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An inexpensive microwave distance measuring system
Author(s) -
Noon David A.,
Bialkowski Marek E.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.4650060506
Subject(s) - microwave , quadrature (astronomy) , calibration , electronic engineering , transmission (telecommunications) , microwave transmission , computer science , distance measurement , optics , electrical engineering , physics , engineering , telecommunications , artificial intelligence , quantum mechanics
An inexpensive system that accurately measures ranges of the order of meters, with the resolution of centimeters, is described. The synthesized pulse and phase counting methods, based on coherent transmission and quadrature detection, are discussed. Suitable calibration schemes to obtain distance measurement accuracies better than 99% are described. © 1993 John Wiley & sons, Inc.