EC3615 Radar Fundamentals

This course will include the following topics: radar types such as CW and pulsed Doppler radar, radar range equation, basics of radar cross section, transmit power, EIRP, antenna gains, EM frequency spectrum, sources of losses such as propagation and implementation, receiver noise, noise figure, receiver sensitivity, range resolution, velocity resolution, detector schemes, detection and false alarm probabilities, RF/microwave device considerations, waveform design and ambiguity function. The course includes laboratory activities that are either software/Matlab and/or hardware-based.

Prerequisite

EC2650, and (EC2400 or EC2410), and EC2010 EC2010 is proposed to be added to list of prerequisites as students need to have some basic knowledge of probability and random variables prior to enrolling in the course. Chain or prerequisites should read as EC2400 or EC2410 (only one required, not both)

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

2

Course Learning Outcomes

Students will be able to describe and apply the following concepts in radar systems applications:

• Energy, power, frequency domain and probability
• Radar range equation
• Unambiguous range, unambiguous velocity, range, and velocity resolutions
• Propagation, noise
• Noise figure, receiver sensitivity
• RF/microwave considerations
• Detection and false alarm probabilities
• Matched filter, detection schemes
• Waveform design, CW, pulsed Doppler
• Ambiguity function