MODULATED BACKSCATTER MICROWAVE SECURITY SENSOR

Horacio Cantu, Vincent Fusco

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Abstract

A system capable of deployment as a microwave security sensor which can automatically reject background clutter is presented. The principle of operation is based on analog homodyne detection using 1. Q single side-band down conversion of an AM backscattered modulating signal envelope. A demonstrator is presented which operates with a carrier frequency of 2 GHz and 500 KHz backscattered signal. When deployed in a multipath rich open plan office environment the S/N ratio obtained at the detection output was better than 20 dB at 20 in range with 20 dBm EIRP in a 2 MHz detection bandwidth despite the presence of time varying and static clutter. (C) 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51: 2492-2495, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24636
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2492-2495
Number of pages4
JournalMicrowave and Optical Technology Letters
Volume51
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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