• DocumentCode
    1905914
  • Title

    Optimal chirp waveforms for long/medium range surveillance radar

  • Author

    Galati, Gaspare ; Pavan, Gabriele

  • Author_Institution
    DIE, Tor Vergata Univ., Rome, Italy
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    24-26 June 2015
  • Firstpage
    260
  • Lastpage
    265
  • Abstract
    The optimal design of chirp radar waveforms has to satisfy conflicting requirements in terms of PSLR, compressed pulse width and band occupancy. Optimal solutions for different values of the compression ratio (i.e. 128-256) are considered and evaluated. The Hybrid Non Linear FM “chirp” waveforms, with either AM and PM modulation, guarantee low range sidelobes (less than -60 dB below the peak for compression ratios of the order of hundreds or more). The aim of this paper is to describe a low-sidelobes waveforms design method for medium and long range surveillance radar applications.
  • Keywords
    FM radar; chirp modulation; pulse compression; search radar; PSLR; band occupancy; hybrid nonlinear FM chirp waveform; long-medium range surveillance radar; low-sidelobe waveforms design method; Approximation methods; Chirp; Doppler effect; Frequency modulation; Matched filters; Radar; Radar antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Radar Symposium (IRS), 2015 16th International
  • Conference_Location
    Dresden
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IRS.2015.7226308
  • Filename
    7226308