A fast tracking 60 GHz Radar using a frequency scanning antenna

Author

Hommes, Alexander ; Shoykhetbrod, Alex ; Pohl, Nils

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. for High Freq. Phys. & Radar Tech. FHR, Wachtberg, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

14-19 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This paper describes a 57 GHz-63 GHz short range FMCW radar system using a meander-line beam scanning antenna designed in substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) technique. In order to obtain an instantaneous coverage of the azimuthal field of view, the sensor is provisioned to employ a scanning principle by radiating broadband waveforms with different frequencies into separate spatial directions. For surveillance purposes using this scanning technique, a lightweight radar demonstrator was build and first meaningful tests were performed.

Keywords

CW radar; FM radar; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave detectors; millimetre wave radar; radar antennas; radar tracking; substrate integrated waveguides; SIW; azimuthal field of view; fast tracking radar; frequency 57 GHz to 63 GHz; frequency scanning antenna; instantaneous coverage; lightweight radar demonstrator; meander-line beam scanning antenna; radiating broadband waveforms; scanning technique; sensor; short range FMCW radar system; spatial directions; substrate integrated waveguide technique; Broadband antennas; Projectiles; Radar antennas; Radar cross-sections; Radar detection; Radar tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz waves (IRMMW-THz), 2014 39th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tucson, AZ

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956052

Filename

6956052