HaLoS – Integrated RF-Hardware Components for Ultra-Wideband Localization and Sensing

Ultra-Wideband (UWB) sensors exploit very weak electromagnetic waves within the lower microwave range for sounding the objects or processes of interest. The interaction of electromagnetic waves with matter provides interesting options to gain information from a great deal of different scenarios. To mention only a few, it enables the assessment of the state of building materials and constructions, the investigation of biological tissue, the detection and localization of persons buried by rubble after an earthquake or unauthorized people hidden behind walls, and much more [1]. The advantage of such methods consists in their non-destructive and continuously running measurement procedure which may work at high speed and in contactless fashion.