Passive millimetre wave digital beam-forming security imaging

Neil A. Salmon; John Beale; John Parkinson; Steve Hayward; Peter Hall; Rod Macpherson; Rob Lewis; Andy Harvey

doi:10.1117/12.741256

Passive millimetre wave digital beam-forming security imaging

Neil A. Salmon, John Beale, John Parkinson, Steve Hayward, Peter Hall, Rod Macpherson, Rob Lewis, Andy Harvey

School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection, and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications
Volume	6739
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.741256
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection, and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications - Florence, Italy Duration: 18 Sept 2007 → 20 Sept 2007

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Conference	Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection, and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Florence
Period	18/09/07 → 20/09/07

Keywords

Array
Electronic
Imaging
Millimetre wave
Passive
Scanning
Security
SKA
Terahertz

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Salmon, NA, Beale, J, Parkinson, J, Hayward, S, Hall, P, Macpherson, R, Lewis, R & Harvey, A 2007, Passive millimetre wave digital beam-forming security imaging. in Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection, and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications. vol. 6739, Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection, and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications, Florence, Italy, 18/09/07. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.741256

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