Terahertz Frequency-Scaled Differential Imaging for Sub-6 GHz Vehicular Antenna Signature Analysis

Autor: Jose Antonio Solano-Perez, María-Teresa Martínez-Inglés, Jose-Maria Molina-Garcia-Pardo, Jordi Romeu, Lluis Jofre-Roca, Christian Ballesteros-Sánchez, José-Víctor Rodríguez, Antonio Mateo-Aroca
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 20, Iss 19, p 5636 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s20195636
Popis: The next generation of connected and autonomous vehicles will be equipped with high numbers of antennas operating in a wide frequency range for communications and environment sensing. The study of 3D spatial angular responses and the radiation patterns modified by vehicular structure will allow for better integration of the associated communication and sensing antennas. The use of near-field monostatic focusing, applied with frequency-dimension scale translation and differential imaging, offers a novel imaging application. The objective of this paper is to theoretically and experimentally study the method of obtaining currents produced by an antenna radiating on top of a vehicular platform using differential imaging. The experimental part of the study focuses on measuring a scaled target using an imaging system operating in a terahertz band—from 220 to 330 GHz—that matches a 5G frequency band according to frequency-dimension scale translation. The results show that the induced currents are properly estimated using this methodology, and that the influence of the bandwidth is assessed.
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