Acoustic Velocity Correlator.

Abstract

The program has demonstrated the feasibility of implementing a 16 input x 16 output channel velocity correlator network of a Pulse Burst Processor System using acoustic surface waves. The acoustic velocity correlator is a network of multiple tapped delay lines which corrects the Doppler time shifts of the output signals from a pulse burst tapped delay line and sums the corrected signals in a single Doppler velocity channel. A 50 MHz bandwidth, 8 x 9 channel prototype device was developed on this program which demonstrates the feasibility of implementing a 16 x 16 channel velocity correlator. One of the most important achievements of this program was the development of a technique to fabricate high frequency surface wave transducers by direct projection of oversized patterns onto a substrate over a 1 in x 1 in area. This report describes the design, fabrication, and testing of the 8 x 9 channel prototype device.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA016159

Entities

People

  • R. C. Knittle
  • T. W. Bristol

Organizations

  • Hughes Aircraft Company

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Velocity
  • Bandwidth
  • Correlators
  • Delay Lines
  • Fabrication
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Frequency Shift
  • Motion
  • Physical Properties
  • Prototypes
  • Substrates
  • Surface Waves
  • Transducers
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Software Engineering