Ultra-wideband/short-pulse radar for target identification and detection-laboratory study

Author

Chen, K.M. ; Rothwell, E.J. ; Nyquist, D.P. ; Bebermeyer, R. ; Li, Q. ; Tsai, C.Y. ; Norman, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

8-11 May 1995

Firstpage

450

Lastpage

455

Abstract

A laboratory study was conducted to investigate the schemes of radar target identification and detection using an ultra-wideband/short-pulse (UWB/SP) radar. In target identification, a correlation/wavelet transform scheme, a neural network technique and a time-domain imaging scheme were studied. To detect a target in a sea clutter environment, the E-pulse technique was utilized to minimize the sea clutter while enhancing the target response, thus facilitating its detection. It appears that a UWB/SP radar may provide higher resolution for target ID and more effective clutter suppression for target detection compared with conventional radars

Keywords

correlation methods; image resolution; interference suppression; laboratories; neural nets; radar clutter; radar computing; radar detection; radar imaging; radar target recognition; wavelet transforms; E-pulse technique; UWB/SP radar; clutter suppression; correlation/wavelet transform; laboratory study; neural network; radar resolution; sea clutter environment; target detection; target identification; target response; time-domain imaging; ultra-wideband/short-pulse radar; High-resolution imaging; Laboratories; Neural networks; Radar clutter; Radar detection; Radar imaging; Time domain analysis; Ultra wideband radar; Ultra wideband technology; Wavelet transforms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 1995., Record of the IEEE 1995 International

Conference_Location

Alexandria, VA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2121-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.1995.522590

Filename

522590