Noise Riding Threshold Control with Immunity to Signals with High Pulse Repetition Frequencies and High Duty Cycles

Abstract

A system and method is disclosed for a radar receiver, such as a wideband crystal video early warning receiver, to automatically detect the noise level of the radar receiver with immunity to high pulse repetition frequencies and high duty cycle signals. The noise riding threshold circuit utilizes high frequency components of the noise and, to the attenuated extent present, high frequency components of the video signal to produce the noise riding threshold voltage. An amplifier gain control permits adjusting the noise-riding threshold to a fixed relative level. In a preferred embodiment, the noise riding threshold control of the present invention utilizes current feedback amplifiers for wide bandwidth, high gain video amplifiers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 07, 2001
Accession Number
ADD019987

Entities

People

  • John D. Borla

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Bandpass Filters
  • Bandwidth
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Feedback Amplifiers
  • Filters
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Radar
  • Radar Receivers
  • Radio Frequency
  • Video
  • Video Amplifiers
  • Video Signals

Readers

  • Aerospace Research.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Radar Systems Engineering.