In the scenario of multiple targets and multiple tasks, radar should have multiple functions to realize different modes, such as search and tracking. Traditional radar can only implement one function and the working mode is not flexible, which may result in inefficient use of the system resources. In this paper, a MIMO radar waveform design method is proposed to realize multiple modes. Based on the criterions of beampattern matching, power spectrum matching in the desired direction or frequency spectrum matching, a multi-objective optimization model for the waveform matrix with constant modulus constraint is established, and is solved by the conjugate gradient method. The numerical results show that the optimized waveforms have multiple beams and different modes in the beam directions, which can simultaneously realize search, tracking and so on.
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