Application of a six-port wave-correlator for a very low velocity measurement using the doppler effect

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-301

  Xiao, Fengchao ^a   Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^b   Yakabe, Toshiyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Doppler effect; Microwave measurement; Radar; Six port; Wave correlator

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATORS; DOPPLER EFFECT; FREQUENCIES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; PHASE MEASUREMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VECTORS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

SIX PORT; WAVE CORRELATOR;

DOPPLER RADAR;

EID: 0038236967     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2003.810039     Document Type: Article

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