Dynamic radar calibration using an airborne active calibration target

Pienaar, M.; Odendaal, J.W.; Cilliers, J.E.; Smit, Jw; Joubert, J.

doi:10.1109/ursi-at-rasc.2015.7302833

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“…This calibration target can be used to calibrate a large range of bistatic configuration setups which is a major advantage. The active calibration target used in this paper is lightweight and compact which enables deployment via a remote controlled drone as was demonstrated in [ Pienaar et al, ] for monostatic RCS measurements.…”

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Active calibration target for bistatic radar cross‐section measurements

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Key Points: An active calibration target as reference target for bistatic RCS measurements. The target is simple to manufacture, lightweight and compact for airborne deployment via a remote controlled drone. 1 AbstractEither passive calibration targets are expensive and complex to manufacture or their bistatic RCS levels are significantly lower than the monostatic RCS levels of targets such as spheres, dihedraland trihedral corner reflectors. In this paper the performance of an active calibration target with relative high bistatic RCS values is illustrated as a reference target for bistatic RCS measurements. The reference target is simple to manufacture, operates over a wide frequency range and can be configured to calibrate all four polarizations (VV, HH, HV and VH). Bistatic RCS measurements of canonical targets, performed in a controlled environment, are calibrated with the reference target and the results are compared to simulated results using FEKO.

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