Multi-Mode FMCW Radar Array with Independent Digital Beam Steering for Transmit and Receive
conference paper
A phased-array FMCW radar has been design and built from COTS components. The generation of the frequency sweep is done by mixing a central local oscillator signal with a baseband sweep of a direct digital synthesizer (DDS). To ensure maximum flexibility the receive side has been equipped with it's own swept signal. The transmit frequency generation and receive frequency generation are derived from the same local oscillator signal and clock to ensure coherent operation. This architecture makes a very flexible platform as the waveforms can be changed, transmit and receive and be independently programmed and the system is scalable, also by the mechanical outline of the system
and antenna.
and antenna.
Topics
TNO Identifier
221900
Publisher
European Microwave Association EuMA
Source title
European Microwave Week, EuMW 2008 - Proceedings of the 5th European Radar Conference - EuRAD 2008, 30-31 October 2008 Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Place of publication
Louvain-la-Neuve
Pages
412-415