Research Article

Development of a Near-Field Bistatic Synthetic Aperture Radar for Complex Target Reconstruction

Table 1

Parameters for simulated and experimental SWISAR imaging.

ParameterSymbolValue

Number of MS/BS antenna configurations 12

Experiment 1: (Quasi-) Monostatic configuration

MSn Tx antenna angular range (  : 12) 39° : −2° : 17°
MSn Rx antenna angular range (  : 12) 33° : −2° : 11°
QMS1 n-equivalent angle = 36°:−2°:14°

Experiment 2: Bistatic configuration

BS0 Tx antenna angle (fixed) 39° (fixed)
BSn Rx antenna angular range (  : 12) 33° : −4° : −11°
QMS2n-equivalent angle = 36°:−2°:14°

Other parameters:

Frequency rangef2–18 GHz
Turntable angular rangeϕ0° : 0.5° : 359.5°
Radial coordinate rangeρ0 : 0.01 : 0.7 m
Height coordinate range −0.2 : 0.01 : 0.4 m
Cartesian coordinate range −1 : 0.01 : 1 m