A Miniaturised Coded SAR Transponder for Target Tagging
Conference: EUSAR 2006 - 6th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar
05/16/2006 - 05/18/2006 at Dresden, Germany
Proceedings: EUSAR 2006
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Hounam, David; Bauer, Robert; Limbach, Markus (Microwaves and Radar Institute, DLR, Germany)
Norrman, Helena; Sanae, Pouria (Lulea University of Technology, Sweden)
Abstract:
Although modern airborne and space-borne SAR instruments have increasingly high resolution, and the images contain more and more detail, detecting and identifying small objects in SAR images is unreliable. Hence, there is a need for artificial radar tags to guarantee reliable detection and unambiguous identification. The paper describes a concept for a miniature SAR transponder and the important technology developments needed, specifically the signal delay circuitry and the antenna. The design of a practical transponder is discussed.