PHASE IN THE PULSED RADAR TIME-STREAM

Abstract

The study is concerned with the identification of certain target characteristics through the analysis of received signals. Signal phase and amplitude as functions of time as well as the frequency spectra characteristics relating to discrete and distributed targets are investigated. The fundamental aspects of information received by a pulsed radar are reexamined with particular emphasis on the possibilities of extracting signature criteria from the signal phase as a function of the radar. Particular significance is attached to the stationarity of the phase for isolated point-targets, compared to the phase variations in the pulse associated with multiple targets entering and leaving the pulse pocket. Coherent phase discontinuities are analyzed in connection with regular distributions of point sources.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1967
Accession Number
AD0819319

Entities

People

  • C. J. Sletten
  • F. S. Holt

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amplitude
  • Backscattering
  • Carrier Frequencies
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Shift
  • Radar Pulses
  • Radiation Patterns
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Standing Waves
  • Stations
  • Time Intervals
  • Transmission Lines
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design