DocumentCode
920776
Title
Theory of noise in a correlation detector
Author
Horowitz, M. ; Johnson, A.A.
Volume
1
Issue
3
fYear
1955
fDate
12/1/1955 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
3
Lastpage
5
Abstract
The problem of detecting a signal that has both magnitude and sign is considered. A new type of correlation device, which employs the derivative of the correlation function, is proposed for measuring target range and position, and an analysis to determine the most useful waveform is made. The effects of white noise accompanying the input signal are minimized when an input waveform of long duration, wide bandwidth, and high derivative power is chosen.
Keywords
Correlators; Noise; Bandwidth; Detectors; Information theory; Low pass filters; Particle measurements; Pollution measurement; Position measurement; Radar detection; Radar theory; Signal detection; Taylor series; White noise;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Information Theory, IRE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-1000
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TIT.1955.1055136
Filename
1055136
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