THz time domain monostatic radar cross section measurement of metallic plates and dihedrons

THz Radar Cross Section(RCS)measurement setup based on THz Time Domain Spectroscopy(TDS)is built to provide large scaled targets test ability in recent years.As calibrations,the metal plates and dihedrons are used in our experiments.The measurements are performed in a monostatic terahertz time-domain setup.The author proposed time domain and frequency domain calibration methods for angular RCS of calibrations,comparing the measurements with the theory to verify the ability of the time domain measurement setup.

Direction synthesis in DOA estimation for monostatic multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar based on synthetic impulse and aperture radar (SIAR) and its performance analysis

A new direction synthetic method for monostatic multiple input multiple output (MIMO) radar is presented based on synthetic impulse and aperture radar (SIAR) system. Concerned with the monostatic MIMO radar which simultaneously emits orthogonal signals with multi-carrier-frequency and possesses sparsely distributed transmitting and receiving arrays with respective location, as well as the situation for the presence of multipath propagation in the low flying target’s echo, the method integrates the aperture of the transmitting arrays with the receiving arrays to form the digital beam-forming (DBF) in azimuth and elevation dimensions. And a study has been made of planar general MUSIC algorithm based on decorrelating the multipath signals of multi-carrier-frequency MIMO radar. Through compensat-ing the phase delay of both the transmitting and the receiving arrays and synthe-sizing the transmitting beam in two dimensions at the receiver, the angular resolu-tion and measurement accuracy are improved and the computational complexity is reduced after transforming the three-dimensional (3D) parameter estimation prob-lem into a two-dimensional (2D) one. Finally, the Cramer-Rao Bounds (CRBs) of DOA estimation for azimuth and elevation is put forward with the exsiting multipath propagation. Results of computer simulation demonstrate the validity of the new method.

Analysis and Correction for Systematic Error of Ionospheric Monostatic System

In the ionospheric monostatic system the echo is affected by systematic error. A real-time method using the special characters of direct wave existing in monostatic radar to correct systematic error is advanced. In the condition of large-amplitude direct wave, time delay of maximum amplitude of echo is considered as system time delay; in the condition of small-amplitude direct wave, the mathematical model of time delay error is built to approach after direct wave test. And a method using large-ampli- tude direct wave to correct phase distortion is advanced. It achieves good effect using this method in practice, which can improve the quality of sound result obviously.

Bistatic RCS Prediction with Graphical Electromagnetic Computing (GRECO) Method for Moving Targets

Graphical Electromagnetic Computing (GRECO) is recognized as one of the most valuable methods of the RCS (Radar Cross Section) computation for the high frequency region. The method of GRECO and Monostatic bistatic Equivalence Theorem was used to calculate the bistatic RCS for moving targets in the high frequency region. Some computing examples are given to verify the validity of the method. Excellent agreement with the measured data indicates that the method has practical engineering value.