A novel digital beam-forming concept for spaceborne reflector SAR systems

European Microwave Week 2009, EuMW 2009: Science, Progress and Quality at Radiofrequencies, Conference Proceedings - 6th European Radar Conference, EuRAD 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 238-241

  Huber, Sigurd ^a   Younis, Marwan ^a   Patyuchenko, Anton ^a   Krieger, Gerhard ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTERS; ANTENNA ARCHITECTURE; BEAM-STEERING; CONCEPT-BASED; DIGITAL BEAM FORMING; DIGITAL CHANNEL; FEED-ARRAYS; PHASE AND AMPLITUDE CONTROL; SAR SYSTEM; SIGNAL PROPERTIES; SPACE-BORNE; SPACEBORNE RADAR; STATE-OF-THE-ART SYSTEM; TRANSMIT/RECEIVE MODULES; WAVE FORMS;

ANTENNA FEEDERS; ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; RADAR ANTENNAS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SYNTHETIC APERTURES;

SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

EID: 72449139616     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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