DocumentCode
1432131
Title
Compact range radar cross-section measurements using a noise radar
Author
Theron, Isak P. ; Walton, Eric K. ; Gunawan, Suwinto
Author_Institution
Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
Volume
46
Issue
9
fYear
1998
fDate
9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1285
Lastpage
1288
Abstract
This paper discusses the measurement of radar cross section (RCS) with a very low-cost system that transmits band-limited random noise over the band from 1.0 to 4.0 GHz. The received signal is correlated with a delayed version of the transmitted signal. A variable delay line is used to obtain the response at various delay times. This yields the radar target impulse response as a function of delay. This can be transformed to yield both the amplitude and phase of the scattering matrix in the frequency domain
Keywords
S-matrix theory; radar cross-sections; radar signal processing; random noise; 1.0 to 4.0 GHz; RCS; amplitude; band-limited random noise; compact range radar cross-section measurements; frequency domain; noise radar; phase; radar target impulse response; received signal; scattering matrix; variable delay line; Coaxial cables; Delay lines; Noise measurement; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Radar scattering; Switches; Transmission line matrix methods;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-926X
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/8.719971
Filename
719971
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