Abstract:

Conventional pulse compression use a periodical echo of single receive antenna, which is modulated by a certain carrier-frequency, in other words, single spectrum is exploited. But for MIMO radar, as the multi-carrier-frequency signals are transmitted simultaneously, if the spectrum of the target echo after channel separation can be combined to form the whole band spectrum echo, the corresponding range resolution can improve several times as compared with the conventional method, and it will be more convenient for follow-up detection and tracking Considering the difference between the frequency modulation band and the interval between the adjacent frequencies, the spectrum joint after channel separation will be overlapped or spaced. The methods of spectrum moving of each echo and the spectrum extrapolation with Root-MUSIC algorithm are proposed, by which high-resolution range profile of the target is obtained. Simulation results verify the validity of these methods.