Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2020, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (5): 1014-1025.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-506X.2020.05.07

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Phase synchronization method based on MIMO direct path wave for UAV distributed coherent aperture radar

Xiaoyu LIU(), Tong WANG(), Jianxin WU(), Jinming CHEN()   

  1. National Lab of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, Xi'an 710071, China
  • Received:2019-07-18 Online:2020-04-30 Published:2020-04-30
  • Supported by:
    国家自然科学基金(61471285);中央高校基本科研业务费(JB190203)

Abstract:

For the distributed coherent aperture radar (DCAR), the precondition to realize fully signal coherence is phase synchronization. The factors, such as initial clock jagging, position derivation owning to maneuverability and original phase of local oscillators (LOs) belonging to unit radars, mainly result in DCAR phase non-synchronization. Aiming to solve these problems, a phase synchronization method based on multiple input multiple output (MIMO) direct path wave for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) DCAR is proposed. Firstly, it estimates time synchronization derivation by means of envelope synchronization combining two-way time comparison. Then the coordinate linear conversion method and the offset linear conversion method are put forward, which combine different auxiliary antennas echoes owning to the same unit radars to improve the position deviation estimation accuracy. Finally, through compensation to the direct path wave using deviation estimation values, the rest phase reflects LOs original phase estimation belonging to different pairs. The numerical examples demonstrate the validity of the theoretical results.

Key words: phase synchronization, position derivation, direct path wave, coordinate linear conversion method, offset linear conversion method

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