An Automatic Measurement System for RF Pulse Stability Parameters

Abstract

This paper describes a new automatic system for measurement of transmitter stability parameters, esp. the frequency stability of RF pules series, which can limit the performance of variours coherent pulse radars. The practicability to characterize the stability of RF pulse series with interpulse variance in time domain and near-carrier phase noise in frequency domain is studied in the paper. The operation principle, system construction and calibration methods of quadrature dual channel frequency and phase discrimination system for the measurement of interpulse variance are discussed here. This system is effectively used in the measurement of stability of radar transmitters.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA516095

Entities

People

  • Liu Xiaofan
  • Mao Ruida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Data Processing
  • Doppler Radar
  • Dual Channel
  • Frequency Domain
  • Frequency Shift
  • Frequency Synthesizers
  • Measurement
  • Moving Target Indicator Radar
  • Oscillators
  • Radar
  • Radar Equipment
  • Radar Transmitters
  • Radio Frequency
  • Radio Frequency Pulses
  • Time Domain
  • Transmitters

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.