Abstract:
A filter scheme for broadcast interference cancellation that is computationally efficient and numerically robust Airborne Low Frequency Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) operating in the VHF and UHF bands has been shown. At least interference Doppler filtering or interference cancellation is utilised. The interference cancellation involves prediction of the interference for each particular reception interval of mixed interference and radar ground response. This prediction is then coherently subtracted from the incoming signal.
Abstract:
A method of for processing signals in a radar system is shown comprising an antenna system having at least two antenna elements, a beam forming arrangement (ABF_RX, ABF_TX) for selectively steering the directivity of the antenna system in a given selected direction, the directivity of the antenna system having a main lobe in the selected direction and a back lobe (BL) in another direction and of a lower magnitude than the main lobe. By utilizing various scale and subtract processing both noise levels and ghost signals can be considerably reduced. A SAR radar apparatus has moreover been shown.
Abstract:
A method and a device for detecting at least one target in an image, wherein the image comprises a set of pixels with a magnitude assigned to each pixel is provided. The method comprises an iterative process until the K+1th target does not show a probability increase above a predetermined threshold value. The method is performed by creating a candidate free image, calculating, for the candidate free image, the probability of there being a target at each pixel, by using Bayes theorem, determining a location of the candidate target K+1 in the image, determining the probability that there is a target at the determined location, by determining the calculated probability of there being a target at the determined location. By performing the above, the most probable locations for targets in the image are located together with the probability that the location holds a true target.
Abstract:
An antenna system (100) comprising a single antenna element having first (111) and second (112) antenna ports arranged to pass a respective first and second antenna signal. The first and second antenna signals being derived from a first common antenna signal (J 1 ) and arranged to be essentially equal in envelope. An antenna pattern of the system being arranged to be selectable between a first antenna pattern having a first polarization and a second antenna pattern having a second polarization substantially orthogonal to the first polarization. The first antenna pattern being selected by setting the first and second antenna signal to have the same polarity on first (111) and second (112) antenna ports, the second antenna pattern being selected by setting the first and second antenna signal to have substantially opposite polarities on first (111) and second (112) antenna ports.
Abstract:
A method and system for obtaining SAR images with reduced or eliminated surface clutter to detect subsurface targets, the method comprising the following steps: —selecting a first frequency and an incidence angle for the radar signal such that the ratio of surface backscattering to subsurface target backscattering is significantly larger for vertical polarization than for horizontal—obtaining vertically and horizontally polarized SAR images based on the same SAR path exploiting the selected first frequency and viewing angle—weighting and differencing the vertically and horizontally polarized SAR images so that the surface backscattering completely cancels between the two images and only the combination of the target backscattering components remains.
Abstract:
The object of the present invention is to provide an inventive wideband transmitter/receiver arrangement for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic waves, wherein said transmitter/receiver arrangement comprises a digital arbitrary waveform generator AWG (1 ) connected to a transmitter (19). Said waveform generator (1 ) is configured to generate an arbitrary waveform within a given bandwidth. Said transmitter/receiver arrangement further comprises an antenna arrangement (5) configured to emit a transmitter signa! (S1), and to receive an incident signal (S2), and a receiver configured to receive a receiver signal (S3). Said transmitter/receiver arrangement further comprises an analogue isolator (4) connected to said antenna arrangement (5), said transmitter (19), and said receiver. Said analogue isolator (4) is adapted to route said transmitter signal (S 1) from said transmitter (19) to said antenna arrangement (5), and said incident signal (S2) from said antenna arrangement (5) to said receiver, and to isolate said transmitter signal (S1 ) from said receiver signal (S3). Said receiver is adapted to cancel any residual transmitter signa! in said receiver signal (S3) by means of at least one digital model (6, 7, 17) of at least said isolator (4), said antenna arrangement (5), and said transmitter (19).
Abstract:
The invention provides a method for detecting targets comprising moving and stationary targets with a radar system equipped with Synthetic Aperture Radar, SAR, on board a SAR platform, comprising navigation equipment for accurate determination of the position of the SAR platform. The SAR platform is transversing a stationary ground region and targets in the said ground region, in which the SAR platform obtains radar data by means of at least one antenna. The radar system further comprises a SAR processor recording the radar data and the position of the antenna or antennas for each transmitted radar pulse. Wherein radar data within synthetic sub-apertures, are : successively merged in Niteration steps into SAR images of increasing resolution of the surveyed region and where each iteration step consists of forming a new SAR image at a new iteration level by a linear combination of neighbouring SAR images in the previous iteration step. The invention also provides a corresponding radar system and a SAR processor is further used for calculating the detection and positioning of targets comprising moving and stationary targets.