EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF RADAR-BEACON SYSTEMS

Abstract

Research efforts were continued on: (1) the improvement in beacon performance when a ferrite circulator is used as the duplexer, (2) the possibility of designing a fixed tuned crystal video detector for the C-band range, (3) the application of parametric amplifiers to radarbeacon receivers, (4) the performance of an experimental C-band parametric amplifier, (5) a 370 mc tunnel diode amplifier, (6) the theory of optimum linear filtering and prediction, as applied to radar tracking systems, and (7) an approximation method for the design of an optimum filter, valid at high signal-to-noise ratios. Previous results comparing the tracking accuracy of pulse and pulse-doppler radars are summarized. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 30, 1961
Accession Number
AD0261943

Entities

People

  • A. Ashby
  • S. Kazel

Organizations

  • IIT Research Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Beacons
  • C Band
  • Detectors
  • Doppler Radar
  • Filters
  • Filtration
  • Linear Filtering
  • Parametric Amplifiers
  • Radar
  • Radar Beacons
  • Radar Tracking
  • Tunnel Diodes

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Radar Systems Engineering.