Synthetic aperture radar method and synthetic aperture radar device

    公开(公告)号:US11454702B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-27

    申请号:US17058522

    申请日:2019-04-25

    IPC分类号: G01S7/40 G01S13/90

    摘要: A synthetic aperture radar method for remote sensing of the surface of the Earth by means of a radar device on a flying object moving in an azimuth direction above the surface of the Earth, wherein the radar device includes an array of antenna elements for transmitting radar pulses in a transmitting operation and for receiving radar echoes of these radar pulses reflected at the surface of the Earth in a receiving operation. A calibration mode is carried out in which the transmission of the radar pulses in the transmitting operation is carried out with a pulse repetition rate such that only echo signals of a single radar echo are received by all antenna elements of the array at the same point in time in the receiving operation; in the receiving operation, the echo signals are recorded in a plurality of receiving channels, wherein a different antenna element is assigned to a respective receiving channel, and in the respective receiving channel the echo signals received by the assigned antenna element are digitized and directly stored, thereby obtaining digitized radar data; the digitized radar data are further processed to determine a set of calibrated parameters of the radar device for the SAR operating mode for obtaining SAR images.

    SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR METHOD AND SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR DEVICE

    公开(公告)号:US20210215795A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-15

    申请号:US17058522

    申请日:2019-04-25

    IPC分类号: G01S7/40 G01S13/90

    摘要: A synthetic aperture radar method for remote sensing of the surface of the Earth by means of a radar device on a flying object moving in an azimuth direction above the surface of the Earth, wherein the radar device includes an array of antenna elements for transmitting radar pulses in a transmitting operation and for receiving radar echoes of these radar pulses reflected at the surface of the Earth in a receiving operation. A calibration mode is carried out in which the transmission of the radar pulses in the transmitting operation is carried out with a pulse repetition rate such that only echo signals of a single radar echo are received by all antenna elements of the array at the same point in time in the receiving operation; in the receiving operation, the echo signals are recorded in a plurality of receiving channels, wherein a different antenna element is assigned to a respective receiving channel, and in the respective receiving channel the echo signals received by the assigned antenna element are digitized and directly stored, thereby obtaining digitized radar data; the digitized radar data are further processed to determine a set of calibrated parameters of the radar device for the SAR operating mode for obtaining SAR images.