13.9 GHZ Radiometer Design

Abstract

This report concerns the design of a 13.9 GHz total power radiometer. A large amount of literature is available on the subject, but this report addresses a detailed design concept without going into the mathematical analysis. All through the discussion, contrast is brought forth between a radar and radiometer, since the former is a more familiar system to most of the beginners in microwave system design. No stress is laid on the theoretical aspects of the radiometer. The system described has an overall noise figure of 7.67 dB and uses an integration time of about 1 sec. It is capable of a resolution of 2 K and the slope of the transfer function is set as 1 mV/1 K for convenience.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA149637

Entities

People

  • V. R. Reddy

Organizations

  • University of Kansas

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude Modulation
  • Attenuation
  • Bandwidth
  • Crystal Detectors
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Dynamic Range
  • Gain
  • Losses
  • Low Noise
  • Low Noise Amplifiers
  • Measurement
  • Oscillators
  • Power Gain
  • Radiation
  • Tunnel Diodes
  • Video Amplifiers

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Electronics Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design