UAV-Radar System for Vital Sign Monitoring

Authors

  • Ashikur Rahman Department of Electrical Engineering University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, USA
  • Yuta Ishii Department of Electrical Engineering University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, USA
  • Victor Lubecke Department of Electrical Engineering University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, USA

Keywords:

Amplifier, demodulation, Doppler radar, filter, microwave, phase, phase noise

Abstract

Feasibility and fabrication of components of a life-sign radar system on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been studied. A signal conditioning circuit has been simulated, fabricated, and tested for data preparation and acquisition. Application such as, vitalsign detection, using UAV in real-time requires wireless transmission of baseband data to the monitoring station. Methods have been devised to achieve this goal. A quadrature Doppler radar has been assembled using two single channel x-band MDU1020 radars. The united radars can avoid null point distortion in physiological monitoring. Examinations were performed with both mechanical targets.

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Published

2021-07-25

How to Cite

[1]
Ashikur Rahman, Yuta Ishii, and Victor Lubecke, “UAV-Radar System for Vital Sign Monitoring”, ACES Journal, vol. 33, no. 02, pp. 208–211, Jul. 2021.

Issue

2018: Vol 33 Iss 2

Section

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