Distributed Microwave Photonic MIMO Radar With Accurate Target Position Estimation

A distributed microwave photonic multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar is presented to accurately estimate the two-dimensional (2-D) position of targets. With wavelength-division-multiplexing-based recirculating frequency shifting, mutually orthogonal broadband stepped-frequency chirp (SFC) signals can be produced simultaneously, avoiding the complex implementation of a distributed MIMO radar. Microwave photonic dechirping is also performed to process broadband echoes, while a bandwidth synthesis is carried out to fast and accurately estimate the time of arrival (TOA). Thus, 2-D localization can be obtained by a back-projection (BP) algorithm. In a proof-of-concept experiment, a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$2\times2$ </tex-math></inline-formula> MIMO radar with a bandwidth of 18 GHz is conducted, providing a 1-D ranging error of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$< \pm 1$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mm and a 2-D positioning error of < 1 cm.

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