scholarly journals Overview of ultra-wideband transceivers—system architectures and applications

2022 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 481-494
Author(s):  
Bowen Wang ◽  
Haixin Song ◽  
Woogeun Rhee ◽  
Zhihua Wang
2009 ◽  
Vol 2009 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roman Merz ◽  
Cyril Botteron ◽  
Frédéric Chastellain ◽  
Pierre-André Farine

The design of a programmable receiver for an ultra wideband (UWB) communication is presented. The receiver is using a fast analog to digital converter (ADC) and a field programmable gate array (FPGA) allowing a rapid performance evaluation for various system architectures and signal processing algorithms. To demonstrate the performance and the versatility of the receiver, a simple communication system and a localization system are implemented. The accuracy of the latter is presented for an indoor environment.


Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 2438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Truong ◽  
Anh Dinh ◽  
Khan Wahid

Understanding the root system architecture of plants as they develop is critical for increasing crop yields through plant phenotyping, and ultra-wideband imaging systems have shown potential as a portable, low-cost solution to non-destructive imaging root system architectures. This paper presents the design, implementation, and analysis of an ultra-wideband imaging system for use in imaging potted plant root system architectures. The proposed system is separated into three main subsystems: a Data Acquisition module, a Data Processing module, and an Image Processing and Analysis module. The Data Acquisition module consists of simulated and experimental implementations of a non-contact synthetic aperture radar system to measure ultra-wideband signal reflections from concealed scattering objects in a pot containing soil. The Data Processing module is responsible for interpreting the measured ultra-wideband signals and producing an image using a delay-and-sum beamforming algorithm. The Image Processing and Analysis module is responsible for improving image quality and measuring root depth and average root diameter in an unsupervised manner. The Image Processing and Analysis module uses a modified top-hat transformation alongside quantization methods based on energy distributions in the image to isolate the surface of the imaged root. Altogether, the proposed subsystems are capable of imaging and measuring concealed taproot system architectures with controlled soil conditions; however, the performance of the system is highly dependent on knowledge of the soil conditions. Smaller roots in difficult imaging conditions require future work into understanding and compensating for unwanted noise. Ultimately, this paper sought to provide insight into improving imaging quality of ultra-wideband (UWB) imaging systems for plant root imaging for other works to be followed.


Author(s):  
Thomas Buchegger ◽  
Gerald Oßberger ◽  
Alexander Reisenzahn ◽  
Erwin Hochmair ◽  
Andreas Stelzer ◽  
...  

Frequenz ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (9-10) ◽  
pp. 473-484
Author(s):  
Paolo Valerio Testa ◽  
Bernhard Klein ◽  
Ronny Hahnel ◽  
Dirk Plettemeier ◽  
Corrado Carta ◽  
...  

Abstract This paper presents an overview of the research work currently being performed within the frame of project DAAB and its successor DAAB-TX towards the integration of ultra-wideband transceivers operating at mm-wave frequencies and capable of data rates up to 100 Gbits $^{-1}$. Two basic system architectures are being considered: integrating a broadband antenna with a distributed amplifier and integrate antennas centered at adjacent frequencies with broadband active combiners or dividers. The paper discusses in detail the design of such systems and their components, from the distributed amplifiers and combiners, to the broadband silicon antennas and their single-chip integration. All components are designed for fabrication in a commercially available SiGe:C BiCMOS technology. The presented results represent the state of the art in their respective areas: 170 GHz is the highest reported bandwidth for distributed amplifiers integrated in Silicon; 89 GHz is the widest reported bandwidth for integrated-system antennas; the simulated performance of the two antenna integrated receiver spans 105 GHz centered at 148GHz, which would improve the state of the art by a factor in excess of 4 even against III-V implementations, if confirmed by measurements.


2010 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 585-591 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Hantscher ◽  
Alexander Reisenzahn ◽  
Harald Kainmüller ◽  
Christian G. Diskus

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 221-224
Author(s):  
Yuri V. Andreyev ◽  
Alexander S. Dmitriev ◽  
Elena V. Efremova ◽  
Vadim A. Lazarev

Author(s):  
Patrick P. Mercier ◽  
Denis C. Daly ◽  
Fred S. Lee ◽  
David D. Wentzloff ◽  
Anantha P. Chandrakasan

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