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dc.contributor.advisorNguyen, Cam
dc.creatorKim, Seoktae
dc.date.accessioned2006-04-12T16:03:04Z
dc.date.available2006-04-12T16:03:04Z
dc.date.created2004-12
dc.date.issued2006-04-12
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/3134
dc.description.abstractNew millimeter wave interferometric, multifunctional sensors have been studied for industrial sensing applications: displacement measurement, liquid-level gauging and velocimetry. Two types of configuration were investigated to implement the sensor: homodyne and double-channel homodyne. Both sensors were integrated on planar structure using MMIC (Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuit) and MIC (Microwave Integrated Circuit) technology for light, compact, and low-cost design. The displacement measurement results employing homodyne configuration show that sub-millimeter resolution in the order of 0.05 mm is feasible without correcting the non-linear phase response of the quadrature mixer. The double-channel homodyne configuration is proposed to suppress the nonlinearity of the quadrature mixer and to estimate the effect of frequency stability of a microwave signal source without the help of additional test equipment, at the loss of a slight increase of circuit complexity. The digital quadrature mixer is constituted by a quadrature-sampling signal processing technique and takes an important role in the elimination of conventional quadrature mixer's nonlinear phase response. Also, in the same displacement measurement, the radar sensor with the double-channel homodyne configuration provided a better resolution of 0.01mm, the best-reported resolution to date in terms of wavelength in the millimeter wave range, than the sensor employing simple homodyne configuration. Short-term stability of a microwave signal source, which is an important issue in phase sensitive measurement, is also considered through phase noise spectrum obtained by FFT spectral estimator at Intermediate Frequency (IF). The developed sensors demonstrate that displacement sensing with micron resolution and accuracy and high-resolution low-velocity measurement are feasible using millimeter-wave interferometer, which is attractive not only for displacement and velocity measurement, but also for other industrial sensing applications requiring very fine resolution and accuracy.en
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dc.format.mediumelectronicen
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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University
dc.subjectRadio Interferometryen
dc.subjectMillimeter-wave interferometeren
dc.subjectDisplacement measurementen
dc.subjectVelocity measurementen
dc.subjectLiquid-level gaugingen
dc.titleMillimeter-wave sensorsen
dc.typeBooken
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.departmentElectrical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.disciplineElectrical Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorTexas A&M Universityen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSu, Chin B.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberNevels, Robert D.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSmith, Roger E.
dc.type.genreElectronic Dissertationen
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dc.format.digitalOriginborn digitalen


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