Grating lobes suppression in stepped chirp radar

Shuang Xu, Weiming Tian*, Lin Sun, Di Yao, Tao Zeng

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Abstract

This paper investigated grating lobes suppression technique in stepped-chirp radar. By means of theoretical derivation, it is concluded that amplitude fluctuation in sub-band signal's frequency response is a key factor to influence the performance of synthetic bandwidth. It was proved that amplitude modulation in sub-band signal introduces significant grating lobes in pulse compression result. The correlation between grating lobe level and amplitude fluctuation was discussed by theoretical derivation and a novel constraint in stepped-chirp radar system design was proposed. Based on the research above, a grating lobes suppression technique based on compression filter was presented. Amplitude fluctuation in sub-band was compensated by the filter and grating lobes was suppressed. Simulation and experiment data results verified the proposed method.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIET International Radar Conference 2013
Edition617 CP
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
EventIET International Radar Conference 2013 - Xi'an, China
Duration: 14 Apr 201316 Apr 2013

Publication series

NameIET Conference Publications
Number617 CP
Volume2013

Conference

ConferenceIET International Radar Conference 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityXi'an
Period14/04/1316/04/13

Keywords

  • Amplitude fluctuation
  • Compensation filter
  • Grating lobes
  • Stepped-chirp

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