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A 160-GHz radar sniffer probe for honey bee detection

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2020-04
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Geiger, Martin
Hügler, Philipp
Galler, Thomas
Bandel, Torsten
Ott, Peter
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Faculties
Fakultät für Ingenieurwissenschaften, Informatik und Psychologie
Institutions
Institut für Mikrowellentechnik
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Hochschule Pforzheim
Hochschule Heilbronn
Hochschule Ulm
Abstract
The use of radar systems is limited in some applications by spatial constraints or special thermal and environmental conditions. The spatial separation of the sensitive electronics and the more robust antenna by a flexible connection therefore opens up new applications. A 160-GHz radar system with a mechanically flexible front end fulfilling these requirements is proposed in this paper. The flexible front end is an extremely low loss dielectric waveguide feeding a dielectric elliptical lens antenna (28 dBi gain). The dielectric waveguide has dielectric losses of 4.5 dB/m at 160 GHz and is very flexible, allowing bending radii of down to 1.5 cm with negligible losses. The dielectric waveguide is fed by a 160-GHz radar monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC), which allows bandwidths of up to 20 GHz for a high range resolution. The transition between MMIC and dielectric waveguide is realized with a rectangular-waveguide interface. The radar back end consists of a phased-locked loop (PLL) with standard components, an intermediate frequency (IF) signal conditioning part, and a Xilinx Zynq 7030 System-On-Module (SOM) with an FPGA and an ARM-based processor. The sampled signal is processed directly on the FPGA with a 2D Fourier transform and is available as a UDP stream with an update rate of up to 15 Hz. In addition, a camera image is taken for each radar measurement. The presented system is used to detect and measure the flight behavior of honey bees. The electronics are housed in a building whereas the flexible dielectric waveguide allows the antenna to be placed anywhere around the beehive, where it is exposed to environmental conditions.
Date created
2020-04
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http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-31149
Subject headings
[GND]: Radarsensor | Sniffer <Informatik> | MMIC | Dielektrische Bildleitung | Linsenantenne
[LCSH]: Dielectric wave guides | Lens antennas | Millimeter waves | Probes (Electronic instruments)
[Free subject headings]: chirp-sequence radar | Dielectric waveguide | flexible radar sensor | lens antenna | millimeter wave | MMIC | MMIC-to-waveguide transition | radar sniffer probe
[DDC subject group]: DDC 620 / Engineering & allied operations
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CC BY 4.0 International
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-31005

Geiger, Martin et al. (2020): A 160-GHz radar sniffer probe for honey bee detection. Open Access Repositorium der Universität Ulm und Technischen Hochschule Ulm. http://dx.doi.org/10.18725/OPARU-31005
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