Technical realization of the MIMO radar MIRA-CLE Ka

Author

Biallawons, Oliver ; Klare, Jens ; Saalmann, Olaf

Author_Institution

Array-based Radar Imaging, Fraunhofer Inst. for High Freq. Phys. & Radar Tech. FHR, Wachtberg, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

9-11 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

21

Lastpage

24

Abstract

This paper presents the technical realization of the MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) radar MIRA-CLE Ka (MIMO radar-configurable in Ka-band). This system is a stationary imaging radar without any mechanical moving parts. It is highly portable, ready to use in only a couple of minutes, and it is able to process one radar image per second in the current stage of development. The MIMO system operates in Ka band and consists of 16 receive and 16 transmit elements so that 256 virtual elements are generated. The size of the antenna frontend is about 80 centimeters in width and only a bit larger than the real array. Due to its compact size the system offers a wide field of applications.

Keywords

MIMO radar; millimetre wave radar; radar imaging; radar receivers; radar transmitters; Ka band; MIMO radar MIRA-CLE Ka; MIMO system; antenna frontend; mechanical moving parts; multiple input multiple output radar MIRA-CLE Ka; receive element; stationary imaging radar; transmit element; virtual elements; Arrays; MIMO; Monitoring; Radar antennas; Radar imaging; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference (EuRAD), 2013 European

Conference_Location

Nuremberg

Type

conf

Filename

6689103