Wideband, Phase Coded Millimeter Wave Instrumentation Radar

William E. Keicher; Henry E. Zieman

doi:10.1117/12.965936

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22 October 1982 Wideband, Phase Coded Millimeter Wave Instrumentation Radar

William E. Keicher, Henry E. Zieman

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Proceedings Volume 0337, Millimeter Wave Technology I; (1982) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965936
Event: 1982 Technical Symposium East, 1982, Arlington, United States

Abstract

A wideband, biphase coded, cw millimeter wave instrumentation radar has been constructed to obtain both unresolved and resolved radar cross section data of tactical vehicles and naval vessels. The radar operates at 95.6GHz with a selectable pseudo-noise code waveform which allows a variable range resolution and range ambiguity. The radar azimuth-elevation scanner is controlled by a microprocessor. Various scan patterns (e.g., raster) are stored in erasable programmable read only memory (EPROM). A "sliding code" signal correlation is used to obtain processing gain as well as bandwidth compression in order to simplify signal recording and digitizing. Radar performance is also described.

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William E. Keicher and Henry E. Zieman "Wideband, Phase Coded Millimeter Wave Instrumentation Radar", Proc. SPIE 0337, Millimeter Wave Technology I, (22 October 1982); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.965936

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