Noise and False Alarm Rate Characteristics for Envelope Detector Systems Preceded by RF Amplification

Abstract

The noise and false alarm rate (FAR) characteristics at the video output of square-law envelope-detector systems preceded by RF amplification are explored.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA209789

Entities

People

  • Brad Wiitala

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Electronic Warfare

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplification
  • Amplifiers
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Bandpass Filters
  • Classification
  • Detectors
  • Dynamic Range
  • False Alarms
  • Frequency
  • Gaussian Noise
  • Logarithmic Amplifiers
  • Measurement
  • Radar
  • Statistics
  • Video Amplifiers
  • War Colleges
  • Warning Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Radio communications and signal processing.