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13 October 2011 Minimising the costs of next generation aperture synthesis passive millimetre wave imagers
Neil A. Salmon, Peter N. Wilkinson, Christopher T. Taylor, Med Benyezzar
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Proceedings Volume 8188, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology IV; 818808 (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.899309
Event: SPIE Security + Defence, 2011, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract
This paper examines the sourcing of low cost components for next generation passive millimetre wave (PMMW) aperture synthesis imagers. Splitting the elements of the imager into antennas/receivers, analogue to digital converters (ADCs), digital signal processors (DSP) and a host computer, technologies are identified that can minimise the cost of these in future systems. It is established that the follow-on aperture PMMW imagers can be constructed at relatively low cost, using a combination of low frequency (< 30 GHz) satellite receiver technology, high-speed clocked comparators, DSP (both Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and Graphical Processor Units (GPUs)) and the latest personal computers that use high-speed high lane count PCI Express Bus technology.
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Neil A. Salmon, Peter N. Wilkinson, Christopher T. Taylor, and Med Benyezzar "Minimising the costs of next generation aperture synthesis passive millimetre wave imagers", Proc. SPIE 8188, Millimetre Wave and Terahertz Sensors and Technology IV, 818808 (13 October 2011); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.899309
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KEYWORDS
Imaging systems

Digital signal processing

Field programmable gate arrays

Passive millimeter wave sensors

Receivers

Signal processing

Antennas

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