Signal Processing Study of Impulse Excited Objects in Space

Abstract

The report contains the results of an investigation of optimum techniques for detecting and discriminating backscattered electromagnetic radiation associated with the impulse radar concept. The study reported herein is divided into three areas of investigation. The first of these is a study of backscatter in which several waveform variations for the sphere, rectangular plate, and thin rod geometries were determined mathematically tractable expressions for the scattered energy from typical geometrical shapes. The second part of this program involved the development of several optimal-like filter configurations based upon a knowledge of the characteristics of the waveforms of interest. Finally, the geometry identification problem was investigated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0757220

Entities

People

  • J. Van Meter
  • Vitor Carvalho Martins

Organizations

  • Braddock Dunn & McDonald

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bandpass Filters
  • Computational Science
  • Correlation Techniques
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Differential Equations
  • Diffraction
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Filtration
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Radar
  • Repetition Rate
  • Scattering
  • Signal Processing
  • Waveforms

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Statistical inference.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster
  • Space - Space Objects