Research Article

Performance Improvement of Spaceborne SAR Using Antenna Pattern Synthesis Based on Quantum-Behaved Particle Swarm Optimization

Table 3

Simulation parameters and system performance requirements of KOMPSAT-5.

ParametersValues

Operating frequency9.66 GHz
Altitude550 km
Radiating element in elevation direction32
Radiating element in azimuth direction192
Elevation spacing0.67 wavelength
Azimuth spacing0.71 wavelength
Gain control bits6 bits (0.5 dB step)
Phase control bits6 bits (5.625-degree step)
SW requirement≥30 km at 45-degree incidence angle
NESZ requirement≤−17 dB at nominal access region
RASR requirement≤−17 dB at nominal access region