Three-Dimensional Micro-Motion Feature Extraction of the Vibrating Target Based on Multi-Channel Radar in the Terahertz Band

Abstract

Vibration induces a micro-Doppler effect, which contains crucial motion information and features of the micro-motion target. However, the traditional radar can only acquire micro-motion information in the radial direction. The multi-channel radar is capable of acquiring actual micro-motion information in a three-dimensional space, including amplitude, frequency, and three-dimensional direction of vibration. Moreover, the high-accuracy parameter estimation can be achieved in the terahertz band. In this paper, a method for three-dimensional micro-motion feature exaction and parameter estimation is proposed, including a phase-derived-range algorithm, interference, and auto-correlation. Meanwhile, to prove feasibility of the method, the results of simulations and experiment based on a 0.22 THz multi-channel radar system are presented after theoretical analyses.