Abstract
Millimeter-precision meter-distance real-time indoor ranging capability is challenging due to multipath reflections in a rich scattering environment. Traditional continuous wave (CW) phase-based ranging methods, although simple and flexible, are vulnerable to phase offsets and interferences. We improve the previous CW approach by passive broadband harmonic nonlinear-transmission-line (NLTL) tags. Since phase information is now contained within the second harmonic rather than the fundamental frequency, interferences and phase errors caused by direct reflections of the interrogating signal are greatly reduced. By the broadband property of NLTL, a heuristic multi-frequency CW method is formulated to resolve the phase integer ambiguity and to further improve ranging accuracy and robustness even under large phase errors. We present theoretical and simulation analyses, followed by experimental verification.
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