A Simple Signal Processing Architecture for Instantaneous Radar Polarimetry

Abstract

This paper describes a new radar primitive that enables instantaneous radar polarimetry at essentially no increase in signal processing complexity. This primitive coordinates transmission of distinct waveforms on orthogonal polarizations and applies a unitary matched filter bank on receive. This avoids the information loss inherent in single-channel matched filters. A further advantage of this scheme is the elimination of range sidelobes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA475601

Entities

People

  • A. R. Calderbank
  • Stephen D. Howard
  • William Moran

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Code Division Multiple Access
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Filters
  • Frequency
  • Information Theory
  • Matched Filters
  • Multiple Input Multiple Output
  • Polarimetry
  • Polarization
  • Probability
  • Radar
  • Radar Signals
  • Signal Processing
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Waveforms
  • Waves

Readers

  • Linear Algebra
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.