Abstract
This paper presents a novel approach in the instrumental error analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radars (SAR) based on active phased array antennas (APAA). A residual post-calibration error exists due to differences between the calibration and operational excitations of the transmit/receive modules (TRMs) for those source errors that are monitored by the internal calibration facility. Analytical expressions are derived for the residual post-calibration errors and validated through intensive simulations of some instrumental errors for a specific sensor architecture. Alternative internal global calibration strategies are proposed to reduce the impact of the post-calibration error. The simulations show that the proposed elevation dependent calibration can provide a substantial reduction of the post-calibration errors even in the case of relaxed tolerance of the TRM weight setting errors.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 6218733 |
Pages (from-to) | 909-918 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- active phased array antenna (APAA)
- internal calibration
- Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
- transmit/receive modules (TRMs)