Intra-pulse Spotlight SAR Imaging Method Based on Azimuth Phase Coding
Wu Yufeng①* Ye Shaohua① Feng Dazheng②
①(AVIC Leihua Electronic Technology Research Institute, Wuxi 214063, China) ②(National Laboratory of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China)
Abstract The intra-pulse spotlight imaging mode can effectively overcome the contradiction between high resolution and wide swath in spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), and considers the echo's signal-to-noise ratio. However, signal division by spatial filtering along the range direction may be impacted by fluctuating terrain. To solve this problem, a novel intra-pulse spotlight imaging method based on Azimuth Phase Coding (APC) is proposed in this paper. Using APC, the azimuth spectrum of echo data from different sub-pulses will locate in different Pulse Repetition Frequencies (PRF). As such, the signal can be divided using an azimuth adaptive beamforming technique. The signal separation method and selection of the shift factor are discussed in detail. Finally, simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
2018, Vol. 7 
