Design of a high resolution millimeter wave FM-CW radar

Author

Habel, R.A. ; Pelletier, M. ; Chénier, F. ; Lecours, M. ; Delisle, G.Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Laval Univ., Que., Canada

fYear

1993

fDate

14-17 Sep 1993

Firstpage

51

Abstract

The paper outlines the major design objectives of a 94 GHz FM-CW radar with a 4 GHz frequency sweep. It discusses in particular the requirements for frequency sweep linearity and the implementation of a linearization circuit. Results demonstrating a range resolution of a few centimeters are presented, as well as results comparing the measured and theoretical radar cross section of cylindrical target scattering points in horizontal and vertical polarizations. It is demonstrated that the radar can separate scattering points as close as 6 cm apart

Keywords

electromagnetic wave polarisation; frequency modulation; radar cross-sections; radar systems; 94 GHz; 94 GHz FM-CW radar; EHF; cylindrical target scattering points; design objectives; frequency sweep linearity; high resolution millimeter wave FM-CW radar; horizontal polarizations; linearization circuit; radar cross section; range resolution; vertical polarizations; Frequency; Linearity; Millimeter wave radar; Millimeter wave technology; Polarization; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Radar scattering; Signal resolution; Voltage-controlled oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1993. Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2416-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.1993.332238

Filename

332238