Date & Time: 

   2024 / 3 / 8 (Fri) 14:20 - 16:20

Location: 

   Delta Building R216, NTHU

Speaker: 

   黃彥銘 課長

   創未來科技股份有限公司 核心演算法設計
   Tron Future Tech Inc.

Topic: 

   Anti-Drone Phased Array Radar and Defense System Powered by Tron Future Tech

Abstract: 

   The technology of phased array radar, a.k.a. active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, has been developed since 1950. Using fully digital arrays for radar has drawn extensive attention, thanks to the benefits of beam agility, design flexibility, performance reliability, scalability, ease of calibration, and so on, without moving antennas and pedestals. Owing to obvious advancements in solid-state microwave integrated circuits and the evolution of digital processors, a cost-effective ultra-thin AESA radar has become feasible in recent years. On the other hand, demands for drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are increasing for various purposes and applications. Affordability, portability, and simplicity are three main reasons for making drone products much more popular. However, the misuse of drones may pose a severe threat to personal security, important facilities, and national infrastructures. Promptly constructing anti-drone defense systems to detect, track, and take countermeasures on hostile drone targets is becoming more and more desirable. An effective drone surveillance radar, independent of weather and visibility, is indispensable to such counter-UAV solutions. Therefore, in this talk, we first introduce modern market applications and basic principles of phased array radar in anti-drone defense systems. Then, we study a new design paradigm for lightweight portable phased array radars, called T-shaped AESA radar, powered by Tron Future Tech, which features a 2D sparse orthogonal linear array to facilitate micro-drone flying target positioning and tracking in 3D space.

Autobiography: 

　Yenming Huang is currently the Supervisor of the Algorithm Design Department at Tron Future Tech Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan, and serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering (GICE) at National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan. He received the Ph.D. degree in Communication Engineering from NTU, Taipei, Taiwan, in Jan. 2019. In the subsequent six months, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the GICE at NTU to execute the EU-TW Clear5G project. Dr. Huang’s expertise is mainly in signal and data processing for radar and communications from architecture to algorithms. His recent research interests include active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system development, digital calibration for hardware non-ideal effects, and multi-antenna multi-carrier transceiver design. Yenming Huang is currently the Supervisor of the Algorithm Design Department at Tron Future Tech Inc., Hsinchu, Taiwan, and serves as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate Institute of Communication Engineering (GICE) at National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan. He received the Ph.D. degree in Communication Engineering from NTU, Taipei, Taiwan, in Jan. 2019. In the subsequent six months, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the GICE at NTU to execute the EU-TW Clear5G project. Dr. Huang’s expertise is mainly in signal and data processing for radar and communications from architecture to algorithms. His recent research interests include active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system development, digital calibration for hardware non-ideal effects, and multi-antenna multi-carrier transceiver design.