DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A C-BAND RF TRANSCEIVER FOR UAVSAR

An experimental Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Sensor has been designed and developed at Multimedia University, Malaysia. This airborne system is an inexpensive C-band, single polarisation, linear FM airborne radar sensor. The system will be used for monitoring and management of earth resources such as paddy fields, oil palm plantation and soil surface. A series of field measurements and flight test has been conducted to verify the performance of the RF transceiver. This paper highlights the design and development of the SAR RF transceiver, as well as its evaluation result