Articles | Volume 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-19-147-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/ars-19-147-2021
17 Dec 2021
 | 17 Dec 2021

Compact Radar Cross-Section Measurement Setup and Performance Evaluation

Maximilian F. Sundermeier and Dirk Fischer

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Short summary
Radar cross-section measurements require the background reflections to be much lower than the reflections of the device under test. Although, anechoic chambers with special target holders meet this requirement, they are expensive and still have imperfections. To reduce background reflections in environments where an anechoic chamber is not suitable, digital signal processing can be used. A complete signal processing realized in Matlab and a compact RCS measurement setup is presented.