High dynamic range airborne tracking and fire control radar subsystems

Author

Madni, A.M. ; McDonald, P.T. ; Hansen, R.K. ; Wan, L.A.

Author_Institution

Systron Donner Corp., Van Nuys, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

13-15 June 1989

Firstpage

439

Abstract

Two high-dynamic-range receiver subsystems for using in airborne radar fire control and tracking applications are described. A high-performance X-band monopulse tracking receiver and a Doppler fire control receiver are presented with performance data and design considerations to achieve high dynamic range. The radar subsystems described use magnetrons to produce the transmit pulses. An AFC (automatic frequency control) circuit locks the internal local oscillators to the transmit frequency to produce a 60-MHz IF (intermediate frequency) downconverted return.<>

Keywords

aerospace instrumentation; automatic frequency control; fires; radar receivers; radar systems; tracking systems; 60 MHz; 9.3 GHz; AFC circuit; Doppler fire control receiver; IF downconverted return; X-band monopulse tracking receiver; airborne radar fire control; airborne tracking; automatic frequency control; high-dynamic-range receiver subsystems; internal local oscillators; magnetrons; transmit frequency; Airborne radar; Automatic control; Automatic frequency control; Circuits; Doppler radar; Dynamic range; Fires; Local oscillators; Magnetrons; Radar tracking;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1989., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1989.38760

Filename

38760