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Implementation and Performance of a GPS/INS Tightly Coupled Assisted PLL Architecture Using MEMS Inertial Sensors

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Phillip Tomé, Youssef Tawk, Yannick Stebler

The use of global navigation satellite system receivers for navigation still presents many challenges in urban canyon and indoor environments, where satellite availability is typically reduced and received signals are attenuated. To improve the navigation ...

Mdpi Ag2014

Location System and Corresponding Calibration Method

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Phillip Tomé

The present invention relates to a location system, for locating at least one object within a predefined cell, comprising at least first and second receivers (A, B, C, D), first and second transmitters respectively, including first and second internal cloc ...

2012

Two-Step Galileo E1 CBOC Tracking Algorithm:When Reliability and Robustness Are Keys!

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Aleksandar Jovanovic

The majority of 3G mobile phones have an integrated GPS chip enabling them to calculate a navigation solution. But to deliver continuous and accurate location information, the satellite tracking process has to be stable and reliable. This is still challeng ...

2012

A 0.8V 2.4GHz 1Mb/s GFSK RF transceiver with on-chip DC-DC converter in a standard 0.18µm CMOS technology

Pierre-André Farine, Maher Kayal, Steve Tanner

A low-energy 2.4GHz RF transceiver supporting 1Mb/s Gaussian Frequency-Shift Keying modulation and designed to run on a 1.5V battery is implemented in a standard 0.18μm CMOS technology. The integrated DC-DC converter can provide up to 100mA to an external ...

IEEE2010

Convex combination initialization method for kohonen neural network implemented in the CMOS technology

Pierre-André Farine, Rafal Tomasz Dlugosz

The paper presents a new CMOS implementation of the initialization mechanism for Kohonen self-organizing neural networks. A proper selection of initial values of the weights of the neurons exhibits a significant impact on the quality of the learning proces ...

2012

24 GHz LNA and Vector Modulator Phase Shifter for Phased-Array Receiver in CMOS Technology

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Gabriele Tasselli, Ban Wang

With the rapid development of the applications in short range communication, phased-array receiver working at 24 GHz can provide enhanced gain performance at desired transmission direction. Also there is the wide signal bandwidth, i.e. 250 MHz free license ...

2013

Performance Analysis of a Hybrid Incremental and Cyclic A/D Conversion Principle

Luca Rossi, Pierre-André Farine, Steve Tanner

This paper presents a new hybrid A/D conversion principle based on the combination of an incremental conversion for the most significant part of the result and on a cyclic conversion for the least significant part. The proposed approach exhibits a resoluti ...

2009

Distributed arithmetic for efficient base-band processing in real-time GNSS software receivers

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron

The growing market of GNSS capable mobile devices is driving the interest of GNSS software solutions, as they can share many system resources (processor, memory), reducing both the size and the cost of their integration. Indeed, with the increasing perform ...

2010

High accuracy GNSS based navigation in GEO

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Vincenzo Capuano, Paul David Blunt, Endrit Shehaj

Although significant improvements in efficiency and performance of communication satellites have been achieved in the past decades, it is expected that the demand for new platforms in Geostationary Orbit (GEO) and for the On-Orbit Servicing (OOS) on the ex ...

Elsevier2017

A Wide Tuning Range 4th-Order Gm-C Elliptic Filter for Wideband Multi-Standards GNSS Receivers

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Gabriele Tasselli, Saeed Ghamari

A 4 th order Gm-C elliptic low-pass filter with a wide continuous tuning range is presented. The continuous tuning is achieved by means of a new tuning circuit which adjusts the bias current of the Gm cell's input stage to control the cut-off frequency. Wi ...

IEEE2015

Method of real-time regulation compliance for wireless transmitters

Pierre-André Farine, Alexis Boegli, Mitko Tanevski

All wireless devices must comply with the local radio regulations which are set by international and national regulatory bodies such as the European Telecommunication Standardization Institute (ETSI) for Europe and the Federal Commission for Communication ...

2015

Avalanche noise diodes: A compact circuit model compatible with advanced CAD tools

Christian Enz, Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Gabriele Tasselli

This paper proposes, for the first time, a compact model for avalanche noise diodes that can easily be inserted in advanced CAD tools. The model is based on the theory of the Read type microwave avalanche diodes. It fully accounts for the electronic tuning ...

IEEE2015

Design Methodology for Controlled-Q Resonators in OTA-based Filters

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Gabriele Tasselli, Saeed Ghamari

This paper presents a design methodology for high quality factor resonators based on operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) employed in active filters. The quality factor of a resonator, as its main specification, is translated to the requirements of ...

IEEE2015

UWB-based Local Positioning System: from a small-scale Experimental Platform to a large-scale Deployable System

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Phillip Tomé, Christian Robert

A few years ago an experimental platform was designed and built in order to demonstrate the feasibility of Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology applied to indoor positioning. This small-scale demonstrator proved to be a valuable research tool with the flexibili ...

2010

GPS Based Navigation Performance Analysis within and beyond the Space Service Volume for Different Transmitters’ Antenna Patterns

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Vincenzo Capuano, Paul David Blunt, Endrit Shehaj

In recent years, global navigation satellite system (GNSS)-based navigation in high earth orbits (HEOs) has become a field of research interest since it can increase the spacecraft’s autonomy, thereby reducing the operating costs. However, the GNSS availab ...

2017

An adaptive GNSS-based reduced dynamic approach for real time autonomous navigation from the Earth to the Moon

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Vincenzo Capuano, Paul David Blunt, Endrit Shehaj

In this research study we describe our last effort in further improving the achievable Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) based navigation performance in an Earth-Moon Transfer Orbit (MTO). The GNSS-based orbital filter we implemented previously wit ...

2017

Path-loss and car-body-effect characterization for smart tires communications at UWB and ISM bands

Yi Guo, Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Christian Robert, Gabriele Tasselli, Saeed Ghamari

Next generation of smart tires will improve the safety and stability of the vehicle by monitoring road parameters, such as pavement and rolling conditions, with sensors placed on tire surface. Between the tread and the metal belt of the tire there are only ...

IEEE2014

A speckle-based CMOS sensor array for arbitrary surface movement detection

Chao Wang, Pierre-André Farine, Steve Tanner

The paper presents a CMOS sensor array for the detection of speckle movements, for applications requiring accurate movement tracking of arbitrary surfaces. The array is made of eight sensors incorporating each a spatial comb filter with a pitch of 2.8μm so ...

SPIE Society2011

A novel low complexity data demodulation algorithm for pulse position modulation

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron

In this paper, a low complexity data demodulation algorithm is proposed that requires time of arrival information of the received signal exclusively. As an application example, the algorithm is applied to an ultra-wideband impulse radio communication syste ...

2012

FEASIBILITY STUDY OF GNSS AS NAVIGATION SYSTEM TO REACH THE MOON

Pierre-André Farine, Cyril Botteron, Vincenzo Capuano

Reaching the Moon poses very strict requirements in terms of performance, flexibility and cost for all the spacecraft subsystems. These requirements become more stringent if the mission is designed to be accomplished using a small spacecraft. The navigatio ...

Elsevier2015