SAR System & Signals

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SAR System and Signals Part 2
EE880 Synthetic Aperture Radar
M. A. Saville, PhD, PE
Summer, 2012
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Lesson Overview
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Imaging radar requirements
Array Basics
SAR signal modeling
Summary
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Imaging Radar Requirements
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Resolve scatterers in 1D,2D,3D
Construct geospatial image
Estimate reflectivity function
Estimate RCS of scene scatterers
Estimate cross-section coefficient
of clutter
• Image one uncompressed
range cell or voxel (3D case)
• Achieve specified resolution in
1, 2 or 3D
• Perform above within time and
computational constraints
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Ideal 2D Radar Imaging Collection
• Shown: ground plane imaging
• Down-range resolution set by
HRR waveform, i.e. bandwidth
• Cross-range resolution set
by narrow antenna beam
• Each echo resolves both dimensions
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Realistic Down-range
Reconstruction
Ideal down-range
target profile
rect(𝑑) (infinite
bandwidth)
Time Domain
βˆ†π‘‘
Spectral Domain
-2000
-1500
-1000
Ideal receiver
filtering rect(𝑓)
(finite bandwidth)
Lost energy
-500
0
Time Domain
βˆ†π‘‘
500
1000
1500
2000
Profile distortion
& spreading
Reconstructed
down-range target
profile is IDFT of
windowed rect(𝑑)
Note duality and reciprocity in Fourier Transforms. If we start with ideal S, transform to
s, window by applying a range-gate and inverse transform, we still observe spread in sw
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Down-range Digital Signal Processing
• Time/range domain
• Frequency domain
– finite signal bandwidth
B << W
– sampling period ΔT
– record length T
𝑇
Δ𝑇 =
2π‘Š = 𝑓𝑠
D
1
𝑓𝑠
𝑐Δ𝑇
𝑐
𝑐
Δ𝑅 =
=
=
2
2𝑓𝑠 4π‘Š
– Unambiguous spectrum
π‘Š = fs/2
– spectral resolution Δf
D-1
𝑐𝑇
𝑐
𝑅=
=
2
2βˆ†π‘“
Δ𝑓 =
𝑐
Δ𝑓 =
2𝑅
1
𝑇
1
2π‘Š =
βˆ†π‘‡
range results from scaling time
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Realistic Cross-range
Reconstruction
• Down-range resolved
• Cross-range not resolved
because of antenna beam
• Solution: apply
discrete-time
Fourier principles to
form narrow antenna beam
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Cross-range Coordinates
End
synthetic
aperture
Θ
𝑅0
1. Collection
4. Scene center
reference
Start
synthetic
aperture
2. Coordinate
references
3. Synthetic
aperture reference
Ground
plane
𝑅0
Θ
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Slant
plane
π‘…π‘π‘Ÿ = 𝑅0 sin Θ
Cross range scene
extent is set by
beamwidth of
real aperture
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SAR Coordinate Reference
• SAR coordinates are different from detection and
tracking radar applications
• Coordinates are referenced to the scene center
• Synthetic aperture elements (spacing d and length L)
are referenced to scene center in angular
coordinates π›₯πœƒ ← π›₯πœƒ 𝑑, 𝐿, 𝑅 , 𝛩 ← 𝛩 𝑑, 𝐿, 𝑅
• SAR is a receive array antenna
Angle
scene
Angle
scene
Range
radar
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Radar centric
Range
radar
Scene centric
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Cross-range Digital Signal Processing
• Array (angular) sampling: • Cross-range sampling
– array defined in linear
coordinates 𝑑, 𝐿
– array spacing 𝑑 ← Δπœƒ
– array length 𝐿 = 𝑄𝑑 ← Θ
– conceptually: spatial
samples
𝐿 = 𝑄𝑑
𝑑
Angles are scaled array
length and spacing
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– Unambiguous spectrum
Θ = πœƒ3dB
– cross-range extent π‘Œ ≈ RΘ
– cross-range resolution
Δπ‘Œ = ℬ −1 Δπœƒ, Θ
π‘Œ
B
B-1
Δπ‘Œ
π‘Œ is based on arc-length, but resolution
depends on the operator B and is
subject of course
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Antenna Array Basics
• Array - collection of
antenna elements
• Each element is a single
antenna
• Typically, elements have
identical radiation
patterns
• Isotropic elements used
in analysis for
convenience
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AN/SPY-1A
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Array Antenna (1/4)
Isotropic transmit
antenna
Received
P0
Power
level (dB) P0 - 6
P0 - 12
P0 - 18
R0
R0
2R0
4R0
8R0
Observation angle
ZL
Receive
antennas
Note: Antenna observation is defined in angle
coordinates because pattern is range-invariant
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Array Antenna (2/4)
Array of Q isotropic transmit elements
𝐄2
1
𝑃≈
=
𝑍𝐿
𝑍𝐿
Spherical
observation
surface
2
𝑄
π„π‘ž
= 𝐺𝑃0
π‘ž=1
ZL
𝐄 = 𝐞𝐸 π‘₯, 𝑦, 𝑧, 𝑑
𝐸∈β„‚
Electric fields combine in a constructive or
deconstructive manner at different points on
the observation surface
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Array Antenna (3/4)
Radiation pattern of array
of isotropic elements
GP0
Received
GP0 - 6
Power
level (dB) GP0 - 12
GP0 - 18
G
R0
2R0
4R0
8R0
Observation angle
ZL
𝐹 𝑅 cos πœƒ , 𝑅 sin πœƒ = 𝑒
𝑄−1
−π‘—π‘˜π‘…
π‘ž=0
πΌπ‘ž 𝑒 π‘—π‘žΔπœ‘
Δπœ‘ πœƒ = π‘˜π‘‘ sin πœƒ
𝐹 πœƒ = 𝐼0 𝑒
𝑗
𝑄−1 Δπœ‘ πœƒ
2
𝑄Δπœ‘ πœƒ
2
Δπœ‘ πœƒ
sin 2
sin
Null-to-null beamwidth πœƒπ‘π‘ ≈
πœƒ
πœƒ
𝑒 −π‘—π‘˜π‘…
2πœ†
𝐿
Half-power beamwidth πœƒ3dB ≈
0.866πœ†
𝐿
Note: transmit array radiation pattern is the
same as the receive array pattern.
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Array Antenna (4/4)
• Fields observed far from array
• Array pattern looks like I/DFT of rect πœƒ
• Differential phase 𝛼 on elements steers array
𝑅≫𝐿
𝐿
πœƒ+𝛼
𝐿 = 𝑄−1 𝑑
𝐹 πœƒ =
𝑄−1
π‘ž=0
𝐼0 𝑒 π‘—π‘žΔπœ‘
πœƒ
Δπœ‘ πœƒ = π‘˜π‘‘ sin πœƒ + 𝛼
𝐹 πœƒ =
planar
wave fronts
𝑄−1 πœ‘ πœƒ
𝑗
2
𝐼0 𝑒
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π‘„πœ‘ πœƒ
2
πœ‘ πœƒ
sin 2
sin
Phase shift across dimension of array causes
angular shift (translation) to angle 𝛼, i.e.
property of DFT.
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Synthetic Array
• Synthetic aperture is a receive aperture
• Fields caused by scatterers (targets, clutter)
• Differential angle 𝛼 causes differential phase
𝑅≫𝐿
𝐿
πœƒ+𝛼
𝐿 = 𝑄−1 𝑑
𝐹 πœƒ =
𝑄−1
π‘ž=0
𝐼0 𝑒 π‘—π‘ž Δπœ‘
πœƒ +𝛼
Δπœ‘ πœƒ = 2π‘˜π‘‘ sin πœƒ
𝐹 πœƒ =
planar
wave fronts
𝑄−1 πœ‘ πœƒ
𝑗
2
𝐼0 𝑒
πœ‘ πœƒ = Δπœ‘ πœƒ + 𝛼
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π‘„πœ‘ πœƒ
2
πœ‘ πœƒ
sin 2
sin
target
Synthetic array formed by correcting phases
caused by differential ranges. For linear array,
DFT along array dimension results in cross-range
compression, i.e. resolution.
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Synthetic Aperture for Cross-range
Resolution
• SAR spatially samples along array dimension
Δπœ‘ πœƒ = 2π‘˜π‘‘ sin πœƒ
differential phase
shift across echoes
Incremental
path length
Point
target
𝑆 2π‘˜ sin πœƒ = DFT 𝑠 π‘žΔπœ‘ πœƒ
𝑅
=DFT{𝑠[π‘žπ‘‘]}, π‘ž = 1, β‹― , 𝑄
sin −Θ 2 ≤ sin πœƒ ≤ sin Θ 2
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Incremental Incremental
position
angle
Cross-range resolution
equals arc length π‘…βˆ†πœƒ
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SAR Signal Modeling Requirements
• N-D images require N-D signal representation
• Parameterize 2D signals (range,angle) with time
• Time has two scales (PRI-𝑇𝑝 , and CPI-𝑀𝑇𝑝 )
• System design must support stable collection
method and accurate coherent measurement
CPI (inter-pulse sampling)
0
𝑇𝑝
slow time 𝜏 [ms]
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PRI (intra-pulse sampling)
𝑀𝑇𝑝
0
Δ𝑇
𝑇𝑝
fast time 𝑑 [πœ‡s]
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SAR Radar System and Signals
• SAR System differs from classic radar system
• Collection method (transmit and store), receiver
design to support imaging, signal processing
TX
Differences in CONOP
sTX(t)
s(t)
SAR Simple view
TX Ant
gc(t)
𝑠TX
Env
RT , σ
RG, σ0
RJ, sjam
Differences in receiver
RX
r(t)
yI(t)
yQ(t)
𝑅, 𝜎
sRX(t)
Differences in RSP
𝑠RX
d[n]
DB
output
𝑅, 𝜎
t, Tp, Fp, τ
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β„Ž
RX Ant
RSP
SYNC
input
DM
β„Ž−1
SAR is an inverse problem
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Detailed SAR Modeling
• Signal development from signal processing
perspective
• Math development from inverse problem
perspective
• Algorithm processing from linear systems perspective
• Outline:
– Coordinate systems
– Transmit “signal”
– Scatterer response
– Received signal
– Operator representation
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Coordinate Systems (1/3)
• Lower case letters: global coordinates
• Primed lower case letters: local scene coordinates
• Upper case letters: local antenna coordinates
𝐙
Antenna position
π«π‘Ž = 𝐱π‘₯𝒂 + 𝐲𝑦𝒂 +𝐳𝑧𝒂
𝐘
𝐫 = 𝐱π‘₯ + 𝐲𝑦+𝐳𝑧
𝐫′ = 𝐱′π‘₯′ + 𝐲′𝑦’+𝐳′𝑧′
𝐑 = 𝐗𝑋 + π˜π‘Œ + 𝐙𝑍
Scene center position
𝐫𝑔 = 𝐱π‘₯π’ˆ + π²π‘¦π’ˆ +π³π‘§π’ˆ
𝐗
π«π‘Ž
𝐑
𝐳′
𝐲′
𝐳
𝐲
𝐫𝑔
𝐱′
𝐱
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Scene center position
relative to antenna
position
𝐑 = 𝐑 𝟎 = 𝐫𝑔 − π«π‘Ž
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Coordinate Systems (2/3)
• Local coordinates show variation in position
Antenna position
Scene center position
π«π‘Ž + βˆ†π‘
𝐫𝑔 + 𝐫′
Scene center position
relative to antenna position
𝐑 = 𝐫𝑔 + 𝐫′ − π«π‘Ž + βˆ†π‘
𝐙
𝐘
βˆ†π‘
π«π‘Ž
𝐗
𝐑
• Typically assume βˆ†π‘ = 0
• Scene defined by 𝐫′
𝐳′
𝐲′
𝐳
𝐲
𝐱
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𝐫𝑔
𝐫′
𝐱′
𝐑 = 𝐫𝑔 + 𝐫′ − π«π‘Ž
𝐑 = 𝐑 0 + 𝐫′
• Position parameterized
with slow time 𝜏
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Coordinate System (3/3)
• Waveform definition in fast time coordinates 𝑑
• Reference to scene center -- not antenna
• Signal has dependency on both 𝑑 and 𝜏
𝑠 𝑑, 𝜏 = ℝ𝕖 𝑝 𝑑 𝑒 π‘—πœ”π‘‘ 𝑒 −π‘—π‘˜π‘…
complex envelope
𝑝 𝑑 = π‘Ž 𝑑 cos πœ“ 𝑑
𝑅 𝜏 = 𝐑 𝜏
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electromagnetic
wave behavior
+ π‘—π‘Ž 𝑑 sin πœ“ 𝑑
= 𝐑 0 𝜏 + 𝐫′ 𝜏
𝜏
Can be phase, frequency, or
amplitude encoded
Assumes 𝐑 𝜏 β‰ͺ 𝑐
Typically, 𝐫 ′ 𝜏 = 0
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Transmit Signal
• Wideband signal (LFM or
stepped frequency)
• Directional (line-of-sight to
scene)
𝑠 𝑑, 𝐀 𝜏
= ℝ𝕖 𝑝 𝑑 𝑒 π‘—πœ”π‘ 𝑑 𝑒 −π‘—π‘˜
π€βˆ™π‘ 𝜏
𝐑0 𝜏
𝐀 𝜏 = 𝐑0 𝜏 =
𝑅0 𝜏
Cutaway view of a helix Traveling wave tube. (1)
Electron gun; (2) RF input; (3) Magnets; (4)
Attenuator; (5) Helix coil; (6) RF output; (7)
Vacuum tube; (8) Collector. [wikipedia.com]
𝐙
𝐘
𝐗
𝐀 βˆ™ 𝐑 𝜏 = 𝐑 0 𝜏 βˆ™ 𝐑 𝜏 ≈ 𝑅0 𝜏 + βˆ†π‘… 𝜏
𝐑0
βˆ†π‘… 𝜏 ≈ 𝐀 𝜏 βˆ™ 𝐫′
Differential path length for
arbitrary location in scene
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Flight path
𝐳′
𝐲′
𝐑
𝐫′
Scene
𝐱′
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Scattered Signal
• Clutter & targets, atmospheric and space loss L
– In SAR, heterogeneous clutter = “target”
– Approximate target signal model is simple sum of
isotropic point scatterers:
amplitude scaled, time, frequency/phase shifted
π΄π‘ž 𝑝 𝑑 − 2𝑇0 𝑒 π‘—πœ”π‘
𝑠 𝑑, 𝜏 =
𝑑−2𝑇0
𝑒 −π‘—π‘˜2 𝑅0
𝜏 +βˆ†π‘…π‘ž 𝜏
π‘ž
• EM physics (with typical approximations)
𝑠 𝑑, 𝜏 = 𝐿𝑝 𝑑 − 2𝑇0 𝑒 π‘—πœ”π‘
𝑑−2𝑇0
𝑒 −𝑗2π‘˜π‘…0
𝜏
𝜌 𝐫 ′ = 𝛿 𝐫 ′ − π«π‘ž
𝜌 𝐫 ′ 𝑒 −𝑗2π‘˜π€
𝜏 βˆ™π« ′
𝑑𝐫 ′
𝑆𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒
SAR approximates scene’s reflectivity function
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Received Signal (1/2)
• Signal comprises all echoes during synthetic aperture
𝑠 ′ 𝑑, πœπ‘š ; π‘š = 1, β‹― , 𝑀
• Inertial navigation system provides motion
compensation timing, i.e., compensates for aperture
deviation from flight path compensation
𝑠 𝑑, πœπ‘š = 𝑠 ′ 𝑑, πœπ‘š 𝑒 𝑗2π‘˜π€π‘š βˆ™βˆ†π‘π‘š
𝐀 π‘š = 𝐀 πœπ’Ž = 𝐑 0 πœπ’Ž = 𝐑 0,π‘š
Flight path
𝐙
𝐘
βˆ†π‘ π‘š
• Slow-time recorded in
angle coordinates
𝐗
𝐑 0,π‘š 𝐳′
𝐲′
π‘π‘š
πœ™π‘š , πœƒπ‘š = πœ™ πœπ’Ž , πœƒ πœπ’Ž
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Scene
𝐱′
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Received Signal (2/2)
• Fast-time signals sampled according to signal
bandwidth
𝑠 𝑑𝑛 , πœπ‘š ; 𝑛 = 1, β‹― , 𝑁
• Signals recorded either with absolute time or relative
to initial or middle pulse in collection with respect to
scene center
• LFM signal recovered using deramp and deskew
receiver -- relates sample time to instantaneous
frequency
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SAR Signal Processing Overview
• Signal model after A/D
𝑆𝐼𝐹 𝑑𝑛 , πœπ‘š =
𝑑𝑛 − π‘šπ‘‡π‘π‘Ÿπ‘– − 2 𝑅0,π‘š 𝑐
rect
𝑇𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒
π‘š=0
𝑀−1
× π‘’ 𝑗Φ
𝑑𝑛 ,πœπ‘š
𝜌 𝐫 ′ 𝑒 −𝑗2π‘˜π€
𝜏 βˆ™π« ′
𝑑𝐫 ′
𝑆𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑒
• LFM transmit phase profile
Φ π‘‘, πœπ‘š = 2πœ‹π‘“π‘ 𝑑 + πœ‹π›Ύ 𝑑 − π‘šπ‘‡π‘π‘Ÿπ‘–
2
Chirp 𝛾 [Hz/sec]
• LFM receive (deramp) phase profile
Φ π‘‘π‘› , πœπ‘š = −𝑗
4πœ‹π›Ύ 𝑓𝑐
2𝑅0,π‘š
+ 𝑑𝑛 − π‘šπ‘‡π‘π‘Ÿπ‘– −
𝑐 𝛾
𝑐
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π‘…π‘ž − 𝑅0,π‘š +
4πœ‹π›Ύ
π‘…π‘ž − 𝑅0,π‘š
2
𝑐
2
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Deramp & Deskew Receiver (1/5)
• Recall LFM waveform with chirp 𝛾 Hz/sec [Sullivan, 7.2]:
transmit
𝑑 − π‘šπ‘‡π‘π‘Ÿπ‘– 𝑗 2πœ‹π‘“π‘ 𝑑+πœ‹π›Ύ
= 𝐴0 rect
𝑒
𝑇𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒
𝑆𝑇π‘₯ 𝑑, πœπ‘š
receive
𝑆𝑅π‘₯ 𝑑, πœπ‘š
𝑑−π‘šπ‘‡π‘π‘Ÿπ‘–
𝑑 − π‘šπ‘‡π‘π‘Ÿπ‘– − 2 π‘…π‘ž 𝑐
= π‘Žπ‘ž rect
𝑇𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒
x𝑒
𝑗 2πœ‹π‘“π‘ 𝑑−2π‘…π‘ž 𝑐 +πœ‹π›Ύ 𝑑−π‘šπ‘‡π‘π‘Ÿπ‘– −2π‘…π‘ž 𝑐
2
2
Reference to Scene Center
(motion compensation point)
𝑆𝑅𝑒𝑓 𝑑, πœπ‘š =
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𝑗 2πœ‹π‘“π‘ 𝑑−2𝑅0 𝑐 +πœ‹π›Ύ 𝑑−π‘šπ‘‡π‘π‘Ÿπ‘– −2𝑅0 𝑐
𝑒
2
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Deramp & Deskew Receiver (2/5)
• Mix reference signal with echo
𝑆𝑅π‘₯ 𝑑, πœπ‘š
X
𝑑 = 𝑑 − π‘šπ‘‡π‘π‘Ÿπ‘–
𝑆𝐼𝐹 𝑑, πœπ‘š
fast time within PRI
conj 𝑆𝑅𝑒𝑓 𝑑, πœπ‘š
intermediate frequency
𝑆𝐼𝐹 𝑑, πœπ‘š
𝑑 − 2 π‘…π‘ž 𝑐 −𝑗4πœ‹π›Ύ
= π‘Žπ‘ž rect
𝑒 𝑐
𝑇𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒
𝑓𝑐
2𝑅0
+
𝑑−
π‘…π‘ž −𝑅0
𝛾
𝑐
2
4πœ‹π›Ύ
𝑗 2 π‘…π‘ž −𝑅0
𝑒 𝑐
Received pulse train from q-th target
𝑆𝐼𝐹 𝑑, πœπ‘š = π‘Žπ‘ž
Φ π‘‘, πœπ‘š = −𝑗
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𝑀−1
π‘š=0
rect
𝑑 − 2 π‘…π‘ž 𝑐 𝑗Φ
𝑒
𝑇𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒
4πœ‹π›Ύ 𝑓𝑐
2𝑅0
+𝑑−
𝑐 𝛾
𝑐
𝑑,πœπ‘š
π‘…π‘ž − 𝑅0 +
4πœ‹π›Ύ
π‘…π‘ž − 𝑅0
2
𝑐
2
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Deramp & Deskew Receiver (3/5)
• Signal phase
Φ π‘‘, πœπ‘š = −𝑗
4πœ‹π›Ύ 𝑓𝑐
2𝑅0
+𝑑−
𝑐 𝛾
𝑐
π‘…π‘ž − 𝑅0 +
4πœ‹π›Ύ
π‘…π‘ž − 𝑅0
2
𝑐
linear phase,
easily compensated
2
quadratic phase,
not easily corrected,
often dismissed as
phase error term
• For a fixed target range, the instantaneous received
frequency is
𝑓 𝑑, πœπ‘š
1 𝑑Φ
2𝛾
=
=−
π‘…π‘ž − 𝑅0
2πœ‹ 𝑑𝑑
𝑐
constant range-dependent frequency is dechirped or deramped
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Deramp & Deskew Receiver (4/5)
Adapted from [SUL,7.2]
frequency
𝑐𝑇𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒
𝑇𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒
𝑓𝑐
𝐡
time
Near
Scene
𝑇𝑝𝑒𝑙𝑠𝑒
2𝑆 𝑐
Scene
Center
𝑆
Far
Scene
before
deramp
frequency
after
Targets at different ranges
have different frequencies
𝐡𝐼𝐹 < 𝐡
time
Deramping also reduces A/D
sampling speeds
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Deramp & Deskew Receiver (5/5)
• Each echo contains multiple tones from scatterers at
different ranges in the scene that occur at different
times
2 π‘…π‘ž − 𝑅0
π‘“π‘ž
π‘‘π‘ž =
𝑐
=−
𝛾
• SAR processing requires one-to-one mapping of
frequency to sample time, i.e. no time-delay
• Correct as
Φ ← Φ π‘‘π‘ž , 𝜏
πœ‹π‘“π‘ž 2
−𝑗 𝛾
𝑒
• IFT each echo to
recover frequencies
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frequency
Deramped and deskewed
𝐡𝐼𝐹 < 𝐡
time
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Operator Modeling
β„’ πœŽπ’¦ 𝑝𝑇π‘₯
𝒦 𝑝𝑇π‘₯
TX
ENV
𝑝𝑇π‘₯
𝜎
β„³1 β„’ πœŽπ’¦ 𝑝𝑇π‘₯
RX
RSP
MF
β„± −1 𝑆𝑅π‘₯
β„³2 β„’ πœŽπ’¦ 𝑝𝑇π‘₯
PFA,
CBP
𝜎
𝒦 represents antenna radiation of signal from transmitter
β„’ represents scattering from scatterer
β„³ represents receiver front end (mixing, matched filtering, etc…)
𝑆𝑅π‘₯ = β„³1 β„’ πœŽπ’¦ 𝑝𝑇π‘₯
These operations can be
approximated as a forward
Fourier transform
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≈ β„±β„΄
The approximation depends on simple
linear superposition of scatterers and far
field reception
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Summary of
SAR Systems & Signals Part 2
•
•
•
•
Imaging requirements
Antenna array
SAR signal modeling
Operator modeling
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Lesson References
• [Levanon] N. Levanon, Radar Signals, Wiley-IEEE Press, 2004.
• [Stimson] G. Stimson, Introduction to Airborne Radar, SciTech Publishing
Inc., 1998.
• [Sullivan] R. Sullivan, Foundations for Imaging and Advanced Concepts,
SciTech Publishing Inc., 2004.
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