Sensors & Electronics
Macro Property Measurement
mm-Wave Transmissometer/Reflectometer (121)
Problem: Need instruments to characterize military obscurants at 35 GHz and 94 GHz during field tests
Project Activity Scope (from Technical Overview Chart): Circuits & Devices through Integrated Systems
PNNL Solution:
- Developed sensitive radars to measure transmittance and reflectance of obscurant clouds
- Developed computer-controlled data acquisition and calibration
- Developed robust designs for operation in arctic-desert-tropic environments
Capabilities Employed to Meet Client Needs: RF technology; electronics design and fabrication; electromagnetic interactions; mechanical integration; mechanical hardware design and fabrication; system engineering; computer systems; software development.
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Contact: Kevin Widener
