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A super-heterodyne passive 35 GHz millimeter-wave imaging system for detecting hidden objects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 April 2023

Hamideh Khosousi Sani ,
Shahram Mohanna Open the ORCID record for Shahram Mohanna [Opens in a new window]  and
Amir Nader Askarpour
Hamideh Khosousi Sani
Affiliation:
Communications Engineering Department, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan 9816745785, Iran
Shahram Mohanna*
Affiliation:
Communications Engineering Department, University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Zahedan 9816745785, Iran
Amir Nader Askarpour
Affiliation:
Communications Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran 15875-4413, Iran
*
Corresponding author: Shahram Mohanna, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Passive millimeter-wave imaging systems (PMWIS) are employed for detecting concealed objects by mapping millimeter waves emitted from materials or living tissues. The emitted waves are measured by a receiver or radiometers without employing external wave sources. In this paper, a new super-heterodyne receiver front-end of a PMWIS at 35 GHz with an even order band pass filter is simulated and implemented. The receiver has a suitable temperature resolution for the use of hidden object imaging, is integrated and lightweight assembled on one-layer board. It has a bandwidth of 1.5 GHz, a noise figure (NF) of 2.2, and a temperature resolution of 0.126 K. The even order filter is implemented based on the substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) technology, with Chebyshev response. The filters are designed at the central frequency of 35 GHz with the bandwidth of 1.5 GHz and one of them has controllable transmission zeroes. The filters are made by printed circuit board technology, employing SIW as resonators, having a high-quality factor of 23.33. Additionally, a triple-stage radio frequency (RF) low noise amplifier has been implemented having the specification of: RF 34.25–35.75 GHz; bandwidth 1.5 GHz; gain >60 dB; NF <2.3 dB, which are better indexes compared to some other works.

Keywords

Passive millimeter-wave imaging systemSIW filterspatial resolution
Type
Low Noise Amplifiers
Information
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 15 , Issue 9 , November 2023 , pp. 1483 - 1494
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Copyright © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with the European Microwave Association

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