Antenna design for the detection of alive buried victims under thick layers of rubble.

JM FLOCH JM DENOUAL
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Outline
The project The partnerships Goals CST simulation Measurements First results
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VIPERE Project
(Vision des PERsonnes Ensevelies)

Project financed by ANR beginning in 2007, end in august 2010 Goals : Detection of buried persons with RADAR techniques

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parternship
CEA for antenna test CISTEM / XLIM for radioelectric experimental and simulation data ETSA for Electronics IETR for antenna design MARTEC for leadership, integration and treatments
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Goals (1)
- Propagation in inhomogeneous structure High attenuation Multiple traject, diffraction - Detection of people with very low mobility - Doppler treatement - Imaging in 3D - Light and compact system
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Goals (2)
Radar scope 2 to 30 m Distance resolution 15 to 50 cm Maximum sensibility -150 to -165 dBm Respiration amplitude few mm to 2 cm Respiration frequency 0.1 to 0.5 Hz Radar UWB CW with phase coding Frequency repetition 100 Hz Code length 2*23 Treatement gain 69 dB
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Radar schematic

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VIPERE Antenna (1)

UWB 300 3000 MHz Good impulse response Good ratio for back to broadside radiation Good decoupling between H and V polarisation Good efficacity Light weight
Flare antenna based from the works of Boryseenko (university of Massachusetts), Amherst and Dmitriy (Sostanovsky Radio Research Compagny Ukraine)

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VIPERE Antenna (2)

Symetric structure (2 flares) Damping resistance at the end of the flares Shape optimization Direct interface with emission and transmission modules
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CST Simulation

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Exemples of simulation
simulation forme.ppt Simulation and optimisation of reflector and flare shape in oder to have - good reflection coefficient - good radiation pattern - good impulse response
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Antenna prototype

Size : 35 x 23 x 15 cm
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Weight : 1.1 Kg

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CEA Measurement System

VIPERE Antenna

Reference Antenna with H and V polarisation

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Reflection coefficient

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Radiation pattern
(measurement and simulation in H and V polarisation)
300 MHz

2 GHz

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Antenna Gain

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Polarization decoupling

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Impulse response (1)

(simulation and measurement in azimut and elevation)

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Impulse response (2)

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Impulse response (3)

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Impulse response (4)

Elevation

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Impulse response (4)

Elevation

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Antenna Coupling Simulation (1)

Distance center to center

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Antenna Coupling Simulation (2)

Distance center to center

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Antenna Coupling Simulation (3)

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Antenna Coupling Measurements (1)

Horizotantal coupling

Vertical coupling

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Antenna Coupling Measurements (2)

Horizontal

Distance : 15 cm 30 cm 45 cm Vertical

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Radar Prototype

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Measurement exemple
Respiration measured spectra

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Thank you for your attention

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