Range performance analysis in linear FMCW radar

Author

Weidong, Chen ; Shanjia, Xu ; Dongjin, Wang ; Falin, Liu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Inf. Sci., Univ. of Sci. & Technol. of China, Hefei, China

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

654

Lastpage

657

Abstract

From the ambiguity function of the linear FMCW signal, the general effects of the frequency sweep nonlinearity on the range performance are discussed. Based on the criteria of determining the Carson bandwidth, an approximate relationship among the range resolution, the target range delay and the mean square root of the nonlinear frequency errors is presented at small phase modulation index. Then the problems of the self-clutter interference in this radar are also described, and an estimation expression of the self-clutter to signal ratio is given. Finally, the measured data of nonlinear frequency errors are utilized for the simulation and comparison of the range performance in this radar

Keywords

CW radar; FM radar; errors; radar clutter; radar resolution; Carson bandwidth; ambiguity function; frequency sweep nonlinearity; linear FMCW radar; linear FMCW signal; nonlinear frequency errors; phase modulation index; range performance analysis; range resolution; self-clutter interference; target range delay; Bandwidth; Chirp modulation; Clutter; Delay; Frequency; Interference; Performance analysis; Phase modulation; Radar; Signal resolution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology, 2000, 2nd International Conference on. ICMMT 2000

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5743-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMMT.2000.895772

Filename

895772