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Technical Equipment Expand / Hide

• Space observation radar TIRA Expand / Hide

  • A new cover for the space observation radar TIRA

• Measuring equipment

• Experimental systems and test systems (selection)

• Carrier platforms

• Circuit board design and production

• Chip technology

• Ultra-high frequency technology

• Rapid prototyping

• Precision mechanical workshop

Core Competencies Expand / Hide

• Electromagnetic fields Expand / Hide

  • Modeling of complex electromagnetic scenarios

  • Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere

  • SARABAND – antenna technology for broadband communication

  • Future-Oriented Metamaterials Technology

• High frequency systems Expand / Hide

  • 300-GHz SAR measurements of streets and facades

  • High-Resolution 240-GHZ Radar with SiGe Chip

• Signal processing and imaging

• Cognitive Radar and Classification Expand / Hide

  • A short chirp

• Space radar

The Board of Trustees

Groups and Alliances

Research groups at universities Expand / Hide

• Research Group Aachen

• Research Group Integrated Radar Sensors

• Research Group High Frequency Sensors and Radar Techniques

Research Fab Microelectronics Germany (FMD)

History of the Institute

Contact

Defense Expand / Hide

• Networked HF sensor technology – key technology for FCAS and MGCS

• Avoid blind spots in the radar

• German-Swiss collaboration: Miniaturized radar system with livestream from aircraft to ground

• Keeping an eye on artificial intelligence

• Higher resolution, three-dimensional images: Circular SAR

• »Around the corner« Radar: Indirect Localization of Objects

• 3D Printed multimodal antennas

• How to detect all types of mines and stay safe while doing so...

• NATO measuring campaign with the participation of Fraunhofer FHR Radar systems

• Hunderd becomes one: Combining antennas on frigates & co.

• Multifunctional coherent radar networks

• Drone navigation based on radar images

• Examination of the scan-angle dependant active impendance of conform apertures

• Intelligent electronic countermeasures (ECM) against modern radar systems

Space Expand / Hide

• Radar networks in practice: GESTRA meets EUSST

• Pioneering work in commercialization

• Space surveillance using radar networks

• Higher sensitivity with deep-frozen radar receivers

• Future TIRA – space observation radar of the future

• GESTRA Milestones 2020

• GESTRA: Low earth orbit always »in sight«

• Retrieving space debris: The space observation radar TIRA can provide support

• Sharper ISAR images of satellites and other space objects

• Space debris under the spotlight: High- Precision orbit determination with TIRA

• Monitoring the re-entry of the chinese space station Tiangong-1 with TIRA

• Supporting satellite deorbiting missions with TIRA

• Characterization of the small-size space debris population with TIRA

• Long-term analysis of the attitude motion of the defunct ENVISAT

Security Expand / Hide

• Drone in flight?

• Coastlines: Well protected

• Monitoring the surroundings on the ground and in the air

• Political demonstrations? Sport Events? Detecting drones...

• miniature-mimo-radar-sensors-for-three-dimensional visibility in harsh environmental conditions

• Detection of small drones with millimeter wave radar

• Drone detection with MIMO radar

• RAWIS protects rescuers during emergencies

Traffic Expand / Hide

• More safety on the roads

• Accurate positioning for self-driving cars

• Time-dynamic radar simulation of traffic scenarios in real time

• Early detection of track bed damage using radar

• Precise material characterization

• »Driverless« Cars: How they can safely hit the road

• Reliably finding shipwrecked persons - with a novel radar system

• Autonomous driving: Detecting small obstacles and estimating their height

• EM Simulation of dynamic traffic scenarios

• Material characterization for automotive radar

• Polarimetry with PERFORM

• Antenna development for future automotive radars

• Demonstration of a solid-state radar for maritime navigation

• Maritime radar with electronically controlled array antenna

Production Expand / Hide

• Using radar to check steel sheet thickness

• Quality control in production: radar-based surface imaging

• Using radar to detect foreign objects in food

• FiberRadar - Millimeter-wave scanning system for monitoring glass fiber layers in fiber composite production

• ASRA - Adaptive control of steel strips in hot rolling mills based on high-precision radar signal processing.

• Width determination of steel strips in the rolling process – radar systems for industrial applications

• 3D RADAR IMAGES FOR TRANSMISSIVE INSPECTION OF OBJECTS

Human and Environment Expand / Hide

• Metamaterials optimize magnetic resonance imaging

• Covid patients´condition always in view

• Short-range weather radars for optimized forecasting

• Quickly finding buried people in lage areas using a mobile radar device

• Passive radar controls the nighttime identification of wind turbines

Working Environment

Fraunhofer TALENTA

Doctoral studies at FHR Expand / Hide

• Doctorate at Fraunhofer FHR 2020

• Doctoral Program MENELAOS

• Interview Dr. González

For Students

Tips for Applicants

Vacancies

Press Releases Expand / Hide

• 2019 Expand / Hide

  • Fraunhofer FHR radar analyzes deorbiting systems for more sustainability in space travel

  • A drive-in movie for the vehicle radar

  • Fraunhofer FHR at the IEEE Radar Conference 2019 in Boston, USA

  • Low Frequency for High Precision: Fraunhofer FHR Exhibits Millimeter Wave Scanner at the CONTROL

  • Fraunhofer FHR presents innovative contributions to radar applications in the automotive sector at the IAA

  • Fraunhofer FHR to Showcase Leading-Edge Radar Technology at the European Microwave Week 2019 in Paris

  • Millimeter Waves Make It Possible: Fraunhofer FHR to Showcase Non-contact, Non-destructive Quality Control of Plastic Products at the K 2019

  • Plaque on Cologne’s Hohenzollern Bridge to Commemorate the Birth of Radar

  • Fraunhofer FHR develops novel multi-band antennas for ships radar SEERAD

Annual Report 2020 Expand / Hide

• Preface to the Annual Report 2020

• Highlights of the year 2020

• Fraunhofer FHR in Profile

• Fraunhofer FHR in numbers

Brochures

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• Publications 2017

• Publications 2017

• Publications 2017

• Publications 2016

• Publications 2016

• Publications 2016

• Publications 2015

• Publications 2014

• Publications 2013

• Publications 2012

• Publications 2011

• Publications 2010

• Publications 2018

• Publications 2018

• Publications 2018

• Publications 2019

• Publications 2019

• Publications 2019

• Publications 2020

• Publications 2020

• Publications 2020