RADAR ENGINEERING
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Raday Receives ¢—
The fh etion of the deceiver cag!
J Padar systems wag to
&Xteact the
Weak echo gy, vale Hat apbearey act the artema
terminals and Ombuify them +o a level where hey coulel be
clisbiay ea to a tadox operator she chen made -te decision
Gs to whelhes ox mot @ aoget echo Stpval a
“The medem xacaxr recelver SHI has +o Extead dhe weak,
the, Signalg ard am pUfy them , but U does amuch tose»
d+ Employs a match fitter whose purpose & to maximize
she beak stgral~ to ~ mem ~ noise — satig and disci minate
a al Unwanted ptanule whose — wave forms are different
form those —taansmitted by the Padar. When the clutter echoes
ave lage Enoudn to mask lecised taoget echoes, the deceives
Also bas +o Inerporate —meang fo Seheaaiicg he Bsnsg
targets from rey clicter echoes " grog nizing the
lobbies foeq tency shift of are ais targets,
dn Modem radars the decisvon whether g target tp precee-
Or Abserd fH Seldom made si 0M cherator viewin ma
disbiay the un brocegsed) output of a eceiver. Instead; “he
detection decision & made Geer attinny based on threchog
detection.
Information about a Targers Location &% Bange ¥ angie’
Gm be extracted Gute matically Wsteaol ar amon
iauYy by an
operator. J ggn an bberational ar — Susvelllance vadar » “teackin
Forgets t no longer pesformed by an operator masiein
wits a grease pencil on a rodax dishlay the Locacten of
burs (targets) from scan +6 scan and pene the target
Speed and =r ees disectom:
Targets ase acquired and +eacked auto medically ona, only
processecl teacks ave displayed +e the Cherator oy set te
Some quiomotic devices such as an aid -~Fraffie Conte! system :
ox Wweabons contol computer for Juather use.
When the raday Cannot TeMovE atl the Cutter echoes, Constant
fuse alam rate (crAR) Crary %& employed to prevent
the eee Comb er from becoming
trymg do establish haces | clutter echoes.
ovey Loaded when
he vecetver % also the place where edemal Tnbesf exehce
and hostile electaunic — countermeasures ave kept from
inter ferrrg with $e detection =P targets:
tus 1% addition oe detection ond amptification of signals,
a sadar seceiver performs oo Other functtom either divectty
as a |past of deceiver os in Conjunction with Yb. these
other functions Tactile ova precessing 1 trfosmaction
extradion, data processing ‘ electromagnetic com pak iit
and electsom? counter— Courdes measures »
sometime the dishay & considered past of the receiver
system -“The radas dyecetver Yy almost aly, 9 Subes heterodyne os
Subeshet. the ciagram 8 Shown as below!
Dublexer
Low —noise
RE Prnpufier
Fig: Block diggram # Suberhete>edyue type a
Radar Receives.
Tre essential chavacteatshe of a suberhetercdyne & that th
Converts the RF input stage -to an mteymedrede fy uence y (iF
a eS Teaey
Whexes Ur easter Ha edaRE Vs eeklgie the. necessay filter
Shape , bandwidin 5 go and stabitery . fin advadage of the
Suberhetercdyne seceiver & that it pepuency am be
reealiy changed by charging Whe focquency cf the Docaloscittator (te) - “The first stage ov frend end 4 @ vada
Suberhelerodme zeceiver Gn be @ On RF Gow-nowse
amplifies (LNA) such as a ctaancistor.
Befene ane avedlabitity of How norie framsishas, jhe secetver
frond er was the mixer stage without ax RE amplifrer
preceding th. dn some offticodtons the Tixer srage might
gH be desized as the yeceiver -foenel ~ encl vasteaol fa
Qow- heise ombuifier. A receiver with a mixer as the
fiost stage has ca greedes dynamic ange thay one with
Q Low-retse ambufres , tokich mignt be lnpostouc
\when lange MTZ \nbrovem ent factors ae heeded +o
BEmove cOutter echoes
The extra dy narmié range availarle with Q mixed 2 the
foord encl can alse be q value Im reducing the Qikeihved
deceives Sdduration when Large arels or jarmnivg
ace present
A hiqn performance alr surveillance yxadax sometimes
Smploys More than che +ybe of Deceiver, Each Looulol
Sleoe the fact ~enel mixer and IF Stag eg, Che receiver
mignt be a Linear armbufier F envelebe clet ector for
detection of Targets m we clear. p Sink vecchar night
be for dopblex et SS SerER® uisler,
References oe
@ Dthoduction to RADAR Systems. Mensill £ Skelnik
® Radar engage ae Edde-