sdmay24-40 • 120 GHz Imaging Radar

Project Overview

The project goal is to build a 120 GHz millimeter wave (mm-wave) imaging radar. The system will be based on the Silicon RadarTM line of radar on chip ICs (e.g., TRA_120_045). The project requires designing two subsystems that are integrated into the final product. First subsystem is the design of the RF circuit which contains the radar IC and phased-locked-loop (PLL) circuitry. The second subsystem is the data acquisition and control circuitry which will involve using an FPGA. The FPGA interfaces to ADCs for data collection from the RF circuit and a USB chip to interface to a PC for data transfer. Furthermore, our group will program the FPGA to perform the function needed in generating the signal, performing data acquisition and communicating the data to the PC. Our group will also develop an application on the PC to interface to the FPGA. Upon completion of the hardware and the software, the group will use the system to conduct radar imaging experiments in the microwave lab at CNDE.

Team Members

Vy Pham

Project Lead

Electrical Engineering Major, specializing in Electromagnetics. Other areas of interest include Communication Systems. After graduation, I plan on pursuing a Master degree in Electrical Engineering.

Aaron McCarville

Hardware Design

Electrical Engineering major, specializing in RF engineering. Other areas of interest inlcude VLSI, embedded systems, and all things involving bits and bytes. After graduation I plan on earning a Masters degree in EE at ISU.

Noah Gaffney

Hardware Design

Electrical Engineering major, specializing in power systems. After graduation I hope to land a work position with a company like Alliant Energy

Gunnar Hageman

Embedded Programming

Computer Engineering Major, with an intrest in Systems Engineering and Data Links. After graduation I plan on entering the work force hopefully for a telecommunications company.