• DocumentCode
    983081
  • Title

    Collapsing losses of peak signal integrators

  • Author

    Mrstik, V.

  • Author_Institution
    MIT Lincoln Lab., San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Volume
    26
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    5/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    577
  • Lastpage
    581
  • Abstract
    Collapsing losses are computed for systems in which the peak return of K samples of noise plus one sample of signal-plus-noise are integrated over N looks. The statistical approach, collapsing losses, and an application are described. The peak integrator is found to have substantially lower collapsing losses than conventional systems in which the average, not the peak, is integrated
  • Keywords
    computerised signal processing; radar theory; signal detection; statistical analysis; IBM personal computer; collapsing losses; computerised signal processing; linear detector; logarithmic detector; peak return; peak signal integrators; radar; square law detector; statistical analysis; Azimuth; Bandwidth; Circuit noise; Detectors; Displays; Laboratories; Missiles; Radar detection; Signal resolution; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9251
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/7.106137
  • Filename
    106137