Images of some RCS targets in a number of bistatic angles

Author

Erickson, Roland

Author_Institution

Nat. Defence Res. Establ., Linkoping, Sweden

fYear

1994

fDate

29-31 Mar 1994

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

67

Abstract

The measurement system is designed for coherent bistatic RCS measurements from 2-18 GHz and 30-36 GHz. The system sensitivity is approximately -60 dBsm with S/N= 1 and an output power of 1 W at Ku-band. The system consists of three major parts that can be easily separated. The transmitter section, which includes one HP8672A synthesized signal generator, the pulse modulator, the output amplifier and the transmitting antennas. The receiver section, which also includes one HP8672A as the system LO, receiving mixers and receiving antennas. The IF processing control section, which handles all the data acquisition, position-, polarisation-, band-, and timing-control. The coherency is obtained by use of an fibre optic link for transferring a microwave reference signal at the RF frequency from the transmitter into the IF section

Keywords

radar applications; radar cross-sections; radar receivers; radar transmitters; 1 W; 2 to 18 GHz; 30 to 36 GHz; EHF; HP8672A synthesized signal generator; IF processing control; RCS targets; SHF; bistatic angles; coherent bistatic RCS measurements; data acquisition; fibre optic link; measurement system; microwave reference signal; output amplifier; polarisation-control; position-control; pulse modulator; receiver; receiving antennas; receiving mixers; system sensitivity; timing-control; transmitter; transmitting antennas; Control system synthesis; Goniometers; Optical amplifiers; Optical transmitters; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Signal generators; Signal synthesis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radar Conference, 1994., Record of the 1994 IEEE National

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1438-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NRC.1994.328099

Filename

328099