A Practical Calibration Method of Linear UHF Yagi Arrays for Ship Target Detection Application

被引：7

作者：

Wang, Caijun ^{[1
]}

Tian, Yingwei ^{[1
]}

Yang, Jing ^{[1
]}

Zhou, Hao ^{[1
]}

Wen, Biyang ^{[1
]}

Hou, Yidong ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Wuhan Univ, Radar & Signal Proc Lab, Elect Informat Sch, Wuhan 430072, Peoples R China

来源：

IEEE ACCESS | 2020年 / 8卷

基金：

中国国家自然科学基金;

关键词：

Single active calibration method; DOA; DBF; UHF radar; Yagi Array; ULA; ship target detection; LOOP/MONOPOLE ANTENNA; PATTERN; RADARS;

D O I：

10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2978663

中图分类号：

TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

Practical and stable channel calibration method is one of the most interesting technology for array radar engineers. This paper proposes a single source active calibration method (SAM) for ultra high frequency (UHF) radar with uniform linear array (ULA) Yagi antennas. This SAM measures the amplitude and phase errors of receiving channel at a known direction of arrival (DOA) in the antenna pattern measurement (APM) mode of radar without a transponder, then the calibration values at other angles are determined by a formula derived from array signal model. The results of simulation and field experiment show that (1) the antenna pattern (AP) caculated from SAM calibration is consistent with the simulated and measured AP of the Yagi array. (2) after calibrated by SAM values, DOA estimantion of digital beamforming (DBF) and signal to noise ratio (SNR) gains of Doppler power for 5 ship targets are in good agreement with the theoretical performance of 8 arrays. and (3) the azimuth angle of the single active source is insignificant and can be user-defined according to the field environment. It is proved that the proposed SAM calibration provides a feasibility and idea for the practical and reliable calibration of UHF Yagi ULA.

引用

页码：46472 / 46479

页数：8

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