Challenges of ultra wideband, multi-mode radar

Author

Davis, Mark E.

Author_Institution

Prospect NY USA

Volume

1

fYear

2011

fDate

24-27 Oct. 2011

Firstpage

5

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Recent advances in wideband digital waveform generation, analog to digital converters (ADC) and high speed parallel processing provide the technology to develop ultra wideband systems for simultaneous synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and ground moving target indication (GMTI) modes. These systems are designed at either VHF or UHF frequencies to minimize the foliage attenuation and clutter masking of either terrain features or objects. The evolving challenge is to develop a common waveform for both SAR and GMTI, with emphasis on real-time signal processing.

Keywords

analogue-digital conversion; radar clutter; radar signal processing; synthetic aperture radar; ultra wideband radar; ADC; GMTI; SAR; UHF frequencies; VHF frequencies; analog to digital converters; clutter masking; foliage attenuation; ground moving target indication; multimode radar; parallel processing; real-time signal processing; synthetic aperture radar; ultrawideband radar; Antennas; Bandwidth; Clutter; Image resolution; Radar tracking; Synthetic aperture radar; Simultaneous SAR/GMTI; Ultra Wideband Radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar (Radar), 2011 IEEE CIE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8444-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIE-Radar.2011.6159706

Filename

6159706