Research Article

Ultra Wide X-Band Microwave Imaging of Concealed Weapons and Explosives Using 3D-SAR Technique

Table 2

Specifications of the microwave imager.

MIXIM (microwave X-band imager)

Operating frequency 8.2–12.4 GHz
Number of frequency samples 201
Transmitted power 1 mW
antenna Pyramidal horn with 15 dB gain
Video bandwidth 30 KHz
Synthetic aperture length 375 mm
Number of antenna samples 2601
-axis step 7.5 mm
-axis step 7.5 mm
Total measurement time 24 minutes
,   resolution 3 cm
  resolution 4 cm