Course Description

Compare the frequency modulated continuous waveform to other wideband waveforms. Consider low probability of intercept issues. Focus on linear frequency modulated continuous waveform with homodyne receiver processing. Explore waveform design, target, clutter, and noise performance. Examine frequency modulated continuous waveform radar applications, including seekers, surveillance, low-cost commercial sensors, and remote sensing.

Delivery format is face to face lecture. Attendance is 80 percent of assessment for CEUs. Students do not need to bring anything to class.

Who Should Attend

• Engineers
• Scientists
• Managers

How You will Benefit

• Understand design constraints for continuous wave radar
• Calculate signal, clutter, and noise power for continuous wave radar
• Estimate range resolution for continuous wave radar
• Gain insight into a variety of continuous wave radar systems and applications
• Evaluate the trade-offs between continuous wave and other radar waveforms

What You Will Cover

Radar Principles
CW Radar Introduction
• Frequency Modulated CW Radar
• Phase Modulated CW Radar
• Multiple Frequency CW Radar
• Sensitivity in Linear FMCW Radar
  • Baseline Example
  • Additional Noise Sources
• Range Resolution
  • Frequency Deviation
  • Frequency Sweep Overlap
  • Receiver Frequency Resolution
• FMCW Radar Receivers
  • Reflected Power Canceller
  • Sensitivity Time Constant (STC)
  • Offset Oscillator
  • Doppler Processing
  • Dynamic Range
• Frequency Sweep Linearity
  • Standard Deviation of Slope
  • Beat Frequency Spectrum With Nonlinearity
  • Linearizer Bandwidth and Sweep Nonlinearity
  • Analytical Model With Nonlinearity MATLAB
  Low Probability of Intercept: ESM and FMCW Waveforms
  • Introduction to ESM (Intercept) Receivers
  • Low Probability of Intercept (LPI) Radars
  • Example: detectability of PILOT and CLOSE
• MMIC CW Radar Technology
  • MMW CW Radar Applications
  • Basic CW Radar System Block Diagram
  • MMIC Radar Technology
  • Future Trends
• Frequency Sweep Linearizers
  • LFM Pulse Compression Background
  • Patents/Approaches/Techniques
  • Analysis/Requirements
  • Performance Examples
• Seekers
  • Guided Missiles and Artillery
  • Frequency Tradeoffs
  • Target, Clutter, and Noise Calculations
  • Antenna Scan Geometry
• FMCW Surveillance Radars
  • PILOT FMCW Radar
  • Over The Horizon FMCW Radar
  • Boeing FMCW Radar
• Automotive FMCW Radar
• FMCW Radar for Terrain Following, Terrain Avoidance, Obstacle Avoidance, Hazard Avoidance, Automatic Nap-of-the-Earth, Low-Level Collision Avoidance
  • TSC ANOE FMCW Radar
  • Thomson CSF Romeo
  • Honeywell Phase Coded CW Radar
  • Radar Altimeters
• FMCW Radar for Remote Sensing
  • Surface Ice, Scatterometer, Snowpack
  • Troposphere Rain, Boundary Layer
  • Ionosphere
• High PRF and FM Ranging in Pulse-Doppler Radar
• FMCW Real Beam Imaging System Supporting An Autonomous Landing Capability
• Stepped Frequency Waveforms
• Pulse Compression Basics (Frequency Modulation) and Phase Coded
• FMCW Radar Demonstration
• PPS-15 Personnel Detection Radar
• Synthetic Aperture Techniques in FMCW Radar
• Sinusoidal FMCW Radar
• Commercial FMCW Radar Sensors
  • Tank Level Measurement
  • Buried/Hidden Object Detection
  • Ship Docking Sensor
  • Detection of Defects in Dielectric Solids
  • Ground Penetrating Radar
  • Industrial Range Measurement
• Interrupted FMCW

Course Materials

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The Instructors

Carlos Davila, a senior research engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute's Sensor and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, has more than 20 years of experience in the performance analysis, modeling and simulation of radar systems, in particular for missile-seeker and related applications. His research efforts include the analysis of distributed arrays for spaced-based radar systems.

Ryan Holman, is a research engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute's Sensor and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory with experience in radar-signal processing, modeling and simulation, and radar-systems analysis. He is actively involved in image processing of synthetic-apertutre radar data and analysis of tracking radar.

Byron Keel, a senior research engineer, is the head of the Signal Processing Branch of the Radar Systems Division of Georgia Tech Research Institute's Sensor and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory. With more than 16 years of experience in radar system analysis, waveform design, and signal processing, Keel's research efforts include the design and analysis of wideband, pulse compression waveforms.

Rick Levin, a senior research engineer at Georgia Tech Research Institute's Electronic Systems Laboratory with more than 25 years experience in systems engineering, digital design, analog/RF design, and microwave testing of radar systems and circuits.

Aram Partizian, a GTRI/SEAL senior research engineer, has been actively involved in the design, development, and field testing of radar; advanced electronic attack; and electronic protection technologies for more than 20 years. He specializes in the EP of coherent radar against deceptive and masking EA techniques.

Samuel O. Piper, a principal research engineer and chief of the Radar Systems Division of Georgia Tech Research Institute's Sensor and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory, has performed radar systems engineering and analysis for ground-based, airborne, and space-based radar systems for more than 35 years, including a variety of applications such as surveillance, airborne intercept, missile seekers, altimeters, missile warning radars, and terrain mapping systems.

Mark A. Richards, a principal research engineer and adjunct professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is the author of the Fundamentals of Radar Signal Processing (McGraw-Hill, 2005). He is researching radar imaging and embedded real-time signal processors and has 20 years of experience in radar signal processing.

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