IGARSS 2019 - 2019 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium | 2019
Investigations on the Optimum Combination of Azimuth Phase Coding and Up- and Down-Chirp Modulation for Range Ambiguity Suppression
Abstract
Future spaceborne SAR satellites will achieve both high resolution and wide swath with their multiple receivers. In order to suppress range ambiguities, cyclic up and down chirp and azimuth phase coding have been widely applied. A multiple receiver system has lower pulse repetition frequency to increase the swath width and thus, the effect of azimuth phase coding to mitigate range ambiguities is decreased. In this paper, we reveal the possible combination of the two methods to overcome this drawback.