An Improved Time Diversity HRWS Imaging Method Based on Transmit Waveform Optimization Design

This letter proposes a time-diverse wide-swath imaging radar transmit waveform optimization design method. First, based on the imaging geometry and zebra maps, we obtained the angles corresponding to the range occlusion zone. Then, using the mapping characteristics between the range frequency and beam scanning angle in time-diverse array (TDA) radar, as well as the occlusion region information, we performed a 2-D optimization design of the transmit waveform in the fast time and range frequency domain. Finally, the limited energy can be effectively skipped over the occlusion regions and flexibly allocated to the observable areas. Compared with the traditional TDA system, this method achieves a larger imaging swath and energy utilization efficiency. The effectiveness of the proposed method is verified through simulation experiments.