Homodyne System Design Considerations.

Abstract

A breadboard, single sideband generator to be used as a homodyne common channel local oscillator covering 7 to 11 GHz was developed and laboratory tested. In addition, an investigation of problems involved in designing wideband, multichannel, homodyne receiving systems for high-precision direction finders that use either phase or amplitude-comparison techniques was conducted. Equations for SNR and signal-to-noise optimization were derived and the effects of VSWR and mixer performance on channel gain tracking were analyzed. Equations for evaluating these effects were also derived. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 14, 1970
Accession Number
AD0871995

Entities

People

  • H. E. Schmidt

Organizations

  • Navy Electronics Laboratory

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Coverings
  • Direction Finders
  • Equations
  • Generators
  • Local Oscillators
  • Multichannel
  • Optimization
  • Oscillators
  • Precision
  • Sidebands

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Radar Systems Engineering.