JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives:

• 1. To review the Radar fundamentals
• 2. To know the sampling criteria of Pulsed radar signals
• 3. To learn various radars like MTI, Doppler and tracking radars and their comparison
• 4. To analysis the radar signals using ambiguity function.
• 5. To understand various technologies involved in the design of radar transmitters and receivers.

Course Outcomes

Students will be able to:

• 1. Know how a radar is built and understand the principles of behavior
• 2. Estimate the performance of a radar based on parameters provided
• 3. Know what type of radar is suitable for which task (choice of waveforms, frequency bands, etc.
• 4. Use numerical tools to calculate radar performance and to simulate the signal processing in a radar.

UNIT - I

A Preview of Basic Radar Signal Processing, Radar Literature, Signal Models, components of a Radar Signal, Amplitude Models, clutter, Noise Model and Signal -to -Noise Ratio, Jamming, Frequency Models-The Doppler Shift, Spatial Models, Spectral Model

UNIT - II

Sampling and Quantization of Pulsed Radar Signals, Domains and Criteria for Sampling Radar Signals, Sampling in the Fast Time Dimension, Sampling in Slow Time – Selecting the Pulse Repetition Interval, Sampling the Doppler Spectrum, Sampling in the Spatial and Angle Dimensions, Quantization, I/Q Imbalance and Digital I/Q

UNIT - III

Radar waveforms: Waveform Matched filter, Matched filter for Moving Targets, Radar Ambiguity Function and Ambiguity Diagram-Principles and Properties, Specific Cases – Ideal Case, Single Pulse of Sine Wave, Periodic Pulse Train, Single Linear FM Pulse

UNIT - IV

Doppler Processing, Alternate Forms of the Doppler Spectrum, Moving Target Indication (MTI), Pulse Doppler Processing, Pulse Pair Processing, Additional Doppler Processing Issues, Clutter Mapping and the Moving Target Detector, MTI for moving platforms

UNIT - V

Pulse Compression in Radar Signals: Introduction, Significance, Types, Frequency Modulated Pulse compression wave forms, Range side lobe control for FM waveforms, Phase modulated pulse compression wave forms, Costas Frequency codes

TEXT BOOKS:

• 1. Mark A. Richards - Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing, McGraw Hill
• 2. M.I. Skolnik -Introduction to Radar Systems, 3rd Edition, 2001, TMH.

REFERENCE BOOKS

• 1. R. Nitzberg - Radar Signal Processing and Adaptive Systems, 1999, Artech House.
• 2. F.E. Nathanson - Radar Design Principles, 1st Ed., 1969, McGraw Hill. M.TECH.- I YEAR- II SEMESTER MICROWAVE AND RADAR ENGINEERING