Optimal filters for range-time sidelobe suppression

Powerful convex optimization techniques can be applied to the design of the system pulse in radar systems. The flexibility of direct optimization allows control over such parameters as the beamwidth, maximum sidelobe level, and total sidelobe energy. Instead of designing the entire receive filter, a short filter is optimized in cascade with a matched filter, allowing the use of pulse-compression waveforms of arbitrary length. The extension to multiple-pulse synthetic-wideband waveforms is also presented.