Title :
Two- and three-dimensional radar imaging at close range to a synthetic aperture
Author :
Verbout, Shawn ; Blejer, Dennis
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Lincoln Laboratory is developing an ultra-wideband imaging radar that will be capable of two- and three-dimensional imaging at very close range to a synthetic aperture. The radar is fully coherent over two bandwidths (0.1 to 2 GHz and 2 to 18 GHz) and will be used for target imaging at X and Ku band, and for foliage penetration measurements over the VHF, UHF, and L bands. The radar is a portable scatterometer based on a Hewlett-Packard HP 8510C network analyzer combined with an HP 8360 frequency synthesizer and a Digital MicroVAX III computer. The characteristics of the radar are described, and technical issues arising in the analysis of the close-range imaging techniques are discussed
Keywords :
computerised picture processing; frequency synthesizers; microwave imaging; network analysers; radar systems; 0.1 to 18 GHz; Digital MicroVAX III computer; HP 8360 frequency synthesizer; Hewlett-Packard HP 8510C network analyzer; Ku band; L band; Lincoln Laboratory; SHF; UHF; VHF; X band; close-range imaging techniques; foliage penetration measurements; portable scatterometer; synthetic aperture; three-dimensional imaging; two-dimensional imaging; ultra-wideband imaging radar; Bandwidth; Computer networks; Frequency synthesizers; Laboratories; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Synthetic aperture radar; UHF measurements; Ultra wideband technology;
Conference_Titel :
Telesystems Conference, 1991. Proceedings. Vol.1., NTC '91., National
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0062-9
DOI :
10.1109/NTC.1991.148007
