MOVING TARGET INDICATOR ( MTI )

MTI - INTRODUCTION
REQUIREMENT TO ELIMINATE CLUTTER. PULSE RADAR (RANGE LIMITATIONS DUE TO PW AND PRF ). CONTINUOUS RADAR (LACK OF TIMING MARKS IMPLIES NO RANGE INFORMATION ). PULSE DOPPLER RADARS .

PULSE DOPPLER RADAR

RETURN SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS
FIXED OBJECT RETURNS. MOVING TARGET RETURNS. ( DOPPLER SHIFT BY COMPARISON OF RETURNED SIGNAL WITH TRANSMITTED SIGNAL ) REQUIREMENT OF COHO. (COHORENT OSCILLATOR) COMPARISON OF DOPPLER FREQUENCY GIVES AMPLITUDE VARIATION DUE DIFFERING VALUES OF INCIDENT PHASE OF SIGNALS.

PULSE DOPPLER RADAR

RETURN SIGNAL CHARACTERISTICS

MTI
SUCCESSIVE PULSE COMPARISON
DELAY LINE TECHNIQUE ANALOGUE MTI QUARTZ CRYSTALS ACOUSTIC DELAY LINES DIGITAL MTI COMPUTER TYPE MEMORY SYSTEMS eg. ?

MTI BLIND SPEEDS

MTI BLIND SPEEDS

/2 IN PRP=1/ PRF SOLUTION CHANGING PRF THIS WILL ENSURE DIFFERENCE OF AMPLITUDE IS RE-ESTABLISHED PULSE TO PULSE. RESULTS IN AMBIGUITY IN RANGE.

MTI BLIND SPEEDS

SOLUTION CHANGING PRF THIS WILL ENSURE DIFFERENCE OF AMPLITUDE IS RE-ESTABLISHED PULSE TO PULSE. RESULTS IN AMBIGUITY IN RANGE.

AIRBORNE MTI
USED IN EARLY WARNING RADARS, RECONNAISSANCE RADARS AND AIs. SIMILAR PRINCIPLES. VELOCITY OF TARGETS wrt. EARTH. ( COMPENSATED BY FALSE DOPPLER SHIFT IN REFERENCE SIGNAL TO COMPONENT OF A/C VELOCITY ALONG THE RADAR BEAM. IN CASE OF SCANNING BEAM COMPENSATION HAS TO BE CONTINUOUSLY CHANGING. )