A high frame rate, 340 GHz 3D imaging radar for security

Duncan A. Robertson; David G. MacFarlane; Robert I. Hunter; Scott L. Cassidy; Nuria Llombart; Erio Gandini; Tomas Bryllert; Mattias Ferndahl; Hannu Lindström; Jussi Tenhunen; Hannu Vasama; Jouni Huopana; Timo Selkälä; Antti Jussi Vuotikka

doi:10.1109/RADAR.2018.8378530

A high frame rate, 340 GHz 3D imaging radar for security

Duncan A. Robertson, David G. MacFarlane, Robert I. Hunter, Scott L. Cassidy, Nuria Llombart, Erio Gandini, Tomas Bryllert, Mattias Ferndahl, Hannu Lindström, Jussi Tenhunen, Hannu Vasama, Jouni Huopana, Timo Selkälä, Antti Jussi Vuotikka

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Abstract

The need for improved security at airports with high detection performance, high throughput rates and an improved passenger experience is motivating research into new sensing technologies. The European Union funded CONSORTIS project is addressing these aims by demonstrating a system which combines a submillimeter wave radar, a dual-band passive submillimeter wave camera and automatic anomaly detection software for reliable detection while ensuring passenger privacy. In this paper we describe the 340 GHz 16-channel FMCW radar which produces 3D maps of the subject with ∼1 cm³ voxel resolution over a 1 m³ sense volume at multi-hertz frame rates. The radar combines advanced transceiver electronics with high speed mechanical beam steering and parallelized processing to achieve this level of performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE Radar Conference, RadarConf 2018
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Pages	55-60
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-4167-5, 978-1-5386-4165-1, 978-1-5386-4166-8
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-4168-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2018.8378530
Publication status	Published - 8 Jun 2018
MoE publication type	Not Eligible
Event	2018 IEEE Radar Conference, RadarConf 2018 - Oklahoma City, United States Duration: 23 Apr 2018 → 27 Apr 2018

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Conference	2018 IEEE Radar Conference, RadarConf 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Oklahoma City
Period	23/04/18 → 27/04/18

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT Part of the research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 312745. The authors are very grateful to all our colleagues in the CONSORTIS project for their ongoing support and collaboration.

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Robertson, D. A., MacFarlane, D. G., Hunter, R. I., Cassidy, S. L., Llombart, N., Gandini, E., Bryllert, T., Ferndahl, M., Lindström, H., Tenhunen, J., Vasama, H., Huopana, J., Selkälä, T., & Vuotikka, A. J. (2018). A high frame rate, 340 GHz 3D imaging radar for security. In 2018 IEEE Radar Conference, RadarConf 2018 (pp. 55-60). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2018.8378530

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