A scanning FMCW-radar system for the detection of fast moving objects

Author

Shoykhetbrod, A. ; Hommes, A. ; Pohl, N.

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer FHR, Wachtberg, Germany

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper describes a mobile broadband 57 GHz - 64 GHz FMCW radar sensor system designed to improve the situational awareness of soldiers on peacemaking or peacekeeping missions by detecting projectiles in flight. In order to obtain an instantaneous coverage of the azimuthal field of view, a frequency-scanning meander antenna is used. Thereby, the sensors are provisioned to employ a scanning principle by radiating broadband waveforms with different frequencies into separate spatial directions.

Keywords

CW radar; FM radar; military radar; millimetre wave antennas; millimetre wave detectors; millimetre wave radar; object detection; projectiles; radar antennas; radar detection; sensors; azimuthal field of view; fast moving object detection; frequency 57 GHz to 64 GHz; frequency-scanning meander antenna; mobile broadband FMCW radar sensor system; peacekeeping missions; peacemaking missions; projectile detection; radiating broadband waveforms; scanning FMCW-radar system; sensors; situational awareness; spatial directions; Broadband antennas; Projectiles; Radar antennas; Radar cross-sections; Radar detection; Sensors; 60 GHz; FMCW; detection and localization; meander line antenna; radar; scanning; substrate integrated waveguide (SIW); velocity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference (Radar), 2014 International

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADAR.2014.7060388

Filename

7060388