Model-Based Radar Power Calculations for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)

Abstract

In this study, we establish a relationship between the radar transmitted power, the target signature and the signal-to-noise ratio required for a specific target detection performance in a radar system. While this relationship can be easily derived from the radar equation in the case of narrowband waveforms, this technical note extends the analysis to wideband waveforms and applies it to synthetic aperture radar systems as well. The technique is demonstrated though a numerical example, where computer data modeling a three-dimensional building imaging radar system is used in evaluating the radar transmitted power for a given target detection performance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA583569

Entities

People

  • Traian V. Dogaru

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bandwidth
  • Computers
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Equations
  • Far Field
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Geometry
  • Near Field
  • Pulse Compression
  • Radar
  • Synthetic Aperture Radar
  • Target Detection
  • Target Signatures
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Radio communications and signal processing.
  • Sensor Fusion and Tracking Systems.