Application of time-frequency domain reflectometry for detection and localization of a fault on a coaxial cable

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2493-2500

  Shin, Yong June ^a   Powers, Edward J ^b   Choe, Tok Son ^c   Hong, Chan Young ^d   Song, Eun Seok ^d   Yook, Jong Gwan ^e   Park, Jin Bae ^e  

^a The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

^d SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^e Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chirp signal; Fault detection; Fault location; Resolution; Time frequency cross correlation function; Time frequency domain reflectometry (TFDR)

Indexed keywords

COAXIAL CABLES; CORRELATION METHODS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CHIRP SIGNAL; FAULT DETECTION; FAULT LOCATION; TIME FREQUENCY CROSS CORRELATION FUNCTION; TIME FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (TFDR);

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 29244448074     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2005.858115     Document Type: Article

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