Isolation Enhancement in a Compact Four-Element MIMO Antenna for Ultra-Wideband Applications

Mutual coupling reduction or isolation enhancement in antenna arrays is an important area of research as it severely affects the performance of an antenna.In this paper,a new type of compact and highly isolated Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output(MIMO)antenna for ultra-wideband(UWB)applications is presented.The design consists of four radiators that are orthogonally positioned and confined to a compact 40×40×0.8 mm3 space.The final antenna design uses an inverted L shape partial ground to produce an acceptable reflection coefficient(S11<−10 dB)in an entire UWB band(3.1–10.6)giga hertz(GHz).Moreover,the inter-element isolation has also been enhanced to>20 db for majority of the UWB band.The antenna was fabricated and tested with the vector network analyzer(VNA)and in an anechoic chamber for scattering parameters and radiation patterns.Furthermore,different MIMO diversity performance metrics are also measured to validate the proposed model.The simulation results and the experimental results from the constructed model agree quite well.The proposed antenna is compared with similar designs in recently published literature for various performance metrics.Because of its low envelope correlation coefficient(ECC<0.1),high diversity gain(DG>9.99 dB),peak gain of 4.6 dB,reduced channel capacity loss(CCL<0.4 b/s/Hz),and average radiation efficiency of over 85%,the proposed MIMO antenna is ideally suited for practical UWB applications.

Relationship between office workers’staying and workstation attributes in a non-territorial office using ultra wide band sensor network

This paper investigates the staying and moving characteristics of office workers in a non-territorial office using an ultra wide band(UWB)impulse radio sensor network.The differences between office workers’staying and moving are clarified according to the individual workstation type that they select.The study determines the characteristics of each type of workstation.By clarifying office workers’preference for staying and moving with regard to individual workstation types and office worker post,the reasons why office workers in different posts tended to select different types of workstations were revealed.Specifically,leaders tended to select workstations at the“inner meeting corner side”most frequently,as they had a greater need to stay in other areas.In contrast,ordinary staff needed to visit office workers in other areas less often,and as such,they tended to select individual workstations at the“middle meeting corner side.”Barring this,they tended to select individual workstations at the“middle corridor side”or“outer-meeting corner side.”Temporary staff members had little need to visit or stay at other places so they tended to select individual workstations at the“window side,”which is seldom visited or stayed at by other office workers and they could be disturbed less often from their solo work.

Fully-integrated ultra-wide band LNA in 0.18μm CMOS technology for 3-10 GHz applications

The paper presents a fully integrated ultra-wide band(UWB)low noise amplifier(LNA)for 3-10 GHz applications.It employs self-biased resistive-feedback and current-reused technique to achieve wide input matching and low power characteristics.An improved biased architecture is adopted in the second stage to attain a better gain-compensation performance.The design is verified with TSMC standard 1 P6 M 0.18μm RF CMOS process.The measurement results show that the parasitic problem of the transistors at high frequencies is solved.A high and flat S21 of 9.7±1.5 dB and the lowest NF 3.5 dB are achieved in the desired frequency band.The power consumption is only 7.5 mA under 1.6 V supply.The proposed LNA achieves broadband flat gain,low noise,and high linearity performance simultaneously,allowing it to be used in 3-10 GHz UWB applications.

Compact Coplanar Epsilon-Negative Antenna with Ultra-Wide Band Character

In this paper, a compact coplanar epsilon.negative(ENG) antenna is proposed with ultra.wide operation band and small size of 18×11.5 mm2. The proposed antenna is designed based on a coplanar.waveguide(CPW) feeding antenna, and thus the via.free structure is employed to realize the ENG unit cell, which is convenient to tune the frequency of zeroth.order resonance(ZOR) and extends the ZOR bandwidth. The high.order resonant frequencies are achieved and mainly determined by the separate slots that are located between the radiating patch and the ground plane. Adding the left.handed inductance between the radiating patch and ground has slight impact on the high.order resonant frequencies, and then the ultra.wide band is achieved by merging the ZOR bandwidth with the high.order resonant bandwidths. The ground plane primarily works as a matching network for the proposed antenna. Although it generates a low.frequency resonance, the performance is undesirable due to the impedance mismatching. The measured results show that the reflection coefficient, |S11| <.10 d B, is in a wide frequency range from 5.25 to 13 GHz, which covers the upper operation band of UWB communication. Also, the antenna contains relatively stable gains and omni.directional radiation patterns.

ON THE PAR REDUCTION OF MB-OFDM ULTRA-WIDEBAND SIGNALS

The Peak to Average power Ratio (PAR) of a Multi-Band Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (MB-OFDM) Ultra-Wide Band (UWB) signals can be substantially larger than that of single carrier or carrier-less ultra-wideband signals. In this letter, a novel PAR reduction scheme for the MB-OFDM UWB system based on spreading and interleaving is proposed. By spreading the coded bits over each subcarrier in corresponding band and interleaving the spread symbols across all bands, the PAR statistics of the MB-OFDM signals can be improved and the PAR is reduced obviously. In the PAR reduction scheme, there is no loss in transmission data rate or Bit Error Rate (BER) performance decreasing. Since the spreading and interleaving operation are implemented by unitary Hadamard sequences and used for an approach to provide the robustness of the UWB system to narrowband interference, there is no additional implementation burden. Simulation results show that the investigated scheme gives the PAR reduction of 3dB compared with that of the original MB-OFDM signals.

Performance of multi-band orthogonal frequency division multiplexing ultra wide-band system on IEEE UWB channels

Multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) ultra wide-band (UWB) is a novel wireless communication technology. It has many advantages and is being actively researhed. In this study, we constructed and implemented a simulation model of UWB communication systems in Simulink. We found the MB-OFDM UWB system has the best performance in distance between 4 m to 10 m without the line-of-sight requirement.

Mobile Robot Positioning and Tracking Based on Ultra-wideband Technology

To solve the precision self-positioning problem for mobile robot,a positioning program based on ultra-wideband technology was proposed. Ultra-wideband pulse has very high bandwidth; ranging accuracy can achieve centimeter-level theoretically. The mobile robot obtained the distance to the reference node by sending ultra-wideband pulse. According to the geometric relations among the references and the robot,establish equations to calculate the position coordinates. Then Kalman filter algorithm was applied for mobile robot tracking. Simulation results show that robot positioning and tracking based on ultra-wideband technology can achieve indoor and outdoor seamless docking.

Design of Integrated Triple Band Notched for Ultra-Wide Band Microstrip Antenna

Ultra-wideband (UWB) is one of the recent topics that received a great concern from academia and industry. However, UWB found many difficulties to be standardized due to the overlay working that made UWB an important potential interference source to many licensed and unlicensed spectrum throughout the band 3.1 to 10.6 GHz. This paper demonstrates the design of integrated triple band notched for UWB Microstrip antenna. We simulated UWB short range systems which require low power and these are built using inexpensive digital components. We proposed a compact triple band notched CPW (Co-planar Waveguide) fed Micro strip Antenna (MSA) for UWB. This band-notched antenna has rejection characteristics at 3.2 GHz (for Wi-MAX band 3.16 to 3.32 GHz), at 5.5 GHz (for WLAN 2 band—5.3 to 5.72 GHz) and at 7.9 GHz (for ITU band 7.72 GHz to 8.13 GHz). The simulation was done using IE3D simulator.

Designing a Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistor with High Transition Frequency for Ultra-Wideband Application

Theoretical calculations predict transition frequencies in the terahertz range for the field-effect transistors based on carbon nanotubes, and this shows their suitability for being used in high frequency applications. In this paper, we have designed a field-effect transistor based on carbon nanotube with high transition frequency suitable for ultra-wide band applications. We did this by optimizing nanotube diameter, gate insulator thickness and dielectric constant. As a result, we achieved the transition frequency about 7.45 THz. The environment of open source software FETToy is used to simulate the device. Also a suitable model for calculating the transition frequency is presented.

Numerical simulation of the coupling of ultra-wide band electromagnetic pulse into landmine by aperture

The modern landmine＇s electronic fuse is susceptible to strong interference or can even be damaged by the ultra-wide band electromagnetic pulse（UWB-EMP）. The finite-difference time-domain（FDTD） method in lossy media with cylindrical coordinates is used to study the interactions of the UWB-EMP with the landmine. First, the coupling of UWB-EMP into the landmine shielding shell through an aperture is numerically simulated. Second, the coupled electromagnetic field of mine shells made of different shielding materials and with apertures of different sizes is plotted. Third, the aperture coupling laws of UWB-EMP into shells are analyzed and categorized. Such an algorithm is capable of effectively preventing ladder similar errors, and consequently improving the calculation precision, and in addition to adopting the message passing interface（MPI） parallel method to divide the total calculating range into more sub-ranges, the overall calculating efficiency is greatly increased. These calculations are surely a constructive reference for modern landmine design against electromagnetic damage.

Evaluation of System Performance of Ultra-Wide Band Jointing in MC Signaling in Correlated Environments

The evaluation of System Performance of UWB (ultra-wide band) jointing in MC (multi-carrier) signaling in correlated environments is presented in the report. The correlated Nakagami-m statistical distribution for the multipath fading model is assumed in this scenario. In fact to establish the model for analyzing in this article is using MC-CDMA (multi-carrier code-division multiple-access) system characterization combined with a UWB scheme. The average BER (bit error rate) is calculated and compared to a special case of previously published results. Studied results from this paper can be implied to approve the system performance for a UWB system combined with a MC-CDMA wireless communication system. It is worth noting that the Nakagami-m distributed fading parameter significantly dominates UWB system performance when it cooperates with MC signaling under a fading environment. Finally, it is worthy of noting that when the SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) at system’s receiver reaches a preset high threshold value, the parameter of power decay ratio effect could be not included.

基于MOEA/D算法的三陷波超宽带天线设计

为实现超宽带通信中对WIMAX(3.3~3.7 GHz)、WLAN(5.150~5.825 GHz)和ITU(8.01~8.50 GHz)频段干扰的抑制,提出了一种基于MOEA/D算法优化设计的具有三陷波特性的超宽带天线。天线采用T形结构作为辐射贴片,通过改变贴片形状等方法实现在3~12 GHz的超宽带。在辐射贴片上刻蚀两个U形缝隙和在传输线两侧加载C形开口环,对天线进行陷波设计。利用MOEA/D算法对陷波结构的结构参数和加载位置进行优化,实现了在3.31~3.69 GHz、5.25~6.13 GHz和8.01~8.51 GHz频段的陷波效果,成功抑制了频段干扰。与传统扫频优化的设计方法相比,采用MOEA/D算法设计的天线在陷波频带内增益低至-19 dB,各陷波频带准确度误差均在3.6%以下,提高了天线的设计效率,具有一定的工程应用价值。

基于碳化硅等离子体器件的功率脉冲锐化技术

利用Sentaurus搭建了碳化硅漂移阶跃恢复二极管(DSRD)与雪崩整形二极管(DAS)全电路仿真模型,研究了碳化硅等离子体器件在脉冲锐化方面的能力,并且通过器件内部等离子浓度分布解释了这两种器件实现脉冲锐化的机制。借助碳化硅DSRD可以将峰值超过千伏的电压脉冲的前沿缩短到300 ps;碳化硅DSRD与DAS的组合可以输出脉冲前沿在35 ps、峰值超过2 kV的电压脉冲。仿真与实验发现当触发脉冲与碳化硅DAS匹配时,可以实现快速开启后快速关断,得益于碳化硅DAS这种神奇现象,可以将峰值在两千伏以上脉冲的半高宽缩小到百皮秒量级;通过频谱分析发现脉冲经过DAS整形后,其最高幅值−30 dB对应的频谱带宽扩大了37倍,达到7.4 GHz。

基于周期性枝节加载的微带线串扰抑制研究

针对当前印刷电路板上相邻微带线之间的串扰抑制问题,提出了一种在超宽带频率范围内利用周期性耦合枝节来抑制微带线远端串扰的电磁兼容设计。在串扰的形成原因分析基础上,该设计将沿传统微带线纵向方向加载的周期性开路枝节进一步与相邻两条微带线之间周期性加载的工字型耦合枝节相结合。微带线上的开路枝节以及线间的耦合枝节主要用于增加微带线等效自感和线间等效互容,并减小线间等效互感,由此显著降低远端串扰强度。同时,线间等效互感的减小能抑制因容性耦合增大而导致的近端串扰上升。全波结果表明,该设计在1~20 GHz范围内可使相邻微带线的远端串扰强度小于-48 dB,且物理结构中不涉及金属化通孔,具有几何结构简单、成本低和可布线空间大等特点。

一种复杂环境下UWB测距误差预测方法

针对复杂室内环境中,多径干扰和视距遮挡影响室内定位精度的问题,提出一种复杂环境下UWB测距误差的预测方法:根据超宽带(UWB)室内定位方法抗干扰能力强、定位精度高的特点,从理论上分析影响超宽带信号测距精度的因素;然后通过模型量化分析每种影响因素对测距误差的影响程度,改进以往通过信道脉冲响应特征分析单一的视距遮挡参数来提高定位精度的补偿算法;最后从数据挖掘和机器学习的角度出发,将多径效应、视距遮挡、标签与基站的距离、标签移动速度、标签与基站天线俯仰角以及气象因素(温度、湿度、压强)等对测距精度造成影响的重要因素作为特征进行分类和归类,并使用梯度提升决策树模型对数据集进行训练和预测。实验结果表明,该模型可以根据当前状态下的组合特征值估计出测距误差值,将当前预测的误差值补偿到测量值上,可以有效提高超宽带室内定位的精度。

信号干扰下的超宽带精确定位问题研究

针对在室内应用超宽带UWB(Ultra Wide Band)定位技术时,需要建立高效精确的三维坐标定位系统以克服信号干扰问题,应用机器学习方法对其进行了研究。首先使用多种统计分析模型清理无效或误差测量值;然后将TOF(Time Of Flight)算法的先验知识与神经网络、XGBoost(eXterme Gradient Boosting)算法相结合,提出了神经XGB(Exterme Gradient Boosting)三维定位系统,该系统可通过“正常数据”和“异常数据”(受干扰)以及4个锚点的坐标精准预测靶点的坐标值,能使误差在二维平面降至5.08 cm,在三维空间降至8.03 cm;同时建立了判断数据是否受干扰的神经网络分类模型,精确率为0.88;最后通过结合上述系统,得到了连续且规律的运动轨迹,证明了系统的有效性与鲁棒性。

双频一体化超宽带探地雷达天线设计

针对目前探地雷达(Ground Penetrating Radar,GPR)产品单一频段工作所导致的耗时费力、效率低等缺点,文中设计实现了一种中心频率分别为400 MHz、1000 MHz且带宽为200~1500 MHz的双频一体化复合阵列天线,并将其应用于超宽带(Ultra-Wide Band,UWB)探地雷达系统中。阵列天线包含3个中心频率为400 MHz和6个中心频率为1000 MHz的蝶形天线,具备双频段同时探测能力,可实现一条测线含两种不同频段的探测结果,克服了传统探地雷达不同频率的重复探测问题,增强了探地雷达系统的实用性。所提出的双频一体化探地雷达天线具有超宽带、高增益、波束窄等特点,其相对带宽为153%,整个带宽内最高实现17.6 dBi峰值增益,半功率波束宽度最窄为7.6°,为高分辨率、高效率探地雷达应用提供了一种新的天线方案。

高保真度超高频局放检测天线研究

设计了一款用于超高频局放检测的超宽带椭圆缝隙天线.该天线具有时域保真度高、尺寸较小、馈电简单等特点.测试结果表明,天线在300~1500 MHz频段内的回波损耗低于-10 dB,平均等效高度15.7 mm,满足局放检测天线的指标要求.通过CST Microwave Studio软件对其时域波形保真度进行仿真计算分析,对局放检测时天线的摆放方向提供参考.结果表明,椭圆缝隙天线在一些角度上的保真度超过0.9,能较好地还原局部放电波形,同时天线较小的尺寸也能更好地适应局部放电现场检测.

无铅双钙钛矿Cs_(2)NaScX_(6)(X=Cl,Br,I)的第一性原理研究

钙钛矿材料由于具有结构稳定、易于获取、成本低廉和易于合成等优点,在发光二极管、激光器和太阳能电池等光电器件领域具有广阔的应用前景。目前,部分适合UV-LED应用的钙钛矿具有结构不稳定性。为了寻找结构稳定的钙钛矿,此项研究利用第一性原理对无铅双钙钛矿Cs_(2)NaScX_(6)(X=Cl,Br,I)的电子及光学性质进行了理论计算。计算结果表明:Cs_(2)NaScX_(6)(X=Cl,Br,I)为直接带隙半导体,带隙值分别为5.545 e V(Cl)、4.549 eV(Br)和3.408 eV(I),Cs_(2)NaScI_(6)在紫外光范围内具有较强的光吸收。本研究内容为无铅A_(2)B^(I)B^(III)X_(6)型双钙钛矿成为UV-LED的候选材料提供理论支持。

升空平台相对测量误差对定位精度的影响及定位算法

针对精准协同任务下的分布式升空平台高精度相对定位需求,基于超宽带(UWB)测距传感器研究了相对测距与定位模型,对UWB模块在非理想情况下存在的误差因素进行了推导分析,包括天线相位中心误差、测距刷新率和悬停稳定度。在此基础上对噪声成分进行了实测分析与滤波处理:通过Allan方差辨识UWB传感器噪声,并将有色噪声模型及估计参数引入到定位算法量测更新中,通过改进扩展卡尔曼滤波算法实现了分布式升空平台相对定位。仿真结果表明:在相对测量噪声服从非高斯分布情况下,所提算法相较于传统算法位置估计精度提高约23.43%。与传统算法相比,所提算法可减少测量色噪声影响,提高卫星导航拒止环境下的相对定位精度。