VIVEKANAND EDUCATION SOCIETY INSTITUTE OF

TECHNOLOGY
CHEMBUR, MUMBAI-400071

MINI PROJECT:
CELL PHONE DETECTOR

SUBMITTED BY
PRANAV BELANI 02
SHUBHAM CHAUHAN 05
RASHID FAROOQUI 17
SAIRAJ GAWAS 19

OF
D14C
ELECTRONICS &TELECOMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF
MRS. ULKA NEHETE

VIVEKANAND EDUCATION SOCIETY INSTITUTE OF

TECHNOLOGY
CHEMBUR, MUMBAI-400071

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It is great pleasure in presenting our commercially viable project on topic CELL

PHONE DETECTOR.
This is of great importance in present world. This project was completed because of
hardwork and efforts taken by all group members and our project guide.
We take this opportunity to express our deep indebtness to the faculty of
V.E.S.INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.
Amongst the panorama of people who provided us inspiring guidance and
encouragement, we wish to take an opportunity to convey our thanks to people who
guided us at every stage and gave their valuable time during our project.

We give special thanks to our guide Mrs.ULKA NEHETE and lab assistant Mr. NITIN
JADHAV for helping us to make this project a grand success. We thank our Head of
Department Mrs.SHOBHA KRISHNAN and all the staff for being with us during this
long span for providing us with information and challenging opportunities to prove
ourselves in our respective projects.
We end this acknowledgement by anticipating and getting all encouragement from staff
and students to show keen interest in our projects.

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Contents
Introduction to CELL PHONE DETECTOR
Reporton present investigation
3.1)Circuit Diagram
3.2)Eagle circuit
3.3)List of components
3.4)Eagle layout
Result and conclusion
Reference

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Circuit diagram of CELL PHONE DETECTOR

PCB layout of CELL PHONE DETECTOR

INTRODUCTION
The most common electronic equipment used is cell phones. With
advancement in communication technology, the requirement of cell
phones has increased manifold. A cell phone typically transmits
and receives signals in the frequency range of 0.9 to 3GHz. This
article provides a simple circuit to detect the presence of an
activated cell phone by detecting these signals.
BASIC PRINCIPLE:
The basic principle behind this circuit is the idea of using a
Schottky diode to detect the cell phone signal. Mobile phone signal

is in the frequency range of 0.9 to 3GHZ. Schottky diodes have a

unique property of being able to rectify low frequency signals,
with low noise rate. When an inductor is placed near the RF signal
source, it receives the signal through mutual induction. This signal
is rectified by the Schottky diode. This low power signal can be
amplified and used to power any indicator like an LED in this case.
HISTORY:

REPORT ON PRESENT INVESTIGATION

3.1) CIRCUIT DIAGRAM AND WORKING

Description.
Cell Phone Detector Circuit Design:
Detector Circuit Design:
The detector circuit consists of an inductor, diode, a
capacitor and a resistor. Here an inductor value of 10uH is
chosen. A Schottky diode BAT54 is chosen as the detector
diode, which can rectify low frequency AC signal. The filter
capacitor chosen in a 100nF ceramic capacitor, used to filter
out AC ripples. A load resistor of 100 Ohms is used.
Amplifier Circuit Design:
Here a simple BJT BC547 is used in common emitter mode.
Since the output signal is of low value, the emitter resistor is
not required in this case. The collector resistor value is
determined by the value of battery voltage, collector emitter
voltage and collector current. Now the battery voltage is
chosen to be 12 V (since maximum open source collector
emitter voltage for BC 547 is 45V), operating point collector
emitter voltage is 5 V and collector current is 2 mA. This
gives a collector resistor of approx 3 K. Thus a 3 K resistor is
used as Rc. The input resistor is used to provide bias to the
transistor and should be of larger value, so as to prevent the
flow of maximum current. Here we chose a resistor value of
100 K.
Comparator circuit Design:
Here LM339 is used as comparator. The reference voltage is
set at the inverting terminal using a potential divider
arrangement. Since output voltage from the amplifier is
quite low, the reference voltage is set low of the order of 4V.
This is achieved by selecting a resistor of 200 Ohms and a
potentiometer of 330 Ohms. An output resistor of value 10
Ohms is used as a current limiting resistor.
RESISTOR:A resistor is a passive two-terminal electrical
component that implements electrical resistance as a circuit

element. Resistors act to reduce current flow, and, at the

same time, act to lower voltage levels within circuits. In
electronic circuits resistors are used to limit current flow, to
adjust signal levels, bias active elements, terminate
transmission lines among other uses. High-power resistors
that can dissipate many watts of electrical power as heat
may be used as part of motor controls, in power distribution
systems, or as test loads for generators. Fixed resistors have
resistances that only change slightly with temperature, time
or operating voltage. Variable resistors can be used to adjust
circuit elements (such as a volume control or a lamp
dimmer), or as sensing devices for heat, light, humidity,
force, or chemical activity.
CAPACITOR:A capacitor (originally known as a condenser) is
a passive two-terminal electrical component used to store
energy electrostatically in an electric field. The forms of
practical capacitors vary widely, but all contain at least two
electrical conductors (plates) separated by a dielectric (i.e.
insulator). The conductors can be thin films, foils or sintered
beads of metal or conductive electrolyte, etc. The
nonconducting dielectric acts to increase the capacitor's
charge capacity. A dielectric can be glass, ceramic, plastic
film, air, vacuum, paper, mica, oxide layer etc. Capacitors
are widely used as parts of electrical circuits in many
common electrical devices. Unlike a resistor, an ideal
capacitor does not dissipate energy. Instead, a capacitor
stores energy in the form of an electrostatic field between its
plates.
LED:A light-emitting diode (LED) is a two-lead
semiconductor light source. It is a pn-junction diode, which
emits light when activated.When a suitable voltage is
applied to the leads, electrons are able to recombine with
electron holes within the device, releasing energy in the form
of photons. This effect is called electroluminescence, and the
color of the light (corresponding to the energy of the photon)
is determined by the energy band gap of the semiconductor.

WORKING.
In normal condition, when there is no RF signal, the voltage
across the diode will be negligible. Even though this voltage
is amplified by the transistor amplifier, yet the output
voltage is less than the reference voltage, which is applied to
the inverting terminal of the comparator. Since the voltage
at non inverting terminal of the OPAMP is less than the
voltage at the inverting terminal, the output of the OPAMP is
low logic signal.
Now when a mobile phone is present near the signal, a
voltage

is

induced

in

the

choke

and

the

signal

is

demodulated by the diode. This input voltage is amplified by

the common emitter transistor. The output voltage is such
that it is more than the reference output voltage. The output
of the OPAMP is thus a logic high signal and the LED starts
glowing, to indicate the presence of a mobile phone. The
circuit has to be placed centimeters away from the object to
be detected.

3.2) EAGLE CIRCUIT

3.3)LIST OF COMPONENTS
V1 = 12V
L1 = 10uH
R1 = 100Ohms
C1 = 100nF
R2 = 100K
R3 = 3K
Q1 = BC547
R4 = 200 Ohms
R5 = 100 Ohms
IC1= LM339
R6 = 10 Ohms
LED = Blue LED
V1 = 12V
L1 = 10uH
R1 = 100Ohms
C1 = 100nF
R2 = 100K
R3 = 3K
Q1 = BC547
R4 = 200 Ohms
R5 = 100 Ohms
IC1= LM339
R6 = 10 Ohms
LED = Blue LED

3.4) EAGLE LAYOUT

Cell Phone Detector Circuit Applications:

This circuit can be used at examination halls,
meetings to detect presence of mobile phones
and prevent the use of cell phones.
It can be used for detecting mobile phones used
for spying and unauthorized transmission of
audio and video.
It can be used to detect stolen mobile phones.
Limitations of Mobile Phone Detector Circuit:
It is a low range detector, of the order of
centimetres.

 The Schottky diode with higher barrier is

less sensitive to small signals.

Conclusion

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