Research on image plane of bistatic ISAR

This work mainly discusses the image plane of the Bistatic ISAR. The image plane is modeled by two different methods separately. One is modeling the image plane according to the bistatic SAR image plane; the other is to model the plane by target rotation vector analysis. The modeling process is presented in detail. Both the models are reasonable, but are different to each other. They are then testified by applying them to interpret the bistatic turntable model, and to predict the possible imaging result. The turntable imaging simulations perfectly match the predictions of the second model, which is built by target rotation vector analysis. Further simulations of moving point-scatter bistatic imaging also indicate the validity of the second model. The deficiency of the first model is also discussed.