학술논문

Active Aperture Synthesis Radar for High Spatial Resolution Imaging
Document Type
Conference
Source
2018 9th International Conference on Ultrawideband and Ultrashort Impulse Signals (UWBUSIS) Ultrawideband and Ultrashort Impulse Signals (UWBUSIS), 2018 9th International Conference on. :252-255 Sep, 2018
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Geoscience
Signal Processing and Analysis
Radar imaging
Apertures
Receiving antennas
Radio frequency
Radar antennas
active aperture synthesis
radar imaging methods
aerospace systems of remote sensing
radar mapping
Language
Abstract
To solve problems of high-precision mapping of spatially extended objects regardless of weather conditions and time of day, radar imaging systems are used. The globality and efficiency of the survey is provided by the placement of radars on aerospace carriers. At the same time, there has been a proliferation of side-scan radars (providing a wide viewing range with a low spatial resolution) and antenna aperture synthesis radars (these provide high resolution in spatial coordinates, which depends on the type of survey). Radars used for imaging are classified according to various characteristics determining their advantages and disadvantages. Among such features, we can also distinguish the radar viewing area, which is currently limited to angles of 15° to 60° to the right and left of the observation in the nadir. The viewing range from -15° to + 15° from the nadir is characterized by a low resolution in range and traditionally is not visible by these radars (the socalled “blind zone”). In this regard, an alternative system for building radar images from aerospace carriers is proposed. It will provide imaging with high angular resolution of the viewing range from -15° to + 15° from the nadir. The main feature of the developed radar lies in the signal processing algorithm that combines methods of active (the presence of probing UWB signal) and passive (aperture synthesis) radiolocation. In addition, the radar implements a new method of “spectral aperture synthesis,” which allows the transition from processing of UWB signals with the continuum spectrum to processing multi-band signal processing.