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Hybrid SIMO and MIMO sparse array radar

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 April 2014

Takuya Takayama*
Affiliation:
Japan Radio Co., Ltd.5-1-1 Shimorenjaku Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8510, Japan
Masayuki Sugano
Affiliation:
Japan Radio Co., Ltd.5-1-1 Shimorenjaku Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8510, Japan
Yukinobu Tokieda
Affiliation:
Japan Radio Co., Ltd.5-1-1 Shimorenjaku Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8510, Japan
Hiroki Sugawara
Affiliation:
Japan Radio Co., Ltd.5-1-1 Shimorenjaku Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8510, Japan
*
Corresponding author: T. Takayama Email: takayama.takuya@jrc.co.jp

Abstract

This paper clarifies what we benefit from single-input–multiple-output (SIMO) or multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) radar. We have developed an X-band sparse array imaging radar system capable of operating at both SIMO and MIMO modes. The hybrid radar modes are realized without any modification in hardware, but simply by switching the scheme of waveform generation and post-processing. A comparison has been made between the SIMO mode adopting a chirp pulse waveform and the MIMO mode based on the code-division multiple access method using the Gold-coded pulse waveform. Mutually complementary properties between the SIMO and MIMO modes in terms of the cost of computation, the ease of array calibration, and the detectability of targets are clarified through simulations and an experiment.

Type
Research Paper
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press and the European Microwave Association 2014 

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