power of the radar signal is proportional to the square of the electric field amplitude
I think, this talks about the power Pt...where it is deifned as P = v^2 divided by R
power of the radar signal is proportional to the square of the electric field amplitude
I think, this talks about the power Pt...where it is deifned as P = v^2 divided by R
The noise is assumed to be a sample of a random process with power σ2w
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noncoherent integration
integration based only on magnitude
coherent integration
integration of both magnitude and phase
Rayleigh mainlobe
angular distance from the peak centre(boresight) to the first null
the electric field intensity as a function of azimuth E(θ) in the far field is the inverse Fourier transform[1] of the distribution A(y) of current across the aperture in the azimuth plane
far field (also called Fraunhofer) power pattern
P(θ,ϕ)=∣∣E(θ,ϕ)∣∣2
\(\theta \) (Theta) and \(\phi \) (Phi): These are the angular coordinates in a 3D spherical system. \(\theta \) represents the elevation angle (up/down) and \(\phi \) represents the azimuth angle (left/right). They specify the exact direction in space relative to the antenna. \(E(\theta, \phi)\): This is the Electric Field Vector (measured in Volts per meter). It describes how strong the electrical force of the radio wave is in a given direction \((\theta, \phi)\). Because radio waves oscillate, \(E\) contains complex numbers to account for phase. \(\vert{}\vert{} \dots \vert{}\vert{}^2\): This represents taking the squared magnitude (absolute value squared) of that complex electric field. \(P(\theta, \phi)\): This is the Radiation Intensity or Power Pattern. It represents the power per unit solid angle (Watts per steradian) flowing out into that specific direction.
matched filtering
Correlate the received signal with a template of the expected signal, That operation is the matched filter.
intermediate frequency (IF)
Instead of processing signals directly at the final RF frequency, systems often convert them to a convenient intermediate frequency called the IF