cell phpone detector

3 people
role-prepared aerial circuit for detection
problem- earlier tried with microcontroller but could not succedd thus we did it
with 555 timer.
also the aerial was not working ,we had to use multiple capcitors to find a correct
one which was working.
cell phone typically transmits and receives signals in the frequency range of 0.9
to 3GHz.
This article provides a simple circuit to detect the presence of an activated cell
phone by detecting these signals.
why?
The basic principle behind this circuit is the idea of using a Schottky diode to
detect the cell phone signal.
Mobile phone signal is in the frequency range of 0.9 to 3GHZ.
Schottky diodes have a unique property of being able to rectify low frequency
signals, with low noise rate.
When an inductor is placed near the RF signal source, it receives the signal
through mutual induction.
This signal is rectified by the Schottky diode. This low power signal can be
amplified and used to power
any indicator like an LED in this case.
uses-
in various places where mobile phone is banned(like exam hall)
It can be used for detecting mobile phones used for spying and unauthorized
transmission of audio and video.
circuit-
The detector circuit consists of an inductor, diode, a capacitor and a resistor.
A Schottky diode BAT54 is chosen as the detector diode
A Schottky diode BAT54 is chosen as the detector diode, which can rectify low
frequency AC signal.
The filter capacitor chosen in a 100nF ceramic capacitor, used to filter out AC
ripples.
A load resistor of 100 Ohms is used

working-
n normal condition, when there is no RF signal, the voltage across the diode will
be negligible.
Even though this voltage is amplified by the transistor amplifier, yet the output
voltage is less than the
reference voltage, which is applied to the inverting terminal of the comparator.
Since the voltage at
non inverting terminal of the OPAMP is less than the voltage at the inverting
terminal,
the output of the OPAMP is low logic signal.

Now when a mobile phone is present near the signal, a voltage is induced in the
choke and the signal is
demodulated by the diode. This input voltage is amplified by the common emitter
transistor. The output
voltage is such that it is more than the reference output voltage.
The output of the OPAMP is thus a logic high signal and the LED starts glowing,
to indicate the presence of a mobile phone. The circuit has to be placed
centimeters away from the object to be detected.

limitations-
It is a low range detector, of the order of centimetres.
The Schottky diode with higher barrier height is less sensitive to small
signals.s
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