Proceedings of the 12th European Radar Conference Quantitative Analysis of Incoherent Polarimetric Decomposition Techniques for Weather Radar Data Alberto Lupidi, Stefano Lischi and Fabrizio Cuccoli Radar and Surveillance System (RaSS) National Laboratory, CNIT Galleria G.B. Gerace 18 - 56124 Pisa - Italy Email: {alberto.lupidi, stefano.lischi}-for.unipi.it Abstract--Weather events represent vol

Proceedings of the 12th European Radar Conference Coherent Radar/Lidar Integrated Architecture D. Onori Institute of Communication, Information and Perception Technologies Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (SSSUP) Pisa, Italy daniel.onori-sssup.it Abstract-- A novel coherent radar/lidar integrated architecture is proposed. It is based on previously published photonic-assisted radar and presents an innov

Proceedings of the 12th European Radar Conference Application Aspects of Advanced Antenna Diagnostics with the 3D Reconstruction Algorithm Cecilia Cappellin TICRA Læderstræde 34 1201 Copenhagen, Denmark cc-ticra.com Abstract-- This paper focuses on two important applications of the 3D reconstruction algorithm of the commercial software DIATOOL for antenna diagnostics. The first one is the accurat

Proceedings of the 12th European Radar Conference X-Band Avionic Weather Radar Simulator: output testing and analysis Elisa Barcaroli, Alberto Lupidi, Fabrizio Cuccoli RaSS-CNIT Galleria Gerace 18, 56124 Pisa, Italy Email: elisa.barcaroli-for.unipi.it alberto.lupidi-for.unipi.it fabrizio.cuccoli-unifi.it Abstract--In a close future, airborne polarimetric weather Doppler radars are destined to bec

Proceedings of the 12th European Radar Conference A Stepped-Carrier 77-GHz OFDM MIMO Radar System with 4 GHz Bandwidth Clemens Pfeffer1 , Reinhard Feger2 , and Andreas Stelzer2 2 DICE GmbH & Co KG, 4040 Linz, Austria Institute for Communications Engineering and RF-Systems, Johannes Kepler University Linz, 4040 Linz, Austria Email: clemens.pfeffer-infineon.com 1 Abstract--This paper presents a

Proceedings of the 12th European Radar Conference An RF Scanning Receiver based on Photonics for Electronic Warfare Applications P. Ghelfi, D. Onori, F. Laghezza, F. Scotti, A. Bogoni, CNIT, National Laboratory of Photonic Networks Pisa, Italy paolo.ghelfi-cnit.it A. Albertoni, A. Tafuto Elettronica S.p.A. Rome, Italy Abstract -- We present the design and simulative results of an innovative RF

Proceedings of the 12th European Radar Conference Measurement of Point-of-Impact Based on Microwave PNCW Radar and Kalman Filtration Premysl Hudec and Filip Kozak Department of Electromagnetic Field, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague Technicka 2, Prague 16627, Czech Republic Email: hudecp-fel.cvut.cz Petr Panek Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy

Proceedings of the 12th European Radar Conference Design of a Multiband Microstrip Patch Antenna with Defected Ground Structures (DGS) Alper ÇALIKAN, Mehmet Ali BELEN, Peyman MAHOUTI, Salih DEMREL and Filiz GÜNE Electronic and Communication Engineering Department Yildiz Technical University Istanbul, TURKEY Abstract-- In this work, design of a novel multi-band semicircle fractal antenna with the

Proceedings of the 12th European Radar Conference Evaluation of a UWB Radar Interface for Low Power Radar Sensors Dieter Genschow, Johannes Kloas IHP, Im Technologieark 25, 15236 Frankfurt O., Germany genschow-ihp-microelectronics.com Abstract--This paper evaluates a novel energy efficient method of converting the time of flight of UWB radar pulses from time domain to digital domain with picoseco

Proceedings of the 12th European Radar Conference A Multifrequency Banach-Space Inversion Method for Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging Alessandro Fedeli, Matteo Pastorino, and Andrea Randazzo Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication Engineering, and Naval Architecture University of Genoa Genoa, Italy e-mail: alessandro.fedeli-edu.unige.it; matteo.pastorino-unige.it; andrea.randazzo-