An ultrawideband (UWB) switched-antenna-array radar imaging system

IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems and Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 543-550

  Charvat, Gregory L ^a   Kempel, Leo C ^a   Rothwell, Edward J ^a   Coleman, Christopher M ^b   Mokole, Eric L ^c  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b INTEGRITY APPLICATIONS INCORPORATED   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ELEMENT; CENTER FREQUENCY; DIGITAL BEAM FORMING; DIGITAL RECEIVERS; FAN-OUT; FREE SPACE; LINEAR ARRAYS; LINEAR PHASED ARRAYS; LOSSY DIELECTRIC SLAB; NEAR FIELDS; NEAR-REAL TIME; PEAK TRANSMIT POWER; PHASE CENTER; PHASED ARRAY ANTENNAS; PHASED ARRAY RADAR SYSTEMS; POSITION ERRORS; RANGE MIGRATION; SIMULATION AND MEASUREMENT; SWITCH MATRIX; TIME DURATION;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS; IMAGING SYSTEMS; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR IMAGING; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

EID: 78649281492     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ARRAY.2010.5613313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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