CLUTTER SUPPRESSION PROPERTIES OF WEIGHTED PULSE TRAINS.
Abstract
A common but troublesome requirement on radar sensors is the detection of a target in the interference from undesired scatterers, or clutter. Systems with coherent processing of pulse trains are uniquely suited for the purpose because with pulse trains it is possible to concentrate the receiver output for particular values of Doppler and thus suppress the clutter by Doppler filtering. This paper discusses to what degree the effectiveness of the method can be enhanced by tapering, or weighting, of the pulse amplitudes. The general results are illustrated by computer-plotted response functions for weighted pulse trains. The clutter suppression efficiency of weighting is calculated both for unilateral weighting in the receiver and for bilateral weighting is discussed, and the results for pure amplitude weighting are compared with published work on phase and amplitude weighting. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0668441
Entities
People
- August W. Rihaczek
- Richard L. Mitchell
Organizations
- The Aerospace Corporation