D. Escot-Bocanegra, D. Poyatos-Martínez, Borja Plaza-Gallardo
{"title":"Indoor Measurement of Bistatic High Resolution Range Profiles of Scale Model Aircraft Targets","authors":"D. Escot-Bocanegra, D. Poyatos-Martínez, Borja Plaza-Gallardo","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546593","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546593","url":null,"abstract":"Bistatic radar has been recently attracting again the attention of engineers and scientists due to a variety of reasons, including, for instance, the current developments in passive radar systems or the advantages that bistatic radar offer to detect stealth platforms. Under these circumstances, radar cross section (RCS) measurement facilities have to be able to evolve accordingly and provide bistatic measurement capability. This paper introduces BIANCHA, a multi-purpose testing facility, and demonstrates its applicability for this purpose by presenting results of the bistatic scattering analysis of scaled model aircraft targets.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130234972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"W-Band Millimeter-wave On-chip Log-Periodic Dipole Antenna with Integrated Balun Filter in GIPD Process","authors":"H.-C. Wang, C. Chou, H. Chuang","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2018.8541560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2018.8541560","url":null,"abstract":"A W-band log-periodic antenna with integrated balun-bandpass filter (BPF) fabricated with general integrated passive device (GIPD) technology is presented. The GIPD process with high resistivity Si-substrate can provide a good radiation efficiency for the on-chip antenna. The balanced log periodic dipole antenna is fed by balance output of a balun bandpass filter (BPF). The simulated antenna power gain at 94GHz is 4 dBi (1.5 dBi with the integrated balun filter) and the radiation efficiency is 89 %. The measured power gain of the integrated antenna-filter is about 1.4 dBi at 94 GHz.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"06 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129853698","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"3D Millimeter Wave Screening of Wind Turbine Blade Segments","authors":"R. Herschel, S. Pawliczek","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546559","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546559","url":null,"abstract":"3D reconstruction based on broadband SAR imaging at 80 GHz is demonstrated. The 3D scanning platform used for material scans is briefly described. Different defects are shown being visualized from radar data, clearly showing the fiber structure in glass fiber composite materials, enclosures and defects. First results on high accuracy surface reconstruction based on phase unwrapping are shown to underline the potential of millimeter wave scanning for next generation quality monitoring systems.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124313451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation of Near Field RCS to Reproduce Measurement Condition","authors":"Jose M. Tamayo-Palau, Pascal de-Resseguier","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546644","url":null,"abstract":"Different approaches are presented to simulate the near field Radar Cross Section (RCS) of a perfectly conducting electrically large object. This type of environment is usually found in measurements at large anechoic chambers where the far field condition cannot be achieved, making it impossible to approximate the incident field by a planewave. Each approach will be implemented with Physical Optics (PO) for extremely large targets and an accelerated version of the Method of Moments for moderately large objects. The fast MoM method are either the Multilevel Adaptive Cross Approximation (MLACA) for an iterative solution or the Multiscale Compressed Block Decomposition (MSCBD) for a direct solution. This development and the performed simulations have been done with CAPITOLE-RCS commercial software developed by NEXIO.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132560438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Monje, K. Cooper, R. Dengler, C. Cochrane, S. Durden, A. Tang, M. Choukroun
{"title":"Long range-Doppler Demonstration of a 95 GHz FMCW Radar","authors":"R. Monje, K. Cooper, R. Dengler, C. Cochrane, S. Durden, A. Tang, M. Choukroun","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2018.8541654","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2018.8541654","url":null,"abstract":"We present the first demonstration of a thermal-noise-limited 95 GHz frequency modulated continuous wave (FMCW) Doppler radar with high (1 Watt) transmit power and long-range Doppler detection capabilities. The 95 GHz radar is part of the GAISR (Gas And Ice Spectrometer/Radar) instrument to probe the dynamics and distribution of cometary jets and plumes in icy bodies in the solar system. Radar measurements were carried out using a variety of targets at different range and velocities, such as freeway cars, clouds, rain and hillsides, to test the range and Doppler capabilities. The compact design (a single 15 cm diameter primary antenna), and high quality data presented in this paper makes this 95 GHz FMCW radar uniquely suitable for future space missions for Planetary and Earth Science applications.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127148579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Target Detection and Classification of Small Drones by Boosting on Radar Micro-Doppler","authors":"S. Bjorklund","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546569","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546569","url":null,"abstract":"Small drones, also called mini-UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), have become very wide-spread. They have many positive applications. However, they also have negative uses and it is often necessary to detect and classify them. In this paper we employ radar micro-Doppler for detection and classification of small drones. Micro-Doppler are Doppler shifts generated by the movements of internal parts of the target. We have used radar measurements of small drones and birds, extracted physical features from TVDs (Time Velocity Diagrams), and used a boosting classifier to distinguish between drones and birds (target detection) and types of drones (target classification) with good results. We have also compared with a SVM (Support Vector Machine) classifier. Our conclusion is that Micro-Doppler radar has the potential for reliable small drone target detection and is also promising for classifying the type of drone. The boosting classifier has some advantages over SVM.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123564386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overview of Naval Multifunction RF Systems","authors":"P. Moo, D. DiFilippo","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546521","url":null,"abstract":"Multifunction radio frequency (RF) systems employ active electronically scanned array technology to consolidate several RF functions, including radar, communications, electronic attack and electronic support. This paper presents key characteristics of multifunction RF (MFRF) systems for naval platforms, together with advantages and drawbacks relative to individual RF systems. Requirements for RF functions are provided, and design considerations for naval MFRF systems are discussed. Future research topics in MFRF systems are presented: MFRF system design, which is constrained by hardware technology; and resource management among multiple RF functions, which builds on previous results in radar resource management.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121609105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Otten, N. Maas, R. Bolt, Miguel Caro-Cuenca, H.J.W. Medenblik
{"title":"Circular Micro-SAR for mini-UAV","authors":"M. Otten, N. Maas, R. Bolt, Miguel Caro-Cuenca, H.J.W. Medenblik","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546633","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a new multifunction radar that was specially designed for mini-UAV platforms. The multi-channel radar is omnidirectional, allowing great flexibility in radar- and flight operations. A demonstrator has been built, weighing 800 grams, and consuming 25 W. Flexible SAR, GMTI and novel sensing modes can be demonstrated with this system.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"36 2","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"113936954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R. Blázquez-García, Jorge Casamayon-Anton, M. Burgos-García
{"title":"LTE-R Based Passive Multistatic Radar for High-Speed Railway Network Surveillance","authors":"R. Blázquez-García, Jorge Casamayon-Anton, M. Burgos-García","doi":"10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/EURAD.2018.8546516","url":null,"abstract":"A passive multistatic radar system to perform perimeter surveillance of high-speed railway networks using the new Long-Term Evolution-Railway (LTE-R) illuminator of opportunity is presented. The ambiguity function of LTE-R signals is analyzed in terms of range and Doppler resolution and sidelobe level. The hardware architecture of the receivers is based on software defined radio (SDR) nodes and the signal processing and data fusion are based respectively on the delay-Doppler cross-correlation with the reconstructed reference signals and a two-stage tracking. Finally, the maximum detection range of the system is estimated, demonstrating its technical feasibility for the short-range detection of pedestrians, vehicles and small drones.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"349 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115886384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Accurate PPCC-Based DoA Estimation Using Multiple Calibration Planes for WSN Nodes Equipped with ESPAR Antennas","authors":"M. Groth, L. Kulas","doi":"10.23919/eumc.2018.8541709","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.23919/eumc.2018.8541709","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we have introduced a new direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation method, which relies on received signal strength (RSS) values measured at the output port of electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna and uses the power pattern cross-correlation (PPCC) estimator. In the method, we have successfully incorporated measurements of ESPAR antenna’s radiation patterns performed at multiple calibration planes within the PPCC estimator in a way easily implementable in wireless sensor network (WSN) nodes equipped with ESPAR antennas. Performed anechoic chamber measurements of our ESPAR antenna prototype indicate that the proposed approach provides much lower DoA estimation errors in a wide span of incoming signal elevation angles than other methods currently available in the literature, which makes the concept applicable in practical WSN deployment scenarios.","PeriodicalId":171460,"journal":{"name":"2018 15th European Radar Conference (EuRAD)","volume":"278 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2018-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117022016","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}