• DocumentCode
    2161497
  • Title

    Digital beam forming synthetic aperture radar

  • Author

    Heer, C. ; Shutie, P.F.

  • Author_Institution
    EADS Astrium GmbH, Germany
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    12-17 June 2005
  • Abstract
    This paper provides an overview of two recently completed SAR studies at Astrium together with a summary of the capabilities of the TSX (TerraSAR-X) satellite. The two studies: HRWS (high resolution wide swath radar) and LCMA (low cost multifeed antenna) are concerned with novel antenna beam forming concepts for the SAR imaging modes. The pros and cons are discussed and compared with TSX - a SAR with an active phased array antenna.
  • Keywords
    active antenna arrays; antenna phased arrays; array signal processing; radar antennas; synthetic aperture radar; SAR imaging; TSX satellite; TerraSAR-X satellite; active antennas; active phased array antenna; antenna beam forming; digital beam forming; high resolution wide swath radar; multifeed antenna; synthetic aperture radar; Azimuth; Degradation; Directive antennas; Quantization; Radar antennas; Receiving antennas; Signal resolution; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Symposium Digest, 2005 IEEE MTT-S International
  • ISSN
    01490-645X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8845-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1517018
  • Filename
    1517018