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Paper Abstract
This paper reviews digital beam-forming as an alternative technology for the development of passive millimetre wave
(PMMW) imagers. Considering recent technology developments and end-user requirements, digital beam-forming is an
attractive prospect for a new architecture of PMMW security imager. The radiometric sensitivity in PMMW electronic
beam-forming is investigated using beam-former simulations and comparisons made with a mechanical scanning
PMMW imager. The objectives, design considerations and progress to date on a demonstrator programme for a PMMW
digital beam-forming imager directed at the commercial security screening market are discussed. The benefits of digital
beam-forming for security scanners are reviewed together with the calibration technique and the programme future.
Paper Details
Date Published: 7 November 2007
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 6739, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection, and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications, 67390S (7 November 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.741256
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6739:
Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection, and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications
Gary W. Kamerman; Keith A. Krapels; John C. Carrano; Arturas Zukauskas; Ove K. Steinvall; Keith L. Lewis; Keith A. Krapels, Editor(s)
PDF: 13 pages
Proc. SPIE 6739, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection, and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications, 67390S (7 November 2007); doi: 10.1117/12.741256
Show Author Affiliations
Neil A. Salmon, QinetiQ Ltd. (United Kingdom)
John Beale, QinetiQ Ltd. (United Kingdom)
John Parkinson, QinetiQ Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Steve Hayward, QinetiQ Ltd. (United Kingdom)
John Beale, QinetiQ Ltd. (United Kingdom)
John Parkinson, QinetiQ Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Steve Hayward, QinetiQ Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Peter Hall, Birmingham Univ. (United Kingdom)
Rod MacPherson, ALPS Electric Co., Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Rob Lewis, Circuit Consultants Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Andy Harvey, Heriot Watt Univ. (United Kingdom)
Rod MacPherson, ALPS Electric Co., Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Rob Lewis, Circuit Consultants Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Andy Harvey, Heriot Watt Univ. (United Kingdom)
Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 6739:
Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection, and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications
Gary W. Kamerman; Keith A. Krapels; John C. Carrano; Arturas Zukauskas; Ove K. Steinvall; Keith L. Lewis; Keith A. Krapels, Editor(s)
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