High precision radar distance measurements in overmoded circular waveguides

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1374-1380

  Pohl, Nils ^b   Gerding, Michael ^b   Will, Bianca ^b   Musch, Thomas ^b   Hausner, Josef ^a,b   Schiek, Burkhard ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW); Higher order mode suppression; Low loss mode; Overmoded circular waveguide; Oversized waveguide; Radar distance measurement; Waveguide transition

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE (FMCW); HIGHER ORDER MODE SUPPRESSION; LOW LOSS MODE; OVERMODED CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; OVERSIZED WAVEGUIDES; RADAR DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; WAVEGUIDE TRANSITION;

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 34250196516     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.896784     Document Type: Conference Paper

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