WARLOC: a high-power millimeter-wave radar

Author

Danly, B.G. ; Cheung, J. ; Gregers-Hansen, V. ; Linde, G. ; Ngo, M.

Author_Institution

US Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

26-26 Sept. 2002

Firstpage

233

Lastpage

234

Abstract

A high-power, coherent, W-band (94 GHz) millimeter-wave radar has been developed at the Naval Research Laboratory. The radar employs a 100 kW peak power, 10 kW average power gyroklystron as the final power amplifier, an overmoded transmission line system, and a quasioptical duplexer, together with a 6 foot Cassegrain antenna, a four-channel receiver, and state-of-the-art signal processing. Developed as a research radar for the investigation of tactical Navy radar applications in the millimeter wave band, additional radar measurement studies include cloud physics, propagation, and forward and backscatter studies.

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; backscatter; military radar; millimetre wave devices; millimetre wave propagation; radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; 10 kW; 100 kW; 6 feet; 94 GHz; Cassegrain antenna; EHF; WARLOC; backscatter studies; cloud physics; coherent W-band radar; four-channel receiver; gyroklystron; high-power MM-wave radar; millimeter-wave radar; overmoded transmission line system; propagation; quasioptical duplexer; radar measurement studies; remote sensing; signal processing; tactical Navy radar applications; Foot; Klystrons; Laboratories; Millimeter wave radar; Power amplifiers; Power transmission lines; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radar measurements; Radar signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2002. Conference Digest. Twenty Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7423-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2002.1076170

Filename

1076170