The invention provides a leaky-wave antenna and a frequency-
modulated continuous wave generation method based on the leaky-wave antenna, and relates to the field of
millimeter-
wave radar, and the method comprises the steps: constructing a space-time coding matrix, configuring a
radiation unit state regulation and control
beam direction in a space domain, modulating a
radiation unit
state switching rule in a
time domain to generate a frequency-
modulated continuous wave, and achieving space-time dual-domain regulation and control. And frequency-modulated continuous
waves with controllable bandwidth are generated. The space-time coding leaky-wave antenna is formed by alternately arranging 1-bit
radiation units in an upper row and a lower row, switching of radiation / non-radiation states is achieved by loading a synchronous bias
PIN diode across an annular gap, a space-time coding matrix is constructed, the states of the radiation units are configured in a space domain to regulate and control the wave
beam direction, and the space-time coding leaky-wave antenna is formed. Modulating the switching rule of the radiation unit in a
time domain, and generating a frequency-
modulated continuous wave; the radiation efficiency is improved by the alternative arrangement of the radiation units, the control difficulty and the hardware cost are reduced, multiple functions are integrated into a single device, and the problem of low integration level of the traditional separation architecture is solved.