Phased-array radar design : application of radar fundamentals / / Tom Jeffrey

• Autore: Jeffrey Tom <1954->
• Pubblicazione: Raleigh, NC, : SciTech Pub., c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (343 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.3848/3
• Soggetto topico: Phased array antennas - Design and construction; Radar
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Radar Fundamentals; 1.1 Introdction; 1.2 Search and Track Functions; 1.3 Target Detection, Resolution, and Clutter Concepts; 1.3.1 Target Detections; 1.3.2 Radar Resolution; 1.3.3 Clutter Backscatter; 1.4 Surveillance Radars; 1.4.1 Volume Search; 1.5 Radar Block Diagram; 1.6 Radar Range Equation; 1.6.1 Jamming Effects on Signal-to-Noise Ratio; 1.6.2 Other Forms of the Radar Range Equation; 1.6.2.1 Radar Range Equation for Volume Search; 1.6.2.2 Radar Range Equation for Horizon Fence Search; 1.6.2.3 Radar Range Equation for Tracking ; 1.6.2.4 Radar Range Equation Summary1.7 Detection in Noise; 1.7.1 Target Models; 1.7.2 Detection and False Alarm Probabilities; 1.7.3 Detection in Thermal Noise; 1.7.4 Constant False Alarm Rate Processors; 1.7.5 Detection in Clutter; 1.8 Resolution and Measurement Accuracy; 1.9 Tracking Radars and the Monopulse Technique; 1.10 Track-While-Scan Radars; 1.11 References; 1.12 Problems; 2. Target Detection; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Target Radio Frequency (RF) Scattering Models; 2.3 Target Detection in Noise; 2.4 Target Detection in Clutter; 2.5 Multiple-Pulse Detection; 2.5.1 Binary Integration ; 2.5.2 Non-Coherent Integration2.5.3 Coherent Integration; 2.6 References; 2.7 Problems; 3. Waveforms, Matched Filtering, and Radar Signal Processing; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Complex-Waveform Representations; 3.3 Fourier Transforms; 3.4 Matching Filtering; 3.5 Waveform Ambiguity Diagram; 3.6 The Fast Fourier Transform (FFT); 3.7 Digital Implementation of Matched Filters; 3.8 Phase-Coded Waveforms; 3.9 Waveform Scheduling; 3.10 Waveforms and Radar Functions; 3.11 Other Radar Signal Processing Functions; 3.11.1 Constant False Alarm Rate Processing; 3.11.2 Monopulse Processing; 3.12 References ; 3.13 Problems4. Search and Acquisition Functions; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Types of Searches; 4.2.1 Volume Search; 4.2.2 Horizon Search Fence; 4.2.3 Cued Search; 4.2.4 Multiple-Beam Search; 4.3 Acquisition Waveforms and Processing; 4.4 References; 4.5 Problems; 5. Estimation, Tracking, and Data Association; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Parameter Estimation for Radar; 5.3 The Radar Tracking Function; 5.3.1 Coordinate Systems; 5.4 Types of Tracking Filters; 5.4.1 Fixed-Gain Filters; 5.4.2 Computed-Gain Filters; 5.4.2.1 Kalman Filters; 5.4.2.2 Interacting Multiple-Model Filters ; 5.5 Data Association Algorithms5.5.1 Nearest Neighbor; 5.5.2 Probabilistic Data Association; 5.5.3 Joint Probabilistic Data Associa; 5.5.4 Nearest-Neighbor JPDA; 5.5.5 Multiple-Hypothesis Track; 5.5.6 Other Assignment Algorithms; 5.6 Tracking Air Targets; 5.7 Tracking Ballistic Missile Targets; 5.8 Tracking Surface Targets; 5.9 References; 6. Target Classification, Discrimination, and Identification; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The Target Classification Problem; 6.3 Radar-Measured Target Features; 6.4 Waveforms and Signal Processing ; 6.4.1 Classification, Discrimination, and Identification Waveforms
• Sommario/riassunto: Phased-Array Radar Design is a text-reference designed for electrical engineering graduate students in colleges and universities as well as for corporate in-house training programs for radar design engineers, especially systems engineers and analysts who would like to gain hands-on, practical knowledge and skills in radar design fundamentals, advanced radar concepts, trade-offs for radar design and radar performance analysis.
• Titolo autorizzato: Phased-array radar design
• ISBN: 1-61353-145-1; 1-61344-152-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911006595203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: THEi IET ebooks.