Integrated ultra-wideband hardware for MIMO sensing using pn-sequence approach

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 333-337

  Kmec, M ^a   Helbig, M ^a   Sachs, J ^a   Rauschenbach, P ^b  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MEODAT GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

active antena; balun; M Sequence sensor; MIMO sensing; signle chip radar

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE ANTENA; BALUN; COMPLEX FIELDS; DIRECT CONTACT; M SEQUENCE; PN SEQUENCE; SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION; SENSOR HEAD; SINGLE CHIPS; SMALL ANTENNA; ULTRAWIDEBAND APPLICATIONS;

HARDWARE; MIMO RADAR;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 84870849619     PISSN: 21626588     EISSN: 21626596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICUWB.2012.6340445     Document Type: Conference Paper

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