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The digital array-fed reflector antenna has such virtues so that it can play an important role in such system. However, the geometric models and signal models based on a reflector antenna are considerably different from the directly radiating planar antenna. The signal processing for the reflector antenna is more complex and difficult. As a result, the applications of the reflector antenna in SAR system are not as mature as those of the planar antenna. A combination of multidimensional waveform encoding (MWE) technique and digital beamforming (DBF) technology at the receiving end can greatly improve the MIMO SAR system performance, especially ambiguity suppression and waveform separation. This configuration can realize different radar functions and meet multidimensional observation requirements, such as the polarized SAR. Thus, this study combines digital array-fed reflector antenna and the DBF technique in the elevation direction for MWE SAR waveform separation. The echo models for the array-fed reflector antenna and the planar antenna are established based on short-time shift-orthogonal waveforms. In the models, a mismatch in steering vectors is inevitable if DBF processing is continuously performed traditionally in the azimuth-elevation two-dimensional time domain. This mismatch will worsen the waveform separation effect and the image quality. Therefore, we propose a DBF method which is processed in range-Doppler domain. The method enables waveform separation without ambiguity at the receiver. Then, the conventional SAR imaging methods are enabled, and we acquire an ideal SAR image. The simulation results for both point targets and distributed targets prove the effect and feasibility of the proposed DBF method.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs12193161","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,28]],"date-time":"2020-09-28T08:02:58Z","timestamp":1601280178000},"page":"3161","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["DBF Processing in Range-Doppler Domain for MWE SAR Waveform Separation Based on Digital Array-Fed Reflector Antenna"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Shenjing","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, No. 109 Deya Road, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yifan","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, No. 109 Deya Road, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3404-5445","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Feng","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, No. 109 Deya Road, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zaoyu","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, No. 109 Deya Road, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pengcheng","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, No. 109 Deya Road, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhen","family":"Dong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, No. 109 Deya Road, Changsha 410073, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"2128","DOI":"10.1109\/TSP.2002.801914","article-title":"Environmental issues for MIMO capacity","volume":"50","author":"Bliss","year":"2002","journal-title":"IEEE Trans. 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