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Autores principales: Cohen, Oren, Vana, Moshe
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Publicado: 2026
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.07205
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author Cohen, Oren
Vana, Moshe
author_facet Cohen, Oren
Vana, Moshe
contents Conventional reference targets for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) calibration, such as corner reflectors and standard transponders, are often inherently large and suffer from limited viewing angles. This paper presents a novel frequency-translating transponder architecture that circumvents these limitations, enabling a truly compact, single-antenna design capable of omnidirectional operation. While the operational bandwidth is consequently narrowed, restricting its use primarily to azimuth-direction calibrations, the design excels at providing highly accurate pulse-to-pulse phase measurements across the synthetic aperture. The transponder was prototyped and experimentally validated with a drone-mounted SAR. The results demonstrate the transponder's significant potential for applications requiring omnidirectional reference targets, such as Circular SAR (CSAR) and bistatic SAR.
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spellingShingle Omnidirectional Transponder for Narrow-band Radar Calibration
Cohen, Oren
Vana, Moshe
Signal Processing
Conventional reference targets for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) calibration, such as corner reflectors and standard transponders, are often inherently large and suffer from limited viewing angles. This paper presents a novel frequency-translating transponder architecture that circumvents these limitations, enabling a truly compact, single-antenna design capable of omnidirectional operation. While the operational bandwidth is consequently narrowed, restricting its use primarily to azimuth-direction calibrations, the design excels at providing highly accurate pulse-to-pulse phase measurements across the synthetic aperture. The transponder was prototyped and experimentally validated with a drone-mounted SAR. The results demonstrate the transponder's significant potential for applications requiring omnidirectional reference targets, such as Circular SAR (CSAR) and bistatic SAR.
title Omnidirectional Transponder for Narrow-band Radar Calibration
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.07205