• DocumentCode
    998660
  • Title

    Threshold detector for subnanosecond pulses

  • Author

    Nicolson, A.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sperry Research Center, Sudbury, USA
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    14
  • fYear
    1977
  • Firstpage
    415
  • Lastpage
    416
  • Abstract
    A technique is described to stabilise the operating point of a tunnel-diode threshold detector, permitting pulses of 5 mV amplitude and 200 ps duration to be detected reliably over a wide temperature range. The principle is to induce a known constant false-alarm rate in the detector, due to noise, and then use the aggregation of a sequence of hits to indicate a true signal.
  • Keywords
    detector circuits; pulse circuits; radar receivers; signal processing; tunnel diodes; 5 mV 200 ps pulses detection; constant false alarm rate feedback technique; false alarm rate due to noise; known constant false alarm rate; operating point stabilisation; reliable detection circuit; repetitive pulses detection; subnanosecond pulses threshold detector; tunnel diode detector circuit; wide temperature range;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19770302
  • Filename
    4249455