Image processing of synthetic aperture radar range ambiguous signals

If wide-range swath scenes are illuminated by a synthetic aperture radar with high-pulse repetition frequencies, ambiguous scattered signals from an undesired range may appear in its receiver at the same time from consecutive transmitted pulses. This simplified analysis shows that range ambiguous signal returns result in a defocused image because they are convolved with the phase history of the desired range signal. A satellite borne SAR example is presented.>