Micro-Doppler and vibrometry at millimeter and sub-millimeter wavelengths

Duncan A. Robertson*, Scott L. Cassidy

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Micro-Doppler is an emerging technique for the measurement and analysis of target modulation characteristics, rooted in the analysis of X-band radar measurements of people. Despite the advantage of higher Doppler sensitivity, there appears to be little such work reported at (sub-) millimeter wave frequencies. We have developed fully coherent, solid state, FMCW radar systems operating at 94 and 340 GHz, suitable for micro-Doppler and vibrometry studies (as well as SAR/ISAR), which make use of DDS chirp generation combined with upconversion and MMIC or Schottky diode frequency multiplication. Due to the low phase noise architecture, the phase (i.e. displacement) sensitivity can be below 1 micron in distance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationRADAR SENSOR TECHNOLOGY XVII
EditorsKI Ranney, A Doerry
PublisherSPIE
Number of pages8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventConference on Radar Sensor Technology XVII - Baltimore, Moldova, Republic of
Duration: 29 Apr 20131 May 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE
PublisherSPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING
Volume8714
ISSN (Print)0277-786X

Conference

ConferenceConference on Radar Sensor Technology XVII
Country/TerritoryMoldova, Republic of
Period29/04/131/05/13

Keywords

  • Radar
  • micro-Doppler
  • vibrometry
  • millimeter wave
  • sub-millimeter
  • phase noise

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