Publications related to X band

An Optimized Low-Power Band-Tuning TX for Short-Range FMCW Radar in 22-nm FDSOI CMOS

Christian Enz, Francesco Chicco, Sammy Cerida Rengifo

The paper presents a low-power transmitter (TX) as a part of a fully integrated 57-66 GHz FMCW radar system. The TX path includes a BPSK modulator and it is optimized for short-range operation with 0 dBm output power. A band-tuning technique is used for co ...

IEEE2021

Photonic microwave generation in the X- and K-band using integrated soliton microcombs

Tobias Kippenberg, Rui Ning Wang, Junqiu Liu, Maxim Karpov, Hairun Guo, Erwan Guillaume Albert Lucas, Arslan Sajid Raja, Jijun He

Microwave photonic technologies, which upshift the carrier into the optical domain, have facilitated the generation and processing of ultra-wideband electronic signals at vastly reduced fractional bandwidths. For microwave photonic applications such as rad ...

Nature Publishing Group2020

3.5 GHz Coverage Assessment with a 5G Testbed

Andreas Peter Burg, Ruben Merz, Adrian Schumacher

Today, cellular networks have saturated frequencies below 3 GHz. Because of increasing capacity requirements, 5th generation (5G) mobile networks target the 3.5 GHz band (3.4 to 3.8 GHz). Despite its expected wide usage, there is little empirical path loss ...

IEEE2019

2G/3G Serpentine Shape Inverted-F Antenna for Near Body Application

Anja Skrivervik, Nuno Miguel Faria Pires

In this contribution, we present a miniature antenna placed in a leg bracelet for body worn applications. It operates in both the 820-960 MHz and the 1.7-2.1 GHz bands. The radiating element, based on an inverted-F antenna, occupies a 37 mm × 37 mm area an ...

IEEE2019

Compact Orthomode Transducer with Broadband Beamforming Capability

Juan Ramon Mosig, Anja Skrivervik, Emile Jacques de Rijk

A compact and broadband orthomode transducer (OMT) with two dual linearly polarized ports is reported here for the first time. The component is based on a combination of two ridged Boifot junctions through a series of power dividers that act as an embedded ...

IEEE2018

Precipitation at Dumont d'Urville, Adelie Land, East Antarctica: the APRES3 field campaigns dataset

Alexis Berne, Jacopo Grazioli, Christophe Praz

Compared to the other continents and lands, Antarctica suffers from a severe shortage of in situ observations of precipitation. APRES3 (Antarctic Precipitation, Remote Sensing from Surface and Space) is a program dedicated to improving the observation of A ...

COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH2018

High Performance, Continuously Tunable Microwave Filters Using MEMS Devices With Very Large, Controlled, Out-of-Plane Actuation

Matthias Imboden

Software defined radios (SDR) in the microwave X- and K-bands offer the promise of low cost, programmable operation with real-time frequency agility. However, the real world in which such radios operate requires them to be able to detect nanowatt signals i ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2018

Unraveling hydrometeor mixtures in polarimetric radar measurements

Alexis Berne, Jacopo Grazioli, Josué Etienne Gehring, Nikola Besic, Marco Gabella, Christophe Praz, Urs Martin Germann

Radar-based hydrometeor classification typically comes down to determining the dominant type of hydrometeor populating a given radar sampling volume. In this paper we address the subsequent problem of inferring the secondary hydrometeor types present in a ...

Copernicus GmbH2018

High Gain Dual-Band Beam-Steering Transmit Array for Satcom Terminals at Ka-Band

Juan Ramon Mosig, Joana Rita Alves dos Santos Silva

Transmit array design is more challenging for dualband operation than for single band, due to the independent 360 degrees phase wrapping jumps needed at each band when large electrical length compensation is involved. This happens when aiming at large gain ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2017

Retrieval of the raindrop size distribution from polarimetric radar data using double-moment normalisation

Alexis Berne, Timothy Hugh Raupach

A new technique for estimating the raindrop size distribution (DSD) from polarimetric radar data is proposed. Two statistical moments of the DSD are estimated from polarimetric variables, and the DSD is reconstructed using a double-moment normalisation. Th ...

Copernicus GmbH2017

Design of novel radiating elements for SATCOM phased arrays in Ku-Band

Baptiste Fernand Hornecker

The present thesis deals with the design of a planar antenna array for the communication between a civil aircraft (Dassault's Falcon) and an Inmarsat satellite. The final goal is to provide high speed Internet access in X/Ku-Band (8-12GHz / 12-18GHz), and ...

EPFL2016

Broadband electronically tunable reflection-based phase shifter for active-steering microwave reflectarray systems in Ku-band

This document provides the design of an electronically reconfigurable microwave phase shifter for reflectarray systems. The phase shifter is based on a hybrid coupler with reflective circuits in three ports. Each reflective circuit introduces a phase varia ...

Taylor & Francis Ltd2016

Multi-band reflectarray antennas in Ku and THz frequency bands

Hamed Hasani

Printed reflectarrays are low-cost, low-profile high gain antennas demonstrating distinctive advantages over conventional parabolic reflectors and phased-arrays. The flat, low weight reflecting surface of a reflectarray makes it an attractive alternative w ...

EPFL2015

Dual-Polarized Partially Reflective Surface Antenna With MEMS-Based Beamwidth Reconfiguration

Julien Perruisseau-Carrier, Tomislav Debogovic

A partially reflective surface (PRS) antenna design enabling 1-bit dynamic beamwidth control is presented. The antenna operates at X-band and is based on microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology. The reconfigurable PRS unit cell monolithically inte ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2014

Improved Estimation of the Specific Differential Phase Shift Using a Compilation of Kalman Filter Ensembles

Alexis Berne, Jacopo Grazioli, Marc Schneebeli Zeugin

A new algorithm for the accurate estimation of the specific differential phase shift on propagation (K-dp) from noisy total differential phase shift (Psi(dp)) measurements is presented for data acquired with a polarimetric weather radar. The new approach, ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2014

A compact phased array for SatCom applications

Stefano Vaccaro, Roberto Torres Sánchez

This paper outlines the development of an electronically steerable receive-only array antenna realized within a project funded by the European Space Agency (ESA): the NATALIA project. The antenna has been designed for the reception of mobile satellite serv ...

2013

Polarimetric X-band weather radar measurements in the tropics: radome and rain attenuation correction

Marc Schneebeli Zeugin

A polarimetric X-band radar has been deployed during one month (April 2011) for a field campaign in Fortaleza, Brazil, together with three additional laser disdrometers. The disdrometers are capable of measuring the raindrop size distributions (DSDs), henc ...

Copernicus Gesellschaft Mbh2012

A New Planar Antenna Element For Ka-Band Applications

Juan Ramon Mosig, Jean-François Zürcher, Rafal Glogowski

One of the most promising bands for long-range radiocommunications is the Ka-band (25-40 GHz). This is due to the existence of a natural radio transmission window around 30 GHz. Both terrestrial and satellite transmission systems are planned on this freque ...

2011

Distributed audio coding for wireless hearing aids

Martin Vetterli, Olivier Roy

The aim of the invention is to provide inter-channel level differences ICLD related to audio signals for hearing aids. This aim is achieved by a method for computing ICLD from a first and second audio source signals, the first source signal being wired wit ...

2011

Centre frequency and bandwidth tunable bandpass filter based on RF MEMS (10-14 GHz)

Catherine Dehollain, Mihai Adrian Ionescu, Montserrat Fernandez-Bolanos Badia, Suat Ayoz

This paper presents a novel tunable bandpass filter design with independent control of both the centre frequency and the bandwidth by means of analogue-series and digital-shunt MEMS capacitors. The filter is designed for operation in X and Ku bands with 4 ...

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