Advances in Short Range Radar

Short range UWB radar systems have significantly improved in capability over the last few years. Availability of high performance, low cost RF and processing components has delivered a number of improvements: multiple functions can be offered from a single system; size and power consumption has been reduced which in turn has led to lighter weight systems; and simplification of the RF front end. Ability to offer 3D location of scattering responses provides a significant advantage in fusion with video devices. Additional processing power has led to increased interest in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) techniques for ground based radar systems