• DocumentCode
    482027
  • Title

    Digital front-end design for space-borne C-band SAR

  • Author

    Saameno, Paula ; Ludwig, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    ESTEC, Noordwijk
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    30-31 Oct. 2008
  • Firstpage
    108
  • Lastpage
    111
  • Abstract
    This document gives an overview of a receive-only digital front-end based on ESApsilas Sentinel-1 C-Band SAR (synthetic aperture radar) requirements. Results show the digitization impact on radiometric parameters, signal-to-noise ratio, antenna pattern and power consumption.
  • Keywords
    aerospace instrumentation; airborne radar; antenna radiation patterns; radiometry; synthetic aperture radar; ESA; antenna pattern; digital front-end design; power consumption; radiometric parameters; receive-only digital front-end; signal-to-noise ratio; space-borne C-band SAR; synthetic aperture radar; Array signal processing; Azimuth; Bandwidth; Degradation; Frequency; Noise figure; Quantization; Signal sampling; Spaceborne radar; Synthetic aperture radar;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar Conference, 2008. EuRAD 2008. European
  • Conference_Location
    Amsterdam
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-87487-009-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4760813