Noise and sensitivity of harmonic radar architecture for remote sensing and detection of vital signs

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1847-1855

  Chioukh, Lydia ^a   Boutayeb, Halim ^a   Deslandes, Dominic ^b   Wu, Ke ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Detection; harmonic radar; heartbeat; multi frequency; noise; sensitivity; vital sign

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER RADAR; ERROR DETECTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; MIXERS (MACHINERY); RADAR SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

HARMONIC RADAR; HEARTBEAT; MULTI FREQUENCY; NOISE; SENSITIVITY; VITAL SIGN;

TRACKING RADAR;

EID: 84906950995     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2014.2343934     Document Type: Conference Paper

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