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Local oscillator phase noise limitation on the resolution of acoustic delay line wireless passive sensor measurement
N Chrétien1, J-M Friedt1, G Martin2
1SENSeOR SAS, Besançon, France.
Abstract:
The role of the phase noise of a local oscillator driving a pulsed-mode RADAR used for probing surface acoustic wave sensors is investigated. The echo delay, representative of the acoustic velocity, and hence the physical quantity probed by the sensor, is finely measured as a phase. Considering that the intrinsic oscillator phase fluctuation defines the phase noise measurement resolution, we experimentally and theoretically assess the relation between phase noise, measurement range, and measurand resolution.
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