Range and azimuth resolution enhancement for 94 GHz real-beam radar

Guoqing Liu; Ken Yang; Brian Sykora; Imad Salha

doi:10.1117/12.780040

15 April 2008 Range and azimuth resolution enhancement for 94 GHz real-beam radar

Guoqing Liu, Ken Yang, Brian Sykora, Imad Salha

Proceedings Volume 6947, Radar Sensor Technology XII; 69470I (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.780040
Event: SPIE Defense and Security Symposium, 2008, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

In this paper, two-dimensional (2D) (range and azimuth) resolution enhancement is investigated for millimeter wave (mmW) real-beam radar (RBR) with linear or non-linear antenna scan in the azimuth dimension. We design a new architecture of super resolution processing, in which a dual-mode approach is used for defining region of interest for 2D resolution enhancement and a combined approach is deployed for obtaining accurate location and amplitude estimations of targets within the region of interest. To achieve 2D resolution enhancement, we first adopt the Capon Beamformer (CB) approach (also known as the minimum variance method (MVM)) to enhance range resolution. A generalized CB (GCB) approach is then applied to azimuth dimension for azimuth resolution enhancement. The GCB approach does not rely on whether the azimuth sampling is even or not and thus can be used in both linear and non-linear antenna scanning modes. The effectiveness of the resolution enhancement is demonstrated by using both simulation and test data. The results of using a 94 GHz real-beam frequency modulation continuous wave (FMCW) radar data show that the overall image quality is significantly improved per visual evaluation and comparison with respect to the original real-beam radar image.

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Guoqing Liu, Ken Yang, Brian Sykora, and Imad Salha "Range and azimuth resolution enhancement for 94 GHz real-beam radar", Proc. SPIE 6947, Radar Sensor Technology XII, 69470I (15 April 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.780040

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