NECESSARY BANDWIDTH DESCRIPTION

0342-EX-PL-2009 Text Documents

ARTEMIS, Inc.

2009-09-21ELS_101290

                             EXHIBIT #4 as part of
FCC FORM 442 – APPLICATION FOR NEW RADIO STATION UNDER PART 5 OF FCC RULES
          – EXPERIMENTAL RADIO SERVICE (OTHER THAN BROADCAST)

                       submitted by ARTEMIS, INC. File # 0342-EX-PL-2009

                 This exhibit provides: NECESSARY BANDWIDTH DESCRIPTION

The proposed radiating device is a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system being developed by
ARTEMIS, INC. For the remainder of this document, it will be referred to as “SlimSAR-Ku,” which is
an ARTEMIS, INC. internal designation for this project. This document provides justification for the
bandwidth of the SlimSAR-Ku transmitted signal.

SlimSAR Bandwidth Requirements
As described in Exhibit #1 – EXPERIMENTATION DESCRIPTION, the range resolution of a SAR
image is inversely proportional to the bandwidth of the transmitted signal. In order to obtain a finer
resolution in the processed SAR image, it is necessary to increase the bandwidth of the transmitted
signal. This is accomplished by ramping the “chirp” (described in Exhibit #3 – MODULATING
SIGNAL DESCRIPTION) over a wider range of frequencies.
SlimSAR-Ku is designed such that the bandwidth of the transmitted signal may be set prior to
operation. The spectrum covered has been carefully chosen to minimize possible interference with
other devices. With both sub-bands combined, the transmitted bandwidth of the SlimSAR-Ku is
1521.2 MHz which results in an image resolution of approximately 10 cm/pixel. Because the purpose
of the radar is to detect small changes in a scene over time, it is necessary to operate at a very wide
bandwidth in order to resolve small features such as tire-tracks or footprints. Reducing the bandwidth
would result in a progressively coarser resolution, hindering the objectives listed in Exhibit #1 –
EXPERIMENTATION DESCRIPTION.



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