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IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume 48 Number 12, December 2000

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A Real-Time Close-Range Imaging System with Fixed Antennas

Birgit Michael, Wolfgang Menzel, Senior Member, IEEE and Arnold Gronau

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Abstract:

A coherent system with two stepped frequency radar sensors separated by 1-2 m is presented in this paper for close-range imaging. Resolution is achieved via range resolution from the two different sensor positions,exploiting both monostatic and bistatic responses. A first test had been performed using a vector measurement equipment for an antenna measurement range as a radar simulator, and now, a mobile experimental system was built and tested,which included stationary and mobile targets.

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