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A Short Distance CW-Radar Sensor at 77 GHz in LTCC for Industrial Applications

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The paper presents a Continuous-Wave(CW)-Radar sensor for high accuracy distance measurements in industrial applications. The usage of radar sensors in industrial scenarios has the advantage of a robust functionality in wet or dusty environments where optical systems reach their limits. This publication shows that accuracies of a few micro-meters are possible with millimeter-wave systems. In addition to distance measurement results the paper describes the sensor concept, the experimental set-up with the measurement process and possibilities to increase the accuracy even further.

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The described sensor system was developed in the context of a research project, aided by the AiF, identifier KF2403401WM9. The authors thank all project partners especially VIA electronic for manufacturing the RF-frontend in LTCC and Novotechnik for the development of the experimental baseband FR4-board.

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  1. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Institut fuer Hochfrequenztechnik und Elektronik, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Christian Rusch, Stefan Beer & Thomas Zwick

  2. IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany

    Tobias Klein

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Rusch, C., Klein, T., Beer, S. et al. A Short Distance CW-Radar Sensor at 77 GHz in LTCC for Industrial Applications. J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves 34, 856–865 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-013-0025-0

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