The UWB SAR system Pulsar: New generator and antenna developments

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5077, Issue , 2003, Pages 223-234

  Delmote, Philippe ^a   Dubois, Cyril ^a   Andrieu, Joël ^b   Beillard, Bruno ^a   Lalande, Michèle ^b   Bertrand, Valérie ^b   Jecko, Bernard ^a   Pecastaing, Laurent ^c   Gibert, Alain ^c   Paillol, Jean ^c   Domens, Pierre ^c   Guillerey, Régis ^d   Monnier, Francis ^d   Legoff, Marc ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^d CELAR   (France)

Author keywords

Fast high voltage pulse generator; Ultra wide band antenna; Ultra wide band radar

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MEASUREMENTS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR TARGET RECOGNITION;

ULTRA WIDE BAND RADAR;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 0242467458     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.487018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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