Development of a tunable multiband UWB radar sensor and its applications to subsurface sensing

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-58

  Han, Jeongwoo ^b   Nguyen, Cam ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiband system; Subsurface sensing; Ultra wideband (UWB) radar and communication; UWB receiver; UWB sensor; UWB system; UWB transmitter

Indexed keywords

MULTIBAND SYSTEM; SUBSURFACE SENSING; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) RADAR AND COMMUNICATION; UWB RECEIVER; UWB TRANSMITTER;

ANTENNAS; BANDWIDTH; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RADAR; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS;

SENSORS;

EID: 33846319338     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.888585     Document Type: Article

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