Ultra-wide band gap and wave attenuation mechanism of a novel star-shaped chiral metamaterial

A novel hollow star-shaped chiral metamaterial(SCM)is proposed by incorporating chiral structural properties into the standard hollow star-shaped metamaterial,exhibiting a wide band gap over 1500 Hz.To broaden the band gap,solid single-phase and two-phase SCMs are designed and simulated,which produce two ultra-wide band gaps(approximately 5116 Hz and 6027 Hz,respectively).The main reason for the formation of the ultra-wide band gap is that the rotational vibration of the concave star of two novel SCMs drains the energy of an elastic wave.The impacts of the concave angle of a single-phase SCM and the resonator radius of a two-phase SCM on the band gaps are studied.Decreasing the concave angle leads to an increase in the width of the widest band gap,and the width of the widest band gap increases as the resonator radius of the two-phase SCM increases.Additionally,the study on elastic wave propagation characteristics involves analyzing frequency dispersion surfaces,wave propagation directions,group velocities,and phase velocities.Ultimately,the analysis focuses on the transmission properties of finite periodic structures.The solid single-phase SCM achieves a maximum vibration attenuation over 800,while the width of the band gap is smaller than that of the two-phase SCM.Both metamaterials exhibit high vibration attenuation capabilities,which can be used in wideband vibration reduction to satisfy the requirement of ultra-wide frequencies.

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。

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.

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.

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.

基于UWB定位技术的煤矿机械装备防碰撞系统研究

随着煤矿机械装备的广泛应用,机械装备的防碰撞已经成为煤炭行业重要的研究课题。文章主要研究了基于超宽带(Ultra Wide Band,UWB)定位技术的煤矿机械装备防碰撞系统,通过开发定位算法、防碰撞算法、数据处理与分析等功能模块,实现系统的实时监控与报警功能。实验表明,该系统能够有效避免机械装备之间发生碰撞,进而提升煤矿生产的安全性。

基于Taylor-Chan算法的改进UWB室内三维定位方法

[目的]针对室内三维空间环境复杂导致传统超宽带(ultra wide band,UWB)定位算法精度低、稳定性差的问题对UWB室内三维定位方法进行研究.[方法]在Chan和Taylor算法基础上,设计了一种基于距离误差筛选机制的Taylor-Chan定位算法.首先使用简化Taylor算法求解得到标签初定位结果,再结合初定位结果和测距信息根据所设计筛选函数剔除误差较大的基站数据,最后基于筛选得到的数据,使用Chan算法得到最终标签定位结果.[结果]在室内视距和非视距两种场景下进行仿真,Taylor-Chan算法相比于Chan和Taylor定位精度都有一定的提高,且测距误差越大的情况下,Taylor-Chan算法的定位效果越明显.[结论]仿真结果表明,对比现有方法,本文所提出的Taylor-Chan算法在室内三维空间的视距和非视距环境下都能有效改善定位精度.

改进抗差卡尔曼滤波的UWB定位模型

针对超宽带(UWB)技术已在室内定位、智能交通等领域广泛应用,但由于障碍物遮挡或其他原因,使得UWB测距值可能存在误差,从而大幅度降低UWB的定位精度和可靠性的问题,分析抗差卡尔曼滤波(RKF)在UWB定位中的特点,在此基础上,提出改进的RKF算法(RKF-SW)进行粗差检测,根据预测残差进行第一次样本异常值检验探测,采用1/4样本分位数进行第二次样本异常值探测。实验结果表明,与RKF算法相比,RKF-SW算法具有较强的异常值识别能力,能够提升UWB系统的定位精度,开阔场景下定位精度可提高约80.0%,遮挡物干扰情况下可提高约82.1%。

A Novel Ultra-Wideband Monopole Antenna with Band-Stop Characteristic

In this letter, a simple monopole antenna with variable band-notched characteristic for ultra wide band (UWB) function is proposed. Two L-shaped quarter-waveguide resonators coupled to the ground plane with two shorting tracks at the sides of the antenna are used to generate stop-band performance around 5.5 GHz (WLAN). The proposed antenna is fabricated on the substrate FR4 (relative permittivity of 4.7) and has a compact size of 16 × 28.5 × 1.6 mm. The designed antenna has a good impedance matching in 3.1 - 11.4 GHz frequency range with VSWR < 2, except the band 5 - 5.85 GHz.

抗差Helmert方差分量估计在GPS/BDS/UWB融合定位中的应用

针对卫星信号受限环境下,全球定位系统(GPS)/北斗卫星导航系统(BDS)组合定位出现较大偏差的问题,引入超宽带(UWB)技术作为定位性能增强技术。GPS/BDS伪距测量值与UWB测距值作为原始观测值,提出了基于抗差赫尔默特(Helmert)方差分量估计的GPS/BDS/UWB融合定位方法,实现合理定权,抵御粗差影响。分别进行了静态实验和动态实验,结果表明:没有粗差情况下,GPS/BDS/UWB融合定位相对于GPS/BDS的定位精度在静态实验和动态实验中均有所提升;引入粗差后,定位结果可抵御粗差,精度提升较为明显。

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.

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.

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.

Miniaturized Planar Ultra-Wideband Bandpass Filter with Notched Band

This paper presents a planar ultra-wideband (UWB) bandpass filter with sharp out-of-band rejection performance. The filter is formed by a folded multiple-mode resonator to realize high performance in an operation band from 3.3 to 10 GHz with a very compact size of 20 mm × 20 mm × 0.5 mm. An extra notched band centered at 5.8 GHz is further accomplished by etching a Hilbert fractal curve slit on the filter without the necessity of readjusting the geometrical parameters. The simulated and measured results are in good agreement.

基于WSN+UWB的室内人员定位系统设计

随着社会发展,家长对幼儿安全越来越重视,幼儿园环境安全与否直接关系到儿童的健康及生命。为保障园区内幼儿状况及安全,文章提出了一种室内人员定位系统设计,该系统在满足基本定位需求的同时,采用了超宽带(Ultra Wide Band,UWB)技术,具有穿透性强、抗干扰和功耗低等优势,其性能表现已超过蓝牙和Wi-Fi,并以UWB技术作为主要技术依据,将无线传感网络(Wireless Sensor Network,WSN)技术与UWB技术相结合,设计了一款智能化的人员看护及定位系统,测试结果证明了该系统设计可满足园区内人员监测及定位警报的需求。

Miniaturized Novel UWB Band-Notch Textile Antenna for Body Area Networks

This paper presents the design and analysis of a miniaturized and novel wearable ultra-wideband(UWB)band-notch textile antenna for Body Area Networks(BANs).The major goal of building the antenna for wearable applications with band notch in X-band is to reject the downlink band(7.25 to 7.75 GHz)of satellite communication in the UWB frequency ranges of 3.1–10.6 GHz to keep away from interference.Computer Simulation Technology(CST)TM Microwave Studio,which is user-friendly and reliable,was used to model and simulate the antenna.The radiating element of the antenna is designed on Jeans’textile substrate,which has a relative permittivity of 1.7.The thickness of the jeans’fabric substrate has been considered to be 1 mm.Return loss,gain,bandwidth,impedance,radiation,and total efficiency,and radiation patterns are presented and investigated.The antenna is simulated placed on the three layers of the human body model,and the on-body results are summarized in comparison with free space.Results and analysis indicate that this antenna has good band-notch characteristics in the frequency range of 7.25 GHz to 7.75 GHz.The parametric study varying the relative permittivity of Jeans’fabric substrate of this antenna is also evaluated.In addition,effects on the antenna parameters of variation of ground plane size have been reported.The antenna is 25 mm×16 mm×1.07 mm in total volume.Results reveal that this antenna achieves the design goal and performs well both in free space and on the body.

抗差自适应容积卡尔曼滤波在UWB室内定位中的应用

针对超宽带(UWB)测距异常值、传统滤波方法中动力学模型不精准、状态向量误差协方差阵非正定等问题,提出一种基于奇异值分解的抗差自适应容积卡尔曼滤波算法,并将其应用于UWB室内定位中:以标准容积卡尔曼滤波(CKF)算法为基础,利用残差向量构造抗差因子消除观测异常值对定位解的影响;利用自适应因子对整体模型误差进行实时调整和修正以提高滤波精度;同时用奇异值分解代替乔莱斯基(Cholesky)分解以进一步提高滤波的稳定性。实验结果表明,所提算法相比传统的扩展卡尔曼滤波(EKF)、无迹卡尔曼滤波(UKF)、CKF算法,能够进一步提高UWB系统的定位精度和抗干扰能力,定位最大误差由1.5 m降至0.3 m,均方根误差小于0.05 m。

Resilient tightly coupled INS/UWB integration method for indoor UAV navigation under challenging scenarios

Based on the high positioning accuracy,low cost and low-power consumption,the ultra-wide-band(UWB)is an ideal solution for indoor unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)localization and navigation.However,the UWB signals are easy to be blocked or reflected by obstacles such as walls and furniture.A resilient tightly-coupled inertial navigation system(INS)/UWB integration is proposed and implemented for indoor UAV navigation in this paper.A factor graph optimization(FGO)method enhanced by resilient stochastic model is established to cope with the indoor challenging scenarios.To deal with the impact of UWB non-line-of-sight(NLOS)signals and noise uncertainty,the conventional neural net-works(CNNs)are introduced into the stochastic modelling to improve the resilience and reliability of the integration.Based on the status that the UWB features are limited,a‘two-phase'CNNs structure was designed and implemented:one for signal classification and the other one for measurement noise prediction.The proposed resilient FGO method is tested on flighting UAV platform under actual indoor challenging scenario.Compared to classical FGO method,the overall positioning errors can be decreased from about 0.60 m to centimeter-level under signal block and reflection scenarios.The superiority of resilient FGO which effectively verified in constrained environment is pretty important for positioning accuracy and integrity for indoor navigation task.

基于UWB和低频唤醒技术的矿用车载读卡器设计

针对目前煤矿井下人员乘坐矿用车辆时,受车速和车厢金属结构等因素影响,造成车内外无线通信不畅从而导致的车厢内人员实时定位不准确、漏识别、轨迹丢失、无法统计乘车人数等问题,设计了一种基于UWB精确定位技术和低频唤醒技术的车载读卡器;车载读卡器以ARM STM32F413、UWB通信收发芯片DW1000和低频唤醒射频芯片EM4095为设计核心,通过低频唤醒触发UWB通信信道切换的方法,实现对矿用车辆车厢内人员的精确定位与数量统计。测试结果表明:车载读卡器能准确区分车内外人员,有效解决因车厢金属结构屏蔽造成的漏识别、定位不准等问题,最大动态定位误差不大于7.3 m,满足煤矿应用要求,对井下开展智慧约车、派车业务,提升煤矿井下智慧交通建设具有重要意义。