DocumentCode
531175
Title
MIRA-CLE X: A new imaging MIMO-radar for multi-purpose applications
Author
Klare, Jens ; Saalmann, Olaf
Author_Institution
Fraunhofer FHR, Wachtberg, Germany
fYear
2010
fDate
Sept. 30 2010-Oct. 1 2010
Firstpage
129
Lastpage
132
Abstract
The research field of MIMO radar offers a bunch of new opportunities for various applications. Imaging MIMO radars can be used as a significant supplement to usual SAR and phased array radars and can extend the common applications for radar. MIRA-CLE X is an X-band MIMO radar consisting of 16 transmit and 14 receive antennas. During signal processing, 224 virtual antenna elements are generated to enable 2D radar imaging. This paper presents the radar system, the signal processing approach as well as a detailed analysis of first imaging results.
Keywords
MIMO radar; microwave antennas; phased array radar; radar antennas; radar imaging; receiving antennas; synthetic aperture radar; transmitting antennas; 2D radar imaging; MIRA-CLE X; SAR; X-band MIMO radar; imaging MIMO-radar; phased array radars; radar signal processing; receive antennas; transmit antennas; Array signal processing; Arrays; MIMO radar; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Receiving antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2010 European
Conference_Location
Paris
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7234-5
Type
conf
Filename
5615087
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