Low sidelobe radar waveforms derived from orthogonal matrices

Author

Kretschmer, Frank E., Jr. ; Gerlach, Karl

Author_Institution

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

Volume

27

Issue

1

fYear

1991

fDate

1/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

92

Lastpage

102

Abstract

Novel waveforms are described that have low sidelobes when individual or multiple waveforms are approximately processed. They are related to orthogonal matrices that may be associated with complementary sequences and also with periodic waveforms having autocorrelation functions with constant zero-amplitude sidelobes. Also described are sets of sequences whose cross-correlation functions sum to zero everywhere. A potential application is the elimination of ambiguous range stationary clutter

Keywords

data compression; matrix algebra; radar theory; signal detection; signal processing; waveform analysis; ambiguous range stationary clutter; autocorrelation functions; complementary sequences; constant zero-amplitude sidelobes; cross-correlation functions; low sidelobe radar waveforms; multiple waveforms; orthogonal matrices; periodic waveforms; pulse compression waveforms; Autocorrelation; Clutter; Energy resolution; Filtering; Laboratories; Matched filters; Modems; Pulse compression methods; Pulse generation; Radar detection;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9251

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/7.68151

Filename

68151