Transmit beampattern design for airborne phased‐MIMO radar. Issue 20 (22nd August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dong, Ye; Cheng, Fengfeng; Cao, Lanying
• Is Part Of: Journal of engineering. Volume 2019:Issue 20(2019)
• Page Start: 6642
• Page End: 6645
• Publication Date: 2019-08-22
• Subjects: airborne radar -- array signal processing -- radar signal processing -- MIMO radar -- phased array radar -- radar tracking -- radar detection -- radar theory; stability improvement -- hypervelocity moving target detection -- hypervelocity moving target tracking -- irregular sub‐array partition -- low sidelobes -- airspace coverage -- transmit beam width -- phased array radar -- irregular sub‐arrays -- transmitted signals design -- transmit beampattern design method -- airborne phased‐MIMO radar; Engineering -- Periodicals; Engineering; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 620.005
• DOI: 10.1049/joe.2019.0042
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-3305

Abstract

Abstract : Airborne phased‐MIMO radar based on sub‐arrays is investigated that can combine the advantages of both MIMO radar and phased array radar. The transmit beampattern design method for airborne phased‐MIMO radar is proposed that can control the transmit beam width to raise the airspace coverage by transmitted signals design. In order to avoid grating lobes and achieve low sidelobes, the irregular sub‐array partition is also proposed. Simulation results show that the transmit beampattern of airborne phased‐MIMO radar based on irregular sub‐arrays has wider beamwidth and lower sidelobes that can improve stability of detecting and tracking hypervelocity moving targets in the air. Simulation results also validate the effectiveness of the transmit beampatern design for phased‐MIMO radar with irregular sub‐arrays.