A novel digital IQ demodulation for interferometric radiometers

In the frame of an SMOS follow-on operational mission, a new instrument design is being developed based on the lessons learned from MIRAS, the SMOS payload. To reduce hardware complexity and mass, digital In-phase Quadrature (IQ) demodulation is considered. In this schema, Q components are obtained...

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Autores: Corbella Sanahuja, Ignasi|||0000-0001-5598-7955, Martín Neira, Manuel, Vilaseca, Roger, Catalán Artigas, Albert|||0000-0002-2590-2751, Torres Torres, Francisco|||0000-0003-1160-6350, Suess, Martin
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/353304
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/353304
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs13061156
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Interferometry
Radiometers
Interferometric radiometry
Digital correlator
Signal processing
Interferometria
Radiòmetres
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Teledetecció
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Sumario:In the frame of an SMOS follow-on operational mission, a new instrument design is being developed based on the lessons learned from MIRAS, the SMOS payload. To reduce hardware complexity and mass, digital In-phase Quadrature (IQ) demodulation is considered. In this schema, Q components are obtained by delaying one clock of the digitized IF signals instead of using phase quadrature analog mixers. The purpose of this article is to formulate this concept for application to interferometric radiometry, establish the required data processing methods, and provide experimental results.