DocumentCode :
171721
Title :
Linear chirp generator based on direct digital synthesis and frequency multiplication for airborne FMCW snow probing radar
Author :
Gomez-Garcia, Daniel ; Leuschen, Carl ; Rodriguez-Morales, Fernando ; Jie-Bang Yan ; Gogineni, Prasad
Author_Institution :
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
fYear :
2014
fDate :
1-6 June 2014
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
4
Abstract :
This paper presents a linear chirp generator for synthesizing ultra-wideband signals for use in an FM-CW radar being used for airborne snow thickness measurements. Ultra-wideband chirp generators with rigorous linearity requirements are needed for long-range FMCW radars. The chirp generator is composed of a direct digital synthesizer and a frequency multiplier chain. The implementation approach combines recently available high-speed digital, mixed signal, and microwave components along with a frequency pre-distortion technique to synthesize a 6-GHz chirp signal over 240 μs with a <;0.02 MHz/μs deviation from linearity.
Keywords :
geophysical signal processing; hydrological equipment; hydrological techniques; remote sensing by radar; airborne FMCW snow probing radar; airborne snow thickness measurements; direct digital synthesis; frequency multiplier chain; frequency pre-distortion technique; linear chirp generator; long-range FMCW radars; ultra-wideband chirp generators; ultra-wideband signals; Chirp; Frequency measurement; Microwave FET integrated circuits; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave communication; Microwave integrated circuits; Optical distortion; Airborne radar; chirp; frequency modulated continuous-wave (FMCW); microwave generation; nonlinearity; ultra wideband radar;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium (IMS), 2014 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Tampa, FL
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2014.6848668
Filename :
6848668
Link To Document :
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