A short wave radar beam sharpening method based on generalised oblique projection operator with flexible parameter

Autor: Xingpeng Mao, Ju Li, Heyue Huang, Yiming Wang, Junjie Lang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, Vol 18, Iss 7, Pp 1132-1144 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1751-8792
1751-8784
DOI: 10.1049/rsn2.12551
Popis: Abstract Beamforming is an effective way of resolving target direction and anti‐jamming in short wave (SW) radar systems. In conventional beamforming (CBF) at a certain frequency, to get high resolution, the array aperture should be increased, and this is often not allowed in practical applications. A new narrow beam forming (NBF) method for beam sharpening based on the generalised oblique projection (GOP) filter with a flexible parameter is proposed. This method uses a GOP filter bank to form deep nulls in the undesired azimuth range on the pattern and utilises the logic product process to synthesise the GOP filters’ outputs and thus obtains a narrow beam. Compared to traditional beamforming methods, the result of NBF has the characteristics of narrower beam width and bigger side lobe suppression ratio (SLSR). Especially, a narrower beam can be obtained in the case of a small array aperture, which is valuable for practical applications. Experimental results of the range‐Doppler spectrum of short wave radar show that this narrow beam forming method can achieve super resolution of targets within a wide beam and greatly suppress clutter. Therefore, NBF can improve the azimuth resolution and achieve interference suppression in a conventional beam.
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