Passive millimetre wave digital beam-forming security imaging - art. no. 67390S

Salmon, N.A., Beale, J., Parkinson, J., Hayward, S., Hall, P., Macpherson, R., Lewis, R. and Harvey, A. (2007) Passive millimetre wave digital beam-forming security imaging - art. no. 67390S. Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications, 6739, S7390-S7390. (doi: 10.1117/12.741256)

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

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: UNSPECIFIED
• Authors: Salmon, N.A., Beale, J., Parkinson, J., Hayward, S., Hall, P., Macpherson, R., Lewis, R., and Harvey, A.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Physics and Astronomy
• Journal Name: Electro-Optical Remote Sensing, Detection and Photonic Technologies and Their Applications