ABSTRACT

Synchronization Errors ......................................................98 4.5.4 Distortion Analysis ...................................................................98

4.5.4.1 Linear Distortions Analysis .........................................98 4.5.4.2 Quadratic Distortions Analysis.................................. 100 4.5.4.3 Cubic Distortions Analysis ........................................ 101

4.6 Conclusions ........................................................................................ 101

Bistatic inverse synthetic aperture radar (B-ISAR) has progressed in the last decades pushed by technological advancements and by the need to overcome some limitations imposed by the monostatic radar geometry, as well as the need to image stealthy targets. Moreover, recent advances in bistatic radar imaging theory have paved the basis for the theoretical formulation of the multistatic ISAR imaging as well as passive radar imaging.