Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, Volume. 39, Issue 4, 434(2020)

Grating-lobes suppression methods based on coherence factor for terahertz sparse array

Ye-Jiang SONG1, Zhen-Mao CUI2, Jian-Fei AN2, Yang YU2, and Bin-Bin CHENG2、*
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  • 1Institute of Electronics Engineering,China Academy of Engineering Physics,Mianyang62999,China
  • 2Institute of Electronics Engineering,China Academy of Engineering Physics,Mianyang62999,China
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    In terahertz imaging, the sparse design of the array can cause degradation of the grating-lobes. In this paper, based on the traditional coherence factor(CF) weighting method, phase coherence factor(PCF) and sign coherence factor(SCF) are designed, which are applied to multi-input and multi-output(MIMO) terahertz sparse array imaging grating-lobes suppression. The simulation results of the point target show that the peak side lobe ratio(PSLR) is reduced by 17.81 dB, 24.56 dB and 22.74 dB after grating lobes suppressed by CF, PCF and SCF, respectively. The results measured in the 340 GHz 4T16R sparse array imaging system also show that the suppression effect of PCF and SCF on grating lobes is 6dB and 4dB better than CF, respectively.

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    Ye-Jiang SONG, Zhen-Mao CUI, Jian-Fei AN, Yang YU, Bin-Bin CHENG. Grating-lobes suppression methods based on coherence factor for terahertz sparse array[J]. Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2020, 39(4): 434

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    Paper Information

    Category: Millimeter Wave and Terahertz Technology

    Received: Jul. 25, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 17, 2020

    The Author Email: Bin-Bin CHENG (chengbinbin@mtrc.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.11972/j.issn.1001-9014.2020.04.007

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