Design of an Ultra-wideband Pseudo Random Coded MIMO Radar Based on Radio Frequency Switches
Su Hai①② Zhang Xiaojuan①* Ye Shengbo① Zhang Qunying① Fang Guangyou①
①(The Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Radiation and Sensing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China) ②(University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China)
A Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) ultra-wideband radar can detect the range and azimuth information of targets in real time. It is widely used for geological surveys, life rescue, through-wall tracking, and other military or civil fields. This paper presents the design of an ultra-wideband pseudo random coded MIMO radar that is based on Radio Frequency (RF) switches and implements a MIMO radar system. RF switches are employed to reduce cost and complexity of the system. As the switch pressure value is limited, the peak power of the transmitting signal is 18 dBm. The ultra-wideband radar echo is obtained by hybrid sampling, and pulse compression is computed by Digital Signal Processors (DSPs) embedded in an Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) to simplify the signal process. The experiment illustrates that the radar system can detect the range and azimuth information of targets in real time.
苏 海, 张晓娟, 叶盛波, 张群英, 方广有. 一种基于射频开关切换的伪随机编码超宽带多发多收雷达设计[J]. 雷达学报, 2017, 6(1): 43-54.
Su Hai, Zhang Xiaojuan, Ye Shengbo, Zhang Qunying, Fang Guangyou. Design of an Ultra-wideband Pseudo Random Coded MIMO Radar Based on Radio Frequency Switches. JOURNAL OF RADARS, 2017, 6(1): 43-54.
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