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This paper investigates a novel approach based on the deramping technique for squinted sliding spotlight Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging to resolve the azimuth spectrum aliasing problem. First of all, the properties of the azimuth spectrum and the squint angle impacts on the azimuth spectrum aliasing problem are analyzed. Based on the analysis result, an operation of filtering is added to the azimuth preprocessing step of traditional Two-Step Focusing Approach (TSPA) to resolve the azimuth folding problem and remove the influence of the squint angle on the azimuth spectrum aliasing problem. Then, a modified Range Migration Algorithm (RMA) is performed to obtain the precise focused image. Furthermore, the focused SAR image folding problem of traditional TSPA is illuminated in this paper. An azimuth post-processing step is proposed to unfold the aliased SAR image. Simulation experiment results prove that the proposed approach can solve the spectrum aliasing problem and process squinted sliding spotlight data efficiently.
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Communication author: Mo Yajun, born in 1981, male, Ph.D. Candidate.
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Mo, Y., Yan, H. & Zhao, B. Novel approach based on deramping technique for squinted sliding spotlight SAR imaging. J. Electron.(China) 30, 243–253 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11767-013-3052-z
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Key words
- Squinted sliding spotlight Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
- Two-Step Focusing Approach (TSPA)
- Azimuth spectrum aliasing phenomenon
- Folding phenomenon