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Proceedings Article | 27 May 2022 Presentation + Paper

94 GHz Doppler radar for experimental validation of small UAV micro-Doppler

Matthew Moore, Duncan Robertson, Samiur Rahman

Proceedings Volume 12108, 121080S (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2618496

KEYWORDS: Radar, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Doppler effect, Antennas, Computer aided design, Receivers, Amplifiers, Signal to noise ratio

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The micro-Doppler signature of a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), resulting from the rotation of propeller blades, can be used to differentiate UAVs from other common confusing elements such as birds. Moreover, the micro-Doppler signature varies depending on the shape of individual UAV components such that these signatures can be used to differentiate between different UAV models. In order to investigate how different UAV components affect the signature, a high-fidelity micro-Doppler simulation has been developed previously, capable of generating micro-Doppler returns from 3D CAD models. This simulation requires experimental validation and so a 94 GHz radar has been designed and built for lab-based micro-Doppler measurements of UAV components in CW or FMCW Doppler modes. This allows for controlled experimental recreations of simulated scenarios in which the experimental micro-Doppler signatures of different UAV components can be measured and used for robust simulation validation. In this paper, the radar design will be explained in detail and the radar performance will be reviewed. Chirps are generated around 1 GHz using an Analog Devices AD9914 DDS board and upconverted onto a low phase noise STALO at 6.833 GHz. The upper sideband is filtered and frequency multiplied by 12 to 94 GHz. In FMCW mode the maximum chirp bandwidth is 3 GHz. The receiver is homodyne using a 94 GHz I-Q mixer to de-chirp to baseband. Feedhorn antennas are used for close range lab measurements, but larger antennas could be fitted for longer range outdoor data collection.

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