SweepSAR: Beam-forming on receive using a reflector-phased array feed combination for spaceborne SAR

IEEE National Radar Conference - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Freeman, A ^c   Krieger, G ^b   Rosen, P ^c   Younis, M ^b   Johnson, W T K ^c   Huber, S ^b   Jordan, R ^a   Moreira, A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; BEAM FORMING NETWORK; BEAM-STEERING; DEPLOYABLE REFLECTORS; DIGITAL BEAM FORMING; HIGH DATA RATE; HIGH RESOLUTION; LARGE PHASED ARRAYS; ON-BOARD PROCESSING; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; PHASED ARRAYS; RANGE AMBIGUITY; REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; SCANSAR; SIGNAL TO NOISE; SPACEBORNE SAR; SPACEBORNE SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADARS; TRANSMIT POWER; WHISKBROOM; WIDE SWATH;

IMAGING SYSTEMS; POWER CONVERTERS; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR IMAGING; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; REFLECTION; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 69949101466     PISSN: 10975659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RADAR.2009.4977140     Document Type: Conference Paper

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