Title :
Development of a smoke attenuation rate measurement radar at 35GHz
Author :
Zou, Lin ; Wang, Xuegang ; Qian, Lu ; Zhang, Yonghong
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
The smoke attenuation rate in the millimeter wave band is useful to evaluate the jamming effectiveness. To obtain the variation rule of smoke attenuation rate, practical attenuation measurement is an effective method. This paper introduces the design and implementation of a bistatic radar which is used for smoke attenuation rate measurement. The configuration of the radar system and the techniques used in this system, including oversampling, digital down conversion, digital filters, and coherent integration, are discussed. The performance test result is presented.
Keywords :
attenuation measurement; jamming; military radar; bistatic radar; coherent integration technique; digital down conversion technique; digital filters technique; frequency 35 GHz; millimeter wave band; oversampling technique; smoke attenuation rate measurement radar; Attenuation; Attenuation measurement; Millimeter wave circuits; Millimeter wave radar; Power measurement; Receivers; Attenuation measurement; bistatic radar; coherent integration; digital filters; electronic countermeasures; propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Millimeter Wave Circuits and System Technology (MMWCST), 2012 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1893-8
DOI :
10.1109/MMWCST.2012.6238147