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Introduction To Radar Systems: Dr. Pathipati Srihari

This document provides an introduction to radar systems. It defines radar as a system that sends EM waves into an area where targets are expected and analyzes the returning echoes. Range is calculated using the time it takes for waves to travel to and return from a target. Received signals experience interference from noise, clutter, and electronic countermeasures. The document discusses radar bands, atmospheric attenuation, basic mono-static and bi-static configurations, and pulsed radar operation. It concludes with an overview of radar systems and states the next lecture will focus on CW radar.

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Introduction To Radar Systems: Dr. Pathipati Srihari

This document provides an introduction to radar systems. It defines radar as a system that sends EM waves into an area where targets are expected and analyzes the returning echoes. Range is calculated using the time it takes for waves to travel to and return from a target. Received signals experience interference from noise, clutter, and electronic countermeasures. The document discusses radar bands, atmospheric attenuation, basic mono-static and bi-static configurations, and pulsed radar operation. It concludes with an overview of radar systems and states the next lecture will focus on CW radar.

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Introduction to radar systems

Dr. Pathipati Srihari


Assistant Professor
Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering
National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal

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Contents

1 Introduction

2 Radar bands

3 Atmospheric Attenuation

4 Basic radar configurations

5 Conclusions

6 Bibliography

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Introduction

Defination
A radar sends EM waves into the free space in the region of interest,
where the targets are expected to be present and analyses the received
echoes for possible targets as show in the following figure:

Figure 1: Three phase binary coding of a transmitted pulse


[Richards et al.(2010)Richards, Scheer, Holm, Design, Beckley, Mark, Richards, Scheer, and A]

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Introduction (contd. . . )

Ranging
1 The range, R, to a detected target can be calculated using the time,T ,
it takes the EM waves to propagate to that target and back at the
speed of light.
2 Since distance is speed multiplied by time and the distance the EM
wave has to travel to the target and back is 2R duartion;
3 Therefore, the range is determined as R = cT /2

Ranging
1 Received signals are present in the presence of interference. Interference
is four types as listed below:
2 First, internal and external noise and second, clutter (unwanted returns).
3 Third, un intentional EM interference and finally electronic counter
measures(ECM).

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Radar bands

Figure 2: Radar operating bands


[Richards et al.(2010)Richards, Scheer, Holm, Design, Beckley, Mark, Richards, Scheer, and A]
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Atmospheric Attenuation

Defination
The one-way attenuation of EM waves in the atmosphere given below:

Figure 3: Atmospheric attenuation


[Richards et al.(2010)Richards, Scheer, Holm, Design, Beckley, Mark, Richards, Scheer, and A]
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Basic radar configurations

Radar configurations
1 The following figure depicts the basic mono static and bi-static radar
configurations

Figure 4: Basic radar


configurations[Richards et al.(2010)Richards, Scheer, Holm, Design, Beckley, Mark, Richards, Scheer, and A].

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Basic radar configurations(contd. . . )

Radar configurations
1 The following figure depicts the basic mono static pulsed radar operation
2 Further, radars are classified as pulsed and continuous wave(CW) type.

Figure 5: Pulsed radar operation


[Richards et al.(2010)Richards, Scheer, Holm, Design, Beckley, Mark, Richards, Scheer, and A].

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Conclusions

1 This lecture provided brief overview of radar systems.


2 Ranging principle,block diagram, and radar bands are discussed.
3 The next lecture will focus on CW based radar systems.

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Bibliography I

Richards, M. A., J. A. Scheer, W. A. Holm, C. Design, B. Beckley, P. Mark, A. Richards, J. A. Scheer, and W. A (2010).
Principles of modern radar volume i- basic principles.

Stimson, G. W., Introduction to airborne radar .


SciTech Pub., 1998.

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