Low-Bandwidth Radar Technology Provides Improved Detection of Objects

  • Magazine Article
  • TBMG-35690
Published December 01, 2019 by Tech Briefs Media Group in United States
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  • English

Radar technologies were originally designed to identify and track airborne military targets. Today, they're more often used to detect motor vehicles, weather formations, and geological terrain. Until now, scientists believed that radar accuracy and resolution are related to the range of frequencies or radio bandwidth used by the devices. A new approach inspired by optical coherence tomography (OCT) requires little to no bandwidth to accurately create a high-resolution map of a radar's surrounding environment. The new technology has numerous applications, especially with respect to the automotive industry.