Automatic Threshold Detector Techniques

Abstract

A study was performed to develop and evaluate techniques for suppressing false alarms in air-defense radars. The study included analytical performance investigations for a number of candidate signal processor architectures and cost/performance tradeoffs for the leading candidates. Detail analyses of processor performance were conducted as a function of parameters such as number of target samples coherently processed, input signal-to-clutter ratio, input signal-to-noise ratio, and presence or absence of Moving-Target-Indicator canceller processing. Detailed block diagrams were generated and estimates made of such cost-influencing factors as the number of components/cards required by each approach and software requirements, as a function of system specifications such as number of instrumented range cells and number of samples coherently processed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 15, 1976
Accession Number
ADA034232

Entities

People

  • Donald W. Burlage
  • N. Freedman
  • P. Barr
  • P. Cornwell

Organizations

  • RTX

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • C Band
  • Computations
  • Computer Simulations
  • Computers
  • Converters
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dwell Time
  • Dynamic Range
  • Engineering
  • False Alarms
  • Mathematical Models
  • Probability
  • Signal Processing
  • Target Detection
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Radar Systems Engineering.