STUDY OF THE PHASE-LOCKED LOOP FOR DOPPLER TRACKING

Abstract

The basic design and use of the phase-locked receiver as a doppler tracking device are discussed. Conclusions, graphs, and tables are presented for determining such parameters as required transm ter power, minimum loop bandwidths required for tracking and for initial acquisition, memory times for automatic reacquisition of a lost signal, optimum sampling-time for doppler measurement, and errors in doppler frequency measurement. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1962
Accession Number
AD0287107

Entities

People

  • J.p. Heckert

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Automatic
  • Bandwidth
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Sampling

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Personnel Management and Statistics in the Military and Department of Defense
  • Radar Systems Engineering.