Chirp-signal based processor for radar antennas

Author

Tan, Y.K. ; Hoole, P.R.P.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Inst., Singapore

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

21-26 June 1998

Firstpage

1300

Abstract

A radar antenna that is transmitting and receiving chirp signals captures information of the target orientation. A mathematical model which contains the orientation angle of the target is presented. Further, a signal processor is developed for signals scattered from two prominent point sources. It is shown that the inclination angle, which is termed the pitch attitude of the aircraft, may be estimated quite accurately using this chirp-signal model-based processor.

Keywords

electromagnetic wave scattering; maximum likelihood estimation; radar antennas; radar resolution; radar signal processing; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; MLE; aircraft; chirp-signal based processor; high resolution radar; inclination angle; mathematical model; orientation angle; pitch attitude; point sources; radar antennas; receiving antenna; scattered signal; signal processor; target; target orientation; transmitting antenna; Aircraft; Chirp; Mathematical model; Radar antennas; Radar scattering; Receiving antennas; Signal processing; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1998. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4478-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1998.702191

Filename

702191