Title :
WARLOC: a high-power millimeter-wave radar
Author :
Danly, B.G. ; Cheung, J. ; Gregers-Hansen, V. ; Linde, G. ; Ngo, M.
Author_Institution :
US Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
A high-power, coherent, W-band (94 GHz) millimeter-wave radar has been developed at the Naval Research Laboratory. The radar employs a 100 kW peak power, 10 kW average power gyroklystron as the final power amplifier, an overmoded transmission line system, and a quasioptical duplexer, together with a 6 foot Cassegrain antenna, a four-channel receiver, and state-of-the-art signal processing. Developed as a research radar for the investigation of tactical Navy radar applications in the millimeter wave band, additional radar measurement studies include cloud physics, propagation, and forward and backscatter studies.
Keywords :
atmospheric measuring apparatus; backscatter; military radar; millimetre wave devices; millimetre wave propagation; radar equipment; remote sensing by radar; 10 kW; 100 kW; 6 feet; 94 GHz; Cassegrain antenna; EHF; WARLOC; backscatter studies; cloud physics; coherent W-band radar; four-channel receiver; gyroklystron; high-power MM-wave radar; millimeter-wave radar; overmoded transmission line system; propagation; quasioptical duplexer; radar measurement studies; remote sensing; signal processing; tactical Navy radar applications; Foot; Klystrons; Laboratories; Millimeter wave radar; Power amplifiers; Power transmission lines; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Radar measurements; Radar signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 2002. Conference Digest. Twenty Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7423-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIMW.2002.1076170
