A test target generator for wideband pulsed Doppler radars

Author

Phuong Phu ; Adler, E. ; Innocenti, R. ; Paolella, A.

Author_Institution

Army Res. Lab., Adelphi, MD, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

16-20 May 1995

Firstpage

973

Abstract

A test target simulator (TTS) based on a fiber-optic delay line (FODL) has been designed for realistic testing and characterizing of wideband pulsed Doppler radars. The TTS can simulate one or two targets at different radar cross sections (RCS´s), different Doppler, and different ranges in the presence of uncorrelated noise or interference. With one target, clutter and multipath effects can also be simulated. In a closed-loop test of a pulsed Doppler radar transceiver, the variable control of the RCS can be used to test the radar´s dynamic range. Simulating two targets and varying the range and Doppler of each target in the closed-loop test can evaluate the radar´s range and Doppler resolution, respectively.<>

Keywords

Doppler radar; electronic equipment testing; optical delay lines; optical fibres; radar clutter; radar cross-sections; simulation; Doppler resolution; RCS; closed-loop test; clutter; dynamic range; fiber-optic delay line; multipath effects; radar cross sections; range evaluation; target simulator; test target generator; wideband pulsed Doppler radars; Clutter; Delay lines; Doppler radar; Dynamic range; Interference; Optical fiber testing; Pulse generation; Radar cross section; Speech synthesis; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1995., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2581-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1995.406135

Filename

406135