Research Article

Correction of Channel Imbalance for MIMO SAR Using Stepped-Frequency Chirps

Table 1

System parameters.

ParameterSymbolValue

Center frequency (GHz) 9.685
Slant range of scene center (km) 30
Sensor velocity (m/s) 215
Subaperture length (m) 2.5
System PRF (Hz)PRF140
Transmit pulse length (us) 10
Number of subbands/subapertures 2
Transmitted pulse bandwidth (MHz) 60
Sampling rate in range (MHz) 72
SNR (dB)SNR6