A millimeter-wave low-power active backscatter tag for FMCW radar systems

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1964-1972

  Strobel, Axel ^a   Carlowitz, Christian ^b   Wolf, Robert ^a   Ellinger, Frank ^a   Vossiek, Martin ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chirp radar; distance measurement; FM radar; frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) secondary radar; switched injection locked oscillator (SILO)

Indexed keywords

CHIRP RADAR; FM RADARS; FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS-WAVE RADARS; INJECTION LOCKED OSCILLATORS; MAXIMUM OUTPUT POWER; MEASUREMENT PRECISION; MULTI-PATH ENVIRONMENTS; SECONDARY RADARS;

BACKSCATTERING; DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; FREQUENCY MODULATION; OSCILLISTORS; TRANSPONDERS;

RADAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 84877740895     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2013.2252915     Document Type: Article

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