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Design of a low SWaP dual-band radiometer for UAS remote sensing applications

dc.contributor.advisor Rodríguez Solís, Rafael A.
dc.contributor.author Novoa García, María Celeste
dc.contributor.college College of Engineering
dc.contributor.committee Medina Sánchez, Rafael H.
dc.contributor.committee León Colón , Leyda V.
dc.contributor.department Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
dc.contributor.representative Amador Ramirez, Andre
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-20T12:47:32Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-20T12:47:32Z
dc.date.issued 2024-05-09
dc.description.abstract This work presents the design of a dual-band (L/Ka) receiver for a Dicke radiometer to measure Sea surface salinity. The analog front-end was designed and characterized. The system noise figure was found to be 0.5118 dB, with a gain of 49.1235 dB and bandwidth of 136 MHz around 1.41 GHz, and the system noise figure was found to be 1.7815 dB, with a gain of 74 dB and bandwidth of 8 GHz around 31.5 GHz. The digital back-end was implemented on a ZYBO Z7 7020 platform. The digital receiver reads the voltages for the L-band and K-band detectors, and the system reference, performs the switching between bands and the reference signal for the Dicke operation, performs the integration, calculates the brightness temperature, and stores the brightness temperature data, along with the date, time, and position data, on an SD card.
dc.description.abstract Este trabajo presenta el diseño de un receptor de doble banda (L/Ka) para un radiómetro Dicke para medir la salinidad de la superficie del mar. Se diseñó y caracterizó el front-end analógico. Se encontró que la figura de ruido del sistema era de 0.5118 dB, con una ganancia de 49.1235 dB y un ancho de banda de 136 MHz alrededor de 1.41 GHz, y la figura de ruido del sistema era de 1.7815 dB, con una ganancia alrededor de 74 dB y un ancho de banda de 8 GHz alrededor de 31.5 GHz. El back-end digital se implementó en una plataforma ZYBO Z7 7020. El receptor digital lee los voltajes para los detectores de banda L y banda K, y la referencia del sistema, realiza la conmutación entre bandas y la señal de referencia para la operación Dicke, realiza la integración, calcula y almacena la temperatura de brillo, junto con los datos de fecha, hora y posición, en una tarjeta SD.
dc.description.graduationSemester Spring
dc.description.graduationYear 2024
dc.description.sponsorship Investigation subsidized with funds from the Puerto Rico Science, Technology and Research Trust. This study is supported by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) – Cooperative Science Center (CSC) for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies (CESSRST-II) under the Cooperative Agreement Award #NA22SEC4810016. The authors would like to thank the NOAA Office of Education, The Educational Partnership Program with Minority Serving Institutions (NOAA-EPP/MSI) and the NOAA-CESSRST-II for full fellowship support for María Celeste Novoa-García. The statements, findings, conclusions and recommendations are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of NOAA.
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11801/3683
dc.language.iso en
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International *
dc.rights.holder (c) 2024 María Celeste Novoa García
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ *
dc.subject Microwave remote sensing
dc.subject UAS
dc.subject Sea surface salinity
dc.subject L-Band
dc.subject.lcsh Ocean salinity
dc.subject.lcsh Temperature measurements
dc.subject.lcsh Radiometers
dc.title Design of a low SWaP dual-band radiometer for UAS remote sensing applications
dc.type Thesis
dspace.entity.type Publication
thesis.degree.discipline Electrical Engineering
thesis.degree.level M.S.
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