Discremination of adjacent radar targets via the E-pulse technique

In all radar detection systems, the antenna system has resolution that is inversely proportional to the antenna beam-width. Even with a very narrow beam-width, the resolution decreases with the increase in the target height. The resolution is defined by the capability to discriminate between targets. In this paper, we propose the target identification scheme, the Extinction pulse “E-pulse”, to discriminate between two targets that lie within the antenna main beam. In this paper, the discrimination procedure is tested using two adjacent cylinders illuminated by an incident plane wave with arbitrary incidence angle. The scattered field is calculated using the XFDTD software package.