Improved calibration procedure for six-port based precise displacement measurements

In this paper an improved calibration procedure for six-port based displacement measurement radar is proposed. The entire system characterization is done only using several measurements of the target at known positions and no additional calibration standards are required. The proposed calibration has been experimentally verified for a six-port based displacement measurement radar operating at 24 GHz. The performed measurements within the target position range 0 - 18.75 mm prove a significant improvement of the accuracy with respect to the other reported algorithms.