Spherical wave near-field imaging and radar cross-section measurement

Author

Broquetas, Antoni ; Palau, Josep ; Jofre, Luis ; Cardama, Angel

Author_Institution

Dept. de Teoria del Senyal i Comunicacions, Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Volume

46

Issue

5

fYear

1998

fDate

5/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

730

Lastpage

735

Abstract

The paper presents a new inverse synthetic aperture radar (ISAR) algorithm intended for radar cross-section (RCS) imaging and measurement from scattered fields. The method, based on a spherical-wave near-field illumination of the target, overcomes the requirement for an expensive compact range facility to produce a plane wave illumination. The formulation and the implementation of the algorithm are described. Some experimental results obtained in an anechoic chamber are presented to show RCS results similar to the conventional plane wave methods

Keywords

radar applications; radar cross-sections; radar imaging; synthetic aperture radar; ISAR algorithm; RCS imaging; anechoic chamber; experimental results; inverse synthetic aperture radar; near-field illumination; plane wave illumination; plane wave methods; radar cross-section measurement; scattered fields; spherical wave near-field imaging; Anechoic chambers; Antenna measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; Frequency measurement; Inverse synthetic aperture radar; Lighting; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Radar scattering; Reflectivity;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-926X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/8.668918

Filename

668918