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Development of UWB microwave array radar for concealed weapon detection

  • Timofey Savelyev*
  • , Xiaodong Zhuge
  • , Bill Yang
  • , Alexander Yarovoy
  • , Leo Ligthart
  • , Michail Drozdov
  • , Boris Levitas
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper describes two approaches to short-range microwave imaging by means of ultra-wideband (UWB) technology. The first approach deals with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that employs a transmit-receive antenna pair on mechanical scanner. The second one represents a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna array that scans electronically in the horizontal plane and mechanically, installed on the scanner, in the vertical plane. The mechanical scanning in only one direction reduces significantly the measurement time. Two respective prototypes have been built and compared. Both systems comprise the same 10-18 GHz antennas and multichannel video impulse electronics while the same focusing based on Kirchhoff migration is applied to acquired data for radar imaging. The study has been carried out for an application of concealed weapon detection.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication4th Microwave and Radar Week MRW-2010 - 11th International Radar Symposium, IRS 2010 - Conference Proceedings
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages240-243
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9789955690184
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event4th Microwave and Radar Week, MRW 2010 - 11th International Radar Symposium, IRS 2010 - Vilnius, Lithuania
Duration: 16 Jun 201018 Jun 2010

Publication series

Name4th Microwave and Radar Week MRW-2010 - 11th International Radar Symposium, IRS 2010 - Conference Proceedings

Conference

Conference4th Microwave and Radar Week, MRW 2010 - 11th International Radar Symposium, IRS 2010
Country/TerritoryLithuania
CityVilnius
Period16/06/1018/06/10

Keywords

  • Concealed weapon detection
  • Multiple input multiple output
  • Radar imaging
  • Synthetic aperture radar
  • Ultrawideband array

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