J4 ›› 2014, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4): 41-46+70.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2014.04.008

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Novel error estimation method for stepped frequency chirp SAR

WU Mingyu;YANG Taoli;WU Shunjun;LI Zhenfang   

  1. (National Key Lab. of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China)
  • Received:2013-04-12 Online:2014-08-20 Published:2014-09-25
  • Contact: WU Mingyu E-mail:inhurry@163.com

Abstract:

To reconstruct the spectrum of a wide band signal by stepped-frequency chirp signals, the mismatch between sub-band signals should be compensated, a novel method is proposed in this paper to estimate the sub-band errors depending on the overlap spectra between sub-band signals, with the amplitude-phase error and the time delay error between sub-band signals estimated by fitting the interferometric phase of the overlap spectra components. Besides, the window for eliminating the ghost images caused by the overlap spectra is proposed. Finally, the computer simulation and the ground-based real data confirm the validity of the method.

Key words: synthetic aperture radar, high range resolution, stepped frequency, sub-band error

CLC Number: 

  • TN957