High range resolution by means of synthetic bandwidth generated by frequency-stepped chirps

Electronics Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 1346-1348

  Schimpf, H ^a   Wahlen, A ^a   Essen, H ^a  

^a FGAN FHR/HSZ ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

CHIRP BANDWIDTH;

DOPPLER RADAR;

EID: 0141605970     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:20030829     Document Type: Article

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