal processing; ground penetrating radar; radar resolution; ultra wideband radar; CW-SF technique; Cultural Heritage field; GPR; ULTRA; continuous wave-stepped frequency; ground penetrating radar system; high frequency system; resolution; Bandwidth; Cultural differences; Demodulation; Frequency conversion; Frequency synthesizers; Ground penetrating radar; Phase locked loops; Ultra wideband communication; Ultra wideband radar; Ultra wideband technology; CW-SF; GPR; Ground Penetrating Radar; I/Q; Ultra Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 2006. EuRAD 2006. 3rd European

Conference_Location

Manchester

Print_ISBN

2-9600551-7-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EURAD.2006.280304

Filename

4058288