Wide‐bandwidth signal‐based multireceiver SAS imagery using extended chirp scaling algorithm

Abstract

Abstract Traditional chirp scaling algorithm is often developed based on the quadratic approximation of point target reference spectrum, which neglects the higher‐order coupling between range and azimuth dimensions. Besides, the scaling operation is conducted based on quadratic term of reference range, and the residual quadratic error increases with target range far away from reference range. The analysis of phase error shows that both errors are noticeable under the case of wide‐bandwidth signal, and the imaging performance would be seriously distorted. To solve this problem, the higher‐order coupling and quadratic error are compensated by exploiting sub‐block processing method in the range dimension when the chirp scaling algorithm is exploited to reconstruct targets. Compared to traditional methods, the presented method significantly improves the focussing performance based on the simulation results. The processing of real data further shows that the performance of presented method is superior to that of traditional method.

Keywords

• sonar arrays
• sonar imaging
• sonar signal processing
• synthetic aperture sonar