Measuring the carrier frequency of single short-duration MW radio-wave pulses

Author

Zaitsev, Boris D. ; Fedorenko, Vladimir A. ; Ermolenko, Alexey V. ; Sinitsyn, Nikolai I.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Radio Eng. & Electron., Acad. of Sci., Saratov, Russia

Volume

46

Issue

7

fYear

1998

fDate

7/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

894

Lastpage

899

Abstract

A new method for measuring the carrier frequency of single microwave (MW) radiowave pulse is described, which is based on its transduction to a series of echo pulses using a transversal filter. The analysis of the radio-wave pulses exhibiting constant carrier frequency or frequency modulation is shown to be both theoretically and experimentally feasible with the help of a bulk acoustic-wave delay line. A frequency meter has been developed for single short-duration 2.5-10.5-GHz radiowave pulses, which was demonstrated to be operative under strong radio-interference conditions

Keywords

echo; frequency measurement; frequency modulation; microwave measurement; microwave propagation; radiofrequency interference; 2.5 to 10.5 GHz; bulk acoustic-wave delay line; carrier frequency measurement; constant carrier frequency; echo pulses; frequency meter; frequency modulation; radio-interference conditions; short-duration MW radiowave pulses; transversal filter; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic pulses; Delay effects; Delay lines; Frequency measurement; Microwave devices; Microwave measurements; Pulse generation; Pulse measurements; Transversal filters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.701440

Filename

701440