Wideband adaptive beamforming to control time sidelobes and null depth

Daniel J. Rabideau; Peter Parker

doi:10.1117/12.487325

20 August 2003 Wideband adaptive beamforming to control time sidelobes and null depth

Daniel J. Rabideau, Peter Parker

Proceedings Volume 5077, Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology VI and Radar Sensor Technology VII; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487325
Event: AeroSense 2003, 2003, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

High resolution radars use wide bandwidth waveforms to create images of unknown objects. In military systems, such radar images can be used for target identification and discrimination functions as long as the time sidelobes are kept low. However, the need for low sidelobes imposes constraints on the design of the radar in general, and the signal processing in particular. Furthermore, since military radars must operate in the presence of strong interference, wideband Adaptive Beam Forming techniques (ABF), such as Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP), are needed. This paper describes signal processing techniques for wideband digital radars that utilize stretch processing at each receiver. It analyzes the impact of stretch ABF techniques on time sidelobes, showing how sidelobe levels depend on the ABF architecture. It describes the impact of channel errors on time sidelobes and null depth, and proposes a digital filtering architecture for channel equalization, digital beamforming, and STAP.

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Daniel J. Rabideau and Peter Parker "Wideband adaptive beamforming to control time sidelobes and null depth", Proc. SPIE 5077, Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology VI and Radar Sensor Technology VII, (20 August 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.487325

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