Experimental investigation of a UWB direct chaotic through-wall imaging radar using colpitts oscillator

An ultra-wideband direct chaotic through-wall imaging radar is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The chaotic signal is generated by an improved Colpitts oscillator. Target range information is achieved by the cross-correlation between the time-delayed reflected echo signal and the replica of the transmitted chaotic signal. Two-dimensional image is obtained by synthetic aperture technology and back projection algorithm. Experimental results of single target and double targets show that the proposed chaotic radar system can through 20cm thick wall to detect and locate the target.