A reconfigurable stepped frequency GPR (GPR-R)

Ground Penetrating Radars are a unique and well known tool for soil investigation. In order to improve its penetration depth and/or its resolution limits, in the past several radar designs, based on the so called Continuous Wave-Stepped Frequency technique have been proposed. However, the resulting...

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Main Authors: Parrini, F., Persico, R., Pieraccini, M., Spinetti, A., Macaluso, G., Fratini, M., Dei, D., Manacorda, G.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Bandwidth
CW-SF
Dynamic range
GPR-R
Ground penetrating radar
Interference
Radar antennas
Reconfigurable
Stepped Frequency
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Summary:Ground Penetrating Radars are a unique and well known tool for soil investigation. In order to improve its penetration depth and/or its resolution limits, in the past several radar designs, based on the so called Continuous Wave-Stepped Frequency technique have been proposed. However, the resulting design was often a quite complex equipment. The radar system prototype proposed in this paper, while exhibits state of the art performances with a contained hardware size, it explores a new horizon applicable only to the CW-SF radar technique: the radar reconfigurability (GPR-R).
ISSN:2153-6996
2153-7003
DOI:10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6048899