Recent non-linear radar research at the Army Research Laboratory

Kyle A. Gallagher; Gregory J. Mazzaro; Anthony F. Martone; Kelly D. Sherbondy; Ram M. Narayanan

doi:10.1117/12.2266266

25 May 2017 Recent non-linear radar research at the Army Research Laboratory

Kyle A. Gallagher, Gregory J. Mazzaro, Anthony F. Martone, Kelly D. Sherbondy, Ram M. Narayanan

Proceedings Volume 10188, Radar Sensor Technology XXI; 101881B (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2266266
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2017, Anaheim, CA, United States

Abstract

Nonlinear radar has proven to be a viable means of detecting devices that contain electrical nonlinearities. Electrical nonlinearities are present in dissimilar metals, metal to oxide junctions, semiconductors and more. This paper presents a linear and nonlinear synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system capable of imaging linear and nonlinear targets. The system creates images using data collected from a fixed 16 channel receiver with a single transmitter. A custom 16:1 switching network was developed to collect the SAR data from a 16 antenna receive array. SAR images presented show a nonlinear target placed directly on the ground and imaged in multiple range and cross-range locations. Data is also presented showing the clutter rejection properties of nonlinear radar. Images show that the harmonic radar is able to ignore the strong linear response from a corner reflector, while retaining the nonlinear response from a target.

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Kyle A. Gallagher, Gregory J. Mazzaro, Anthony F. Martone, Kelly D. Sherbondy, and Ram M. Narayanan "Recent non-linear radar research at the Army Research Laboratory", Proc. SPIE 10188, Radar Sensor Technology XXI, 101881B (25 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2266266

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