Abstract: A method for interferometric radar measurements that provides prearranging, at a target observed by the radar, of a transponder that is adapted to perform a frequency shift fd of a radar signal received by the target, and to retransmit a response signal towards the radar. The frequency-shift is such that the signal (21), as received by the radar, can be separated from clutter (19) coming from the radar scenario, by a demodulation step (A), in particular a coherent demodulation step, and a phase extraction step (B), which may comprise a further demodulation step by a phasor that has a frequency equal to fd. If these steps are carried out subsequently, it is possible to calculate the phase difference with respect to signals 22 and then measuring the displacement that target (2) carries out between such instants.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 31, 2009
Publication date:
October 13, 2011
Applicant:
IDS INGEGNERIA DEI SISTEMI S.P.A.
Inventors:
Francesco Coppi, Alessandro Bertoneri, Gaetano Di Pasquale