Microwave short baseline interferometers for localization systems

Aziz Benlarbi-Delaï, Jean Christophe Cousin, Roger Ringot, Ahmed Mamouni, Yves Leroy

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Abstract

Abstract Positioning determination is often associated with Global Positioning System (GPS) or other complex techniques needing a central monitor station and precise reference time. For distances smaller than several tenths of meters, a simpler real-time method for determining position is described in this paper. This method is based on interferometry, whose features are mainly governed by geometrical parameters. This method is first tested by means of a prototype, operating at 10 GHz, with a test area of approximately 0.5 m2, for which the location error is about 1 or 2 cm. The extension of this area size to several square decameters has been obtained at 2.45 GHz. For both situations, the size of the receiving system does not exceed 16 cm × 16 cm.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)32-39
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement
Volume50
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2001
Externally publishedYes

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