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Title

Vital signs monitoring using pseudo‐random noise coded Doppler radar with Delta–Sigma modulation.

Authors

Abouzaid, Salah H.; Ahmad, Wael A.; Eibert, Thomas F.; Ng, Herman Jalli

Abstract

A distance selective pseudo‐random noise (PRN)‐coded Doppler radar is proposed. The radar is capable of measuring the vital signs of a human in a noisy environment with high precision. The distance selectivity feature is achieved by the use of PRN modulation to focus on the desired target at a certain distance and suppress the Doppler frequencies of other targets at different distances. In addition, an offset signal using Delta–Sigma modulation is generated to cope with the suppression of low‐Doppler frequencies, very close to DC, in AC‐coupled systems. The authors compare the performance of the proposed radar system to a frequency modulated continuous wave radar in measuring the Doppler frequencies of two loudspeakers located at different ranges. In addition, they experimentally evaluated the proposed radar in measuring the vital signs of a human in a noisy environment. The radar is capable of isolating the Doppler frequencies of the vital signs from the surrounding noise. In addition, vital signs information is preserved at higher frequencies away from the high‐pass filter in AC‐coupled systems.

Publication

IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation (Wiley-Blackwell), 2020, Vol 14, Issue 11, p1778

ISSN

1751-8784

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1049/iet-rsn.2020.0170

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