Polarimetric Calibration of an FMCW Doppler Radar with Dual-Orthogonal Signals

Conference paper (2024)

Authors

O.A. Krasnov Microwave Sensing, Signals & Systems - EEMCS
Q Zhang Student
Alexander Yarovoy Microwave Sensing, Signals & Systems - EEMCS
Research Group
Microwave Sensing, Signals & Systems (EEMCS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2024 O.A. Krasnov, Q. Zhang, Alexander Yarovoy
DOI
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https://doi.org/10.1109/CAMA57522.2023.10352897
Radar polarimetry Polarimetric calibration Polarization scattering matrix measurements
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Published Date

2024

Language

English

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Faculty

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Department

Microelectronics

Research Group

Microwave Sensing, Signals & Systems

Abstract

In this paper, the full calibration chain of FMCW radar with simultaneous transmission of two orthogonally polarized orthogonal waveforms is considered. Specifically for this type of polarimetric radar, compensation of signals’ biases and equalization of the amplification gains of the parallel polarimetric channels in the receiver are jointly performed using the noise measurements. The calibrations of the absolute complex gains of the transmitter’s polarimetric channels together with complex antenna gains are done using the model-based fit of the measurements of the rotating dihedral reflector. Phase relations between polarimetric channels are treated in the Doppler domain using the unfolded velocity of the target. The performed calibration results in high-accurate measurements of the radar targets’ polarimetric scattering matrix (PSM) in the Doppler domain. All the proposed calibration steps are illustrated using real radar data.