Radar Fundamentals

Course #EC3615

Est.imated Completion Time: 3 months

Overview

This course will include the following topics: radar types such as CW and pulsed Doppler radar, radar range equation, basics of radar cross section, transmit power, EIRP, antenna gains, EM frequency spectrum, sources of losses such as propagation and implementation, receiver noise, noise figure, receiver sensitivity, range resolution, velocity resolution, detector schemes, detection and false alarm probabilities, RF/microwave device considerations, waveform design and ambiguity function. The course includes laboratory activities that are either software/Matlab and/or hardware-based.

Included in Degrees & Certificates

292
294

Prerequisites

EC2650
EC2400 or EC2410

Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to describe and apply the following concepts in radar systems applications:

Energy, power, frequency domain and probability
Radar range equation
Unambiguous range, unambiguous velocity, range, and velocity resolutions
Propagation, noise
Noise figure, receiver sensitivity
RF/microwave considerations
Detection and false alarm probabilities
Matched filter, detection schemes
Waveform design, CW, pulsed Doppler
Ambiguity function

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