77 GHz FM-CW radar for FODs detection

Author

Mazouni, K. ; Kohmura, A. ; Futatsumori, S. ; Yonemoto, N. ; Dauvignac, J.-Y. ; Pichot, Ch ; Migliaccio, C.

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Electron. Antennes et Telecommun., Univ. de Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Valbonne, France

fYear

2010

fDate

Sept. 30 2010-Oct. 1 2010

Firstpage

451

Lastpage

454

Abstract

Foreign objects and debris (FODs) may cause accidents or disasters. The crash of a Concorde jet in France that killed 113 people in 2000 is an example of the danger created by a thin metal strip that fell from another airplane. Recently, FOD detection systems have been developed and tested on airports. Most of them are based on the association of a mm-Wave radar and an optical sensor. This paper describes the investigation, conducted together with the ENRI and LEAT on a wide band mm-Wave radar module. It is composed a 76-81 GHz front-end and a quasi-optical antenna that is a printed Fresnel reflector operating with circular polarization. The purpose of this paper is to compare the measured responses of selected. This work is conducted within a Sakura project funded by the French and Japanese Ministries of Foreign Affairs.

Keywords

CW radar; FM radar; accidents; aerospace safety; airports; disasters; millimetre wave radar; object detection; optical sensors; radar imaging; spaceborne radar; Concorde jet; ENRI; FM-CW radar; FODs detection; LEAT; accidents; airport; circular polarization; disasters; foreign debris detection; foreign object detection; frequency 76 GHz to 81 GHz; front-end antenna; optical sensor; printed Fresnel reflector; quasi-optical antenna; thin metal strip; wide band mm-wave radar module; Airports; Antenna measurements; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar detection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2010 European

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7234-5

Type

conf

Filename

5614868