scholarly journals A study about signal variation with minor receiver displacement in a meeting room at 60 GHz: measurements and simulations

Author(s):  
Muhammad Usman Sheikh ◽  
Kalle Ruttik ◽  
Riku Jäntti ◽  
Jyri Hämäläinen

AbstractThe aim of this work is to study the impact of small receiver displacement on a signal propagation in a typical conference room environment at a millimeter wave frequency of 60 GHz. While channel measurements provide insights on the propagation phenomena, their use for the wireless system performance evaluation is challenging. Whereas, carefully executed three-dimensional ray tracing (RT) simulations represent a more flexible option. Nevertheless, a careful validation of simulation methodology is needed. The first target of this article is to highlight the benefits of an in-house built three-dimensional RT tool at 60 GHz and shows the effectiveness of simulations in predicting different characteristics of the channel. To validate the simulation results against the measurements, two different transmitter (Tx) positions and antenna types along with ten receiver (Rx) positions are considered in a typical conference room. In first system configuration, an omnidirectional antenna is placed in the middle of the table, while in the second system configuration a directed horn antenna is located in the corner of the meeting room. After validating the simulation results with the measurement data, in the second part of this work, the impact of a small change, i.e., 20 cm in the receiver position, is studied. To characterize the impact, we apply as performance indicators the received power level, root mean square delay spread (RMS-DS) and RMS angular spread (RMS-AS) in azimuth plane. The channel characteristics are considered with respect to the direct orientation (DO), i.e., the Rx antenna is directed toward the strongest incoming path. Different antenna configurations at the Tx and Rx side are applied to highlight the role of antenna properties on the considered channel characteristics. Especially, in the second system configuration the impact of different antenna half power beamwidth on different considered channel characteristics is highlighted through acquired simulation results. The validation of results shows the RMS error of only 2–3 dB between the measured and simulated received power levels for different Tx configurations in the direction of DO. Results indicate that only a small change of the Rx position may result a large difference in the received power level even in the presence of line-of-sight between the Tx and Rx. It is found that the STD of received power level across the room increases with the decrease in HPBW of the antenna. As can be expected, directed antennas offer lower value of RMS-DS and RMS-AS compared with isotropic antenna.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Usman Sheikh ◽  
Kalle Ruttik ◽  
Riku Jantti ◽  
Jyri Hämäläinen

Abstract The aim of this work is to study the impact of small receiver displacement on a signal propagation in a typical conference room environment at a millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency of 60 GHz. While channel measurements provide insights on the propagation phenomena, their use for the wireless system performance evaluation is challenging. Whereas, carefully executed three dimensional ray tracing (RT) simulations represent a more flexible option. Nevertheless, a careful validation of simulation methodology is needed. The first target of this paper is to highlight the benefits of an in-house built three dimensional RT tool at 60 GHz, and show the effectiveness of simulations in predicting different characteristics of the channel. To validate the simulation results against the measurements, two different transmitter (Tx) positions and antenna types along with ten receiver (Rx) positions are considered in a typical conference room. In first system configuration, an omnidirectional antenna is placed in the middle of the table, while in the second system configuration a directed horn antenna is located in the corner of the meeting room. After validating the simulation results with the measurement data, in the second part of this work, the impact of a small change i.e. 20 cm in the receiver position, is studied. To characterize the impact we apply as performance indicators the received power level, root mean square delay spread (RMS-DS), and RMS angular spread (RMS-AS). The channel characteristics is considered with respect to the direct orientation (DO) i.e., the Rx antenna is directed towards the Tx antenna. Different antenna configurations at the TX and Rx side are applied to highlight the role of antenna properties on the considered channel characteristics. The validation of results show RMS errors of only 2 - 3 dB between the measured and simulated received power levels for different Tx configurations in the direction of DO. Results indicate that only a small change of the Rx position may result as a large difference in the received power level even though a line-of-sight between Tx and Rx occurs. In the considered conference room, the average standard deviation (STD) of the received power was found to be around 6:5 dB and up to 9:5 dB for directed and omnidirectional antennas, respectively. As can be expected, directed antennas offer lower value of RMS-DS and RMS-AS compared to omnidirectional antennas.


2013 ◽  
Vol 392 ◽  
pp. 693-696
Author(s):  
Wen Tao Xu ◽  
Yang Guo ◽  
Yan Kang Du

The impact of pulse quenching effect on the sensitive area is evaluated by using three-dimensional technology computer-aided design (TCAD) numerical simulation. Simulation results present that the pulse quenching effect could effectively reduce the sensitive area of PMOS transistors. By adopting the off-state gate isolation technique, the sensitive area is further reduced.


Author(s):  
Chang-Fa An ◽  
Seyed Mehdi Alaie ◽  
Michael S. Scislowicz

Driven by fluid dynamics principles, the concept for buffeting reduction, a cavity installed at the leading edge of the sunroof opening, is analyzed. The cavity provides a room to hold the vortex, shed from upstream, and prevents the vortex from escaping and from directly intruding into the cabin. The concept has been verified by means of a two dimensional simulation for a production SUV using the CFD software — FLUENT. The simulation results show that the impact of the cavity is crucial to reduce buffeting. It is shown that the buffeting level may be reduced by 3 dB by adding a cavity to the sunroof configuration. Therefore, the cavity could be considered as a means of buffeting reduction, in addition to the three currently-known concepts: wind deflector, sunroof glass comfort position and cabin venting. Thorough understanding of the buffeting mechanism helps explain why and how the cavity works to reduce buffeting. Investigation of the buffeting-related physics provides a deep insight into the flow nature and, therefore, a useful hint to geometry modification for buffeting reduction. The buffeting level may be further reduced by about 4 dB or more by cutting the corners of the sunroof opening into smooth ramps, guided by ideas coming from careful examining the physics of flow. More work including three dimensional simulation and wind tunnel experiment should follow in order to develop more confidence in the functionality of the cavity to hopefully promote this idea to the level that it can be utilized in a feasible way to address sunroof buffeting.


Author(s):  
Kyung Sun Park

We performed high-resolution three-dimensional global MHD simulations to determine the impact of weak southward interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) (Bz = −2 nT) and slow solar wind to the Earth’s magnetosphere and ionosphere. We considered two cases of differing, uniform time resolution with the same grid spacing simulation to find any possible differences in the simulation results. The simulation results show that dayside magnetic reconnection and tail reconnection continuously occur even during the weak and steady southward IMF conditions. A plasmoid is generated on closed plasma sheet field lines. Vortices are formed in the inner side of the magnetopause due to the viscous-like interaction, which is strengthened by dayside magnetic reconnection. We estimated the dayside magnetic reconnection which occurred in relation to the electric field at the magnetopause and confirmed that the enhanced electric field is caused by the reconnection and the twisted structure of the electric field is due to the vortex. The simulation results of the magnetic field and the plasma properties show quasi-periodic variations with a period of 9–11 min between the appearances of vortices. Also the peak values of the cross-polar cap potential are both approximately 50 kV, the occurrence time of dayside reconnections are the same, and the polar cap potential patterns are the same in both cases. Thus, there are no significant differences in outcome between the two cases.


2011 ◽  
Vol 130-134 ◽  
pp. 1568-1572
Author(s):  
Hui Wang ◽  
Jie Gang Mu ◽  
Miao Yin Su ◽  
Shui Hua Zheng ◽  
Jin Jing Zhao ◽  
...  

The paper studies the relationship between axial force and breadth of back blade by numerical simulation and experiment. On the basis of the RNG k-ε turbulence model and technology of compact local grids and regional computing, three dimensional numerical simulations to 100HZ165-250 centrifugal pump with various breadths were carried out. Through comparing and analyzing of the flow field, it can be seen that the axial force reduces with the increase of the back blade breadth. After that, the simulation results were verified by the experimental data got from different test devices, and it shows that the conclusions are reliable.


2011 ◽  
Vol 2011 (1) ◽  
pp. 000061-000068
Author(s):  
Darryl Kostka ◽  
Antonio Ciccomancini Scogna

Three-dimensional electromagnetic simulation models are often simplified in order to reduce the simulation time and memory requirements without sacrificing the accuracy of the results. A commonly adopted methodology in the simulation of electronic package designs is to truncate the size of the package model leaving only a few important features surrounding the nets of interest. In this paper we demonstrate that this simplification can have a significant impact of the simulation results if it is not performed carefully and it can introduce spurious/non physical resonances. The interaction between cavities and signals is first studied using a simple coupled differential via test structure. It is demonstrated that the return currents generated by these vias excite cavity resonances in power-ground plane pairs causing them to behave as parallel-plate waveguides. The role of interplane shorting vias in suppressing cavity resonances is then investigated and the impact of boundary conditions on the simulation results of package models is also shown and discussed. Finally, a realistic complex multilayer package model is analyzed and it is demonstrate that through proper truncation of the geometry, accurate results can be obtained.


2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 52-64
Author(s):  
Darryl Kostka ◽  
Antonio Ciccomancini Scogna

Three-dimensional electromagnetic simulation models are often simplified in order to reduce simulation time and memory requirements without sacrificing the accuracy of the results. A commonly adopted methodology in the simulation of complex electronic package and board designs is to truncate the size of the model, leaving only a few important features surrounding the nets of interest. In this paper we demonstrate that this simplification can have a significant impact on the simulation results if it is not performed carefully, and it can introduce spurious nonphysical resonances. The interaction between cavities and signals is first studied using a simple coupled differential via test structure. It is demonstrated that the return currents generated by these vias excite cavity resonances in power-ground plane pairs causing them to behave as parallel-plate waveguides. The role of interplane shorting vias in suppressing cavity resonances is then investigated and the impact of boundary conditions on the simulation results of package models is also shown and discussed. The focus is then shifted to PCB/package cosimulation and the impact of different truncation schemes is discussed through the simulation of test structures of varying complexity. A simulation methodology is then proposed and is verified for a combined model of a realistic complex multilayer package and board and it is demonstrated that accurate results can be obtained through proper truncation of the geometry.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdelhamid Bou-El-Harmel ◽  
Ali Benbassou ◽  
Jamal Belkadid ◽  
Nadia Mechatte

In the RFID sensor networks (RSN), the orientations of the antennas used in the network nodes have a significant influence on the propagation characteristics. In this article, we investigated the effects of the two antennas’ orientation of different radiation and polarization on the multipath propagation characteristics. This study is evaluated in a typical indoor environment by computer simulations based on the three-dimensional (3D) ray-tracing method. This method is based on geometric optics and uniform diffraction theory and also it offers significant advantages in terms of accurate and comprehensive prediction of propagation characterization. The simulations have been performed at frequency 915 MHz and the propagation characteristics are compared in terms of received power level (Pr) and Root-Mean-Square (RMS) delay spread for a quasi-isotropic 3D cubic antenna with circular polarization and for an omnidirectional dipole with linear polarization in the LOS, NLOS, and OLOS scenarios.


Author(s):  
Halit Dogan ◽  
Md Mahbub Alam ◽  
Navid Asadizanjani ◽  
Sina Shahbazmohamadi ◽  
Domenic Forte ◽  
...  

Abstract X-ray tomography is a promising technique that can provide micron level, internal structure, and three dimensional (3D) information of an integrated circuit (IC) component without the need for serial sectioning or decapsulation. This is especially useful for counterfeit IC detection as demonstrated by recent work. Although the components remain physically intact during tomography, the effect of radiation on the electrical functionality is not yet fully investigated. In this paper we analyze the impact of X-ray tomography on the reliability of ICs with different fabrication technologies. We perform a 3D imaging using an advanced X-ray machine on Intel flash memories, Macronix flash memories, Xilinx Spartan 3 and Spartan 6 FPGAs. Electrical functionalities are then tested in a systematic procedure after each round of tomography to estimate the impact of X-ray on Flash erase time, read margin, and program operation, and the frequencies of ring oscillators in the FPGAs. A major finding is that erase times for flash memories of older technology are significantly degraded when exposed to tomography, eventually resulting in failure. However, the flash and Xilinx FPGAs of newer technologies seem less sensitive to tomography, as only minor degradations are observed. Further, we did not identify permanent failures for any chips in the time needed to perform tomography for counterfeit detection (approximately 2 hours).


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xichuan Liu ◽  
Taichang Gao ◽  
Yuntao Hu ◽  
Xiaojian Shu

In order to improve the measurement of precipitation microphysical characteristics sensor (PMCS), the sampling process of raindrops by PMCS based on a particle-by-particle Monte-Carlo model was simulated to discuss the effect of different bin sizes on DSD measurement, and the optimum sampling bin sizes for PMCS were proposed based on the simulation results. The simulation results of five sampling schemes of bin sizes in four rain-rate categories show that the raw capture DSD has a significant fluctuation variation influenced by the capture probability, whereas the appropriate sampling bin size and width can reduce the impact of variation of raindrop number on DSD shape. A field measurement of a PMCS, an OTT PARSIVEL disdrometer, and a tipping bucket rain Gauge shows that the rain-rate and rainfall accumulations have good consistencies between PMCS, OTT, and Gauge; the DSD obtained by PMCS and OTT has a good agreement; the probability of N0, μ, and Λ shows that there is a good agreement between the Gamma parameters of PMCS and OTT; the fitted μ-Λ and Z-R relationship measured by PMCS is close to that measured by OTT, which validates the performance of PMCS on rain-rate, rainfall accumulation, and DSD related parameters.


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