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A Stand for Studying Backscattering of Radio-Frequency Pulses

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A stand for studying backscattering of radio-frequency (RF) pulses with durations of 1.75–3.1 ns with a variable filling frequency from 5.3 to 8.8 GHz is described. Pulses are formed by a single-board transceiver module and are emitted by a transmitting broadband antenna with linear polarization. A backscattered signal is received by the receiving antenna system, which consists of the antenna itself, a polarization signal separator, and an RF switching channel. The signal is then amplified, processed in the receiving channel of the measuring device, and recorded on a PC. The stand is designed to conduct studies of the properties of dielectric and other materials, metamaterials, protective coatings of antennas and structures, as well as various oversized objects in laboratory conditions. The stand can be used when setting up experimental works whose implementation requires the emission and reception of electromagnetic waves excited by RF pulses of nanosecond duration.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to Ph.D. М.О. Konovalenko and engineer V.V. Sokolov, as well as engineers М.V. Dugin and V.A. Titov, for the development and measurements of the parameters of the receiving-antenna and polarization-separator unit and a low-noise amplifier, respectively, which were manufactured at the JSC NPF Mikran.

Funding

This study was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, project no. FEWM-2020-0039, March 1, 2020. The experimental studies were performed using the equipment of the “Impuls” Shared Access Center.

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  1. Tomsk State University of Control Systems and Radio Electronics, 634050, Tomsk, Russia

    E. I. Trenkal, V. S. Pozdnyakov, A. G. Loshchilov & N. D. Malyutin

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Trenkal, E.I., Pozdnyakov, V.S., Loshchilov, A.G. et al. A Stand for Studying Backscattering of Radio-Frequency Pulses. Instrum Exp Tech 64, 819–824 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020441221060063

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