Electromagnetic impulse radio camera

Author

Dooghabadi, Malihe Zarre ; Vu, Tuan Anh ; Sudalaiyandi, Shanthi ; Hjortland, Håkon A. ; Lande, Tor Sverre Bassen ; Naess, Øivind ; Hamran, Svein Erik

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., Univ. of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

fYear

2009

fDate

16-17 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

An UWB impulse radio programmable transmitter array is presented, usable for electromagnetic beamforming. The linear antenna array may be programmed for focal beamforming using seven impulse radio transmitters. Two different spatial configurations are evaluated for use as beam scanning electronics of an electromagnetic camera. A novel high-precision, programmable delay element is explored for accurate beam control. Measured results shows that the scan line of the beamformer can be steered with sufficient resolution facilitating an electromagnetic CMOS camera.

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; linear antenna arrays; ultra wideband communication; UWB impulse radio programmable transmitter array; beam scanning electronics; electromagnetic CMOS camera; electromagnetic beamforming; electromagnetic impulse radio camera; focal beamforming; impulse radio transmitters; linear antenna array; programmable delay element; Antenna measurements; Array signal processing; Beams; CMOS image sensors; Cameras; Delay; Electromagnetic measurements; Linear antenna arrays; Radio transmitters; Spatial resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

NORCHIP, 2009

Conference_Location

Trondheim

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4310-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4311-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NORCHP.2009.5397835

Filename

5397835