A Channel Phase Error Compensation Method for Space Borne Array SAR Based on Antenna Pattern and Doppler Correlation Coefficient

With the development of earth remote sensing technology, SAR system is required to obtain high resolution and wide swath simultaneously, the space borne array SAR combined with Digital Beam Forming (DBF) technology provides a good solution to solve the problem. However, the phase error between channels will degrade the quality of DBF, and the traditional compensation methods suffer from large error or limite application. In this paper, a compensation method based on antenna pattern and Doppler correlation coefficient is proposed, using the antenna pattern and meanwhile utilizing the Doppler correlation coefficient. By minimizing the combined cost function, the phase error between channels are estimated. Simulation results using RADAR-SAT data validate the effectiveness of the proposed method.