Detection of an artificial target with low radar cross-section in presence of backscatter

Author

Zelenchuk, D. ; Fusco, Vincent

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Commun. & Inf. Technol., Queen´s Univ. of Belfast, Belfast, UK

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 April 2014

Firstpage

2761

Lastpage

2764

Abstract

This paper presents an approach to improve the detection of an artificial target with low radar cross-section in presence of clutter. The target proposed in the paper modulates the phase response of the circularly polarized incident signal by means of rotation. The same physical phenomenon can be used to steer the modulated response in a non-specular direction. The bi-static measurements of the response of the target have demonstrated good agreement with theoretical prediction as well as with full-wave simulation.

Keywords

backscatter; electromagnetic wave polarisation; phase modulation; radar clutter; radar cross-sections; radar detection; artificial target detection; backscatter; circularly-polarized incident signal; clutter; full-wave simulation; phase response modulation; radar cross-section; target response bi-static measurements; theoretical prediction; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Arrays; Backscatter; Beam steering; Clutter; Europe; radar cross-section; reflectarray; target detection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on

Conference_Location

The Hague

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6902397

Filename

6902397