A high-speed continuous wave GPR

Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference Ground Penetrating Radar, GPR 2004

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 183-186

  Parrini, Filippo ^a   Pieraccini, Massimiliano ^a   Atzeni, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

CW SF GPR; DDS; High speed; I Q; PLL; Quadrature modulator; SSB; UWB

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCY HOPPING; LOW PASS FILTERS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CW-SF GPR; DIGITAL DIRECT SYNTHESIZER (DDS); HIGH-SPEED ULTRA WIDEBAND (UWB) SYSTEMS; I/Q; QUADRATURE MODULATORS; SSB;

GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 16244380250     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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