Pointing angle and pattern of the antenna can be changed swiftly to actualize the azimuth beam scanning by using electronic beam steering, which makes the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) system more flexible and achiev...Pointing angle and pattern of the antenna can be changed swiftly to actualize the azimuth beam scanning by using electronic beam steering, which makes the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) system more flexible and achieve a high resolution or cover a long strip within short time span. When the pointing angle is steered away from boresight, some aberrations may appear on the antenna pattern, e.g., the grating lobe appears, the main lobe gain decrease, and antenna pattern broadens, e.g., the aberrations result in the worsening of system performance, and complicate the corresponding performance analysis method. Conventional computation methods of performance parameters do not account for the rapid change of the antenna pattern. It introduces remarkable errors when the scanning angle is large. In this paper, a method of calculating performance parameters is proposed for the beam steering mode, which achieves the parameters by the energy accumulation in time domain. Actually, the proposed method simulates the working process of SAR and obtains accurate performance parameters. Furthermore, we analyze the effects of the grating lobe on the Azimuth Ambiguity to Signal Ratio (AASR), and present the generic Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF) choosing principle which can also prevent the ambiguous area from weighting by the grating lobe. Finally, the effect of the antenna configuration on the performance parameters is analyzed by a system example.展开更多
Bi Directional体制是德宇航在2012年提出的一种通过单星单次飞行实现秒级重访的新体制,基本原理是利用相控阵电扫描方式生成双波束天线方向图,同时发射两个脉冲照射方位向前后两块成像区域,将同时接收到的脉冲在多普勒域进行带通滤波分...Bi Directional体制是德宇航在2012年提出的一种通过单星单次飞行实现秒级重访的新体制,基本原理是利用相控阵电扫描方式生成双波束天线方向图,同时发射两个脉冲照射方位向前后两块成像区域,将同时接收到的脉冲在多普勒域进行带通滤波分离,并分别成像。该文介绍了一种改进的基于Bi Directional体制的多发单收(Multi Input Single Output,MISO)SAR系统,将传统的双波束同发同收改进为分时先后发射和同时接收,利用发射时较优的方向图抑制方位模糊(AASR),获得了较好的效果。文中给出了频谱分离效果、AASR分析和系统设计流程,给出了改进前后的点目标1维和2维成像结果对比,证明了该改进的有效性,最后给出了Bi Directional体制与其它几种单星短时重访体制的对比结果。展开更多
文摘Pointing angle and pattern of the antenna can be changed swiftly to actualize the azimuth beam scanning by using electronic beam steering, which makes the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) system more flexible and achieve a high resolution or cover a long strip within short time span. When the pointing angle is steered away from boresight, some aberrations may appear on the antenna pattern, e.g., the grating lobe appears, the main lobe gain decrease, and antenna pattern broadens, e.g., the aberrations result in the worsening of system performance, and complicate the corresponding performance analysis method. Conventional computation methods of performance parameters do not account for the rapid change of the antenna pattern. It introduces remarkable errors when the scanning angle is large. In this paper, a method of calculating performance parameters is proposed for the beam steering mode, which achieves the parameters by the energy accumulation in time domain. Actually, the proposed method simulates the working process of SAR and obtains accurate performance parameters. Furthermore, we analyze the effects of the grating lobe on the Azimuth Ambiguity to Signal Ratio (AASR), and present the generic Pulse Repetition Frequency (PRF) choosing principle which can also prevent the ambiguous area from weighting by the grating lobe. Finally, the effect of the antenna configuration on the performance parameters is analyzed by a system example.
