Automated noise measurement system for radar and EW transmitter components

Author

Mitsdarffer, K. Bryan ; Crespo, William ; Hoover, Lowell

Author_Institution

Radar Technol. Div., Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, IN, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

28-30 April 2009

Firstpage

429

Lastpage

430

Abstract

The development of a 2-18 GHz instrument for radar and EW transmitter test and measurement is reported. The transmitter component analyzer was developed by NSWC crane to measure critical performance parameters of the AN/SPY-1 radar´s components. Typical measurements include clutter attenuation, clutter improvement factor, intrapulse noise, moving target indicator residues, random pulse jitter, systematic pulse jitter, phase noise, and amplitude noise.

Keywords

network analysers; noise measurement; radar applications; transmitters; AN/SPY-1 radar component; EW transmitter component; EW transmitter test; amplitude noise; automated noise measurement system; clutter attenuation; frequency 2 GHz to 18 GHz; intrapulse noise; moving target indicator residue; phase noise; random pulse jitter; systematic pulse jitter; transmitter component analyzer; Clutter; Instruments; Jitter; Noise level; Noise measurement; Phase noise; Pulse measurements; Radar measurements; Testing; Transmitters; Component; Jitter; Measurement; Microwave; Noise; Radar; Tube;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vacuum Electronics Conference, 2009. IVEC '09. IEEE International

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3500-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3501-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IVELEC.2009.5193554

Filename

5193554