Examination of antenna combinations for UWB ranging system

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1858-1864

  Takeuchi, Yusuke ^b,c   Shimizu, Yuichiro ^b,d   Sanada, Yukitoshi ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kyosan Electric Manufacturing Company Ltd   (Japan)

^d Sony Computer Entertainment Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparator; Locating; Synchronization; Time of arrival (TOA)

Indexed keywords

COMPARATORS; LOCATING; TIME OF ARRIVAL (TOA);

BANDWIDTH; CARRIER COMMUNICATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SYNCHRONIZATION; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 33645945286     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.872068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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