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

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

Tera-Hertz Sensing

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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
Editors	Nathan Goodman , Mark Yeary
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ, USA
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	55-60
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-5386-4167-5
ISBN (Print)	978-1-5386-4168-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2018.8378530
Publication status	Published - 2018
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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Robertson, D. A., MacFarlane, D. G., Hunter, R. I., Cassidy, S. L., Llombart, N., Gandini, E., Bryllert, T., Ferndahl, M., & Lindström, H. (2018). A high frame rate, 340 GHz 3D imaging radar for security. In N. Goodman , & M. Yeary (Eds.), 2018 IEEE Radar Conference, RadarConf 2018 (pp. 55-60). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/RADAR.2018.8378530

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A high frame rate, 340 GHz 3D imaging radar for security. / Robertson, Duncan A.; MacFarlane, David G.; Hunter, Robert I. et al.
2018 IEEE Radar Conference, RadarConf 2018. ed. / Nathan Goodman ; Mark Yeary . Piscataway, NJ, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018. p. 55-60.

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