Terahertz Radar Cross Section Measurements Based on Millimeter-wave Converter
Wu Yang① Bai Yang①②,* Yin Hongcheng① Zhang Liangcong①
①(Science and Technology on Electromagnetic Scattering Laboratory, Beijing 100854, China) ②(Information Engineering School, Communication University of China, Beijing 100024, China)
Abstract：The measurement system has been built with Stepped Frequency Continuous Wave (SFCW) signal for Radar Cross Section (RCS) measurements in free-space at 220～330 GHz. The system consists of vector network analyzer, Millimeter-Wave Converters and target support structure. The measurement techniques which are used in scattering measurements are verified by RCS measurement data. The system measurement accuracy is control within about ±3 dB at -23.6 dBsm.
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