Design of a miniature wideband radar experimental system

Author

Xiao-wei, Zhang ; Ming, Li ; Lei, Zuo

Author_Institution

Nat. Lab. of Radar Signal Process., Xidian Univ., Xi´´an, China

Volume

1

fYear

2011

fDate

24-27 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

858

Lastpage

861

Abstract

Wideband radars have been found more important both in civil and military applications. Micromation is one key technology for radars mounted at missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), satellites, etc. The scheme of a miniature wideband radar experimental system is introduced in this paper, while the design and implementation of a wideband signal generator is analyzed in detail. The radar is capable of 0.3m resolution in stripmap mode and implements the function of real time radar echoes acquisition, while it has a slant range of 5km and is no more than 4.5kg in weight. It is fabricated and carried out experiments with the radar mounted at a Cargrador ŏ UAV. Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images at finest resolution have been obtained and will also be presented.

Keywords

autonomous aerial vehicles; radar imaging; radar resolution; signal generators; synthetic aperture radar; Cargrador II UAV; SAR images; civil applications; distance 5 km; micromation; military applications; miniature wideband radar experimental system; radar resolution; real time radar echoes acquisition; stripmap mode; synthetic aperture radar; unmanned aerial vehicles; wideband signal generator; Baseband; Frequency synthesizers; Radar imaging; Signal generators; Synthetic aperture radar; Wideband; micromation; synthetic aperture radar (SAR); unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar (Radar), 2011 IEEE CIE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8444-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIE-Radar.2011.6159676

Filename

6159676