Design of an FMCW Radar Altimeter for Wide-Range and Low Measurement Error

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3517-3525

  Choi, Jae Hyun ^a   Jang, Jong Hun ^a   Roh, Jin Eep ^a  

^a Agency for Defence Development   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW); phase noise; radar altimeter; wide range.

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; CONTINUOUS WAVE RADAR; CRANES; DELAY CIRCUITS; ERRORS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHASE NOISE; RADAR; RADAR EQUIPMENT; RADAR SYSTEMS; RADIO ALTIMETERS;

DIRECT DIGITAL SYNTHESIZER; FREQUENCY MODULATED CONTINUOUS WAVE RADARS; MEASUREMENT ERROR RATES; OFFSET FREQUENCIES; RADAR ALTIMETERS; RECEIVED POWER; REFERENCE CLOCK; TRANSMITTER POWER;

RADAR MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84960079929     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2015.2450294     Document Type: Article

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