• DocumentCode
    1439224
  • Title

    Range autofocus for linearly frequency-modulated continuous wave radar

  • Author

    Middleton, R.J.C. ; Macfarlane, D.G. ; Robertson, D.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    288
  • Lastpage
    295
  • Abstract
    A software-based method for estimating and compensating for chirp non-linearity in frequency-modulated continuous wave radars is described. The method is based on the phase-gradient algorithm and time-domain warping of the dechirped signal. The method is demonstrated both on typically and severely non-linear chirps. The retrospective application is demonstrated on archive radar data.
  • Keywords
    CW radar; FM radar; electrical engineering computing; gradient methods; radar signal processing; time-domain analysis; chirp nonlinearity; linearly frequency-modulated continuous wave radar; phase-gradient algorithm; range autofocus; software-based method; time-domain warping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Radar, Sonar & Navigation, IET
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    1751-8784
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/iet-rsn.2010.0097
  • Filename
    5704832