A Research on the Multi-aperture Wide-Swath SAR Imaging Method
Wang Xiao-qing①②; Guo Kun-yi①②; Sheng Xin-qing①; Zhu Min-hui①
①Nat.Key Lab of MW Imaging Tech.; Institute of Electronics; CAS; Beijing 100080; China;②Graduate School; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Beijing 100039; China
Abstract:A new imaging method is proposed for multi-aperture wide-swath Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) in this paper. The imaging algorithm is proved theoretically, and the weighting matrix is proved to be in good condition. The computational complexity of the imaging algorithm is analyzed. The Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) of this kind of multi-aperture wide-swath SAR is discussed. Finally, the simulation result is presented.