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These two type radars have been widely used in various fields and have shown their applicability to extract vital signs in noncontact ways. IR-UWB radar can extract vital signs using distance information. On the other hand, FMCW radar requires phase information to estimate vital signs, and the result can be enhanced with Multi-input Multi-output (MIMO) antenna topologies. By using commercial radar chipsets, the operation of radars under different conditions and frequency bands will also affect the performance of vital sign detection capabilities. We compared the accuracy and signal-to-noise (SNR) ratios of IR-UWB and FMCW radars in various scenarios, such as distance, orientation, carotid pulse, harmonics, and obstacle penetration. In general, the IR-UWB radars offer a slightly better accuracy and higher SNR in comparison to FMCW radar. However, each radar system has its own unique advantages, with IR-UWB exhibiting fewer harmonics and a higher SNR, while FMCW can combine the results from each channel.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s20226695","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,23]],"date-time":"2020-11-23T11:50:34Z","timestamp":1606132234000},"page":"6695","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":87,"title":["Experimental Comparison of IR-UWB Radar and FMCW Radar for Vital Signs"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4690-5767","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dingyang","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6237-3262","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sungwon","family":"Yoo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2393-1428","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sung Ho","family":"Cho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul 04763, Korea"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,11,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1565","DOI":"10.1364\/BOE.6.001565","article-title":"DistancePPG: Robust Non-Contact Vital Signs Monitoring Using a Camera","volume":"6","author":"Kumar","year":"2015","journal-title":"Biomed. 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