EC0013

Program outcomes

RADAR & NAVIGATIONAL AIDS

Prerequisite :EC 0210
Program instructional objectives
To become familiar
To gain
Need for
with fundamentals of
indepth
signal
RADAR
knowledge
detection in
about the
RADAR and
different types
various
of RADAR
detection
and their
techniques
operations

b) Graduates will demonstrate

the ability to identify,
formulate
and solve engineering problems

d) Graduates will demonstrate

the ability to design a
system, component or process
as per needs and specifications
k)Graduates will show the
ability to participate and try to
succeed in competitive
examinations
Course designed by
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To become familiar
with RADAR
navigation techniques

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Mapping of Program Educational Objectives Vs Program Outcomes

Program Educational objectives

Program
Outcomes

b) Graduates will
demonstrate the
ability to identify,
formulate
and solve
engineering
problems

1.To prepare
students to
compete for a
successful career
in their chosen
profession
through global
education
standards.

2. To enable the
students to aptly
apply their
acquired
knowledge in
basic sciences and
mathematics in
solving
engineering
problems.

3. To produce
skillful graduates
to analyze, design
and develop a
system/componen
t/process for the
required needs
under the realistic
constraints.

d) Graduates will
demonstrate the
ability to design a
system,
component or
process as per
needs and
specifications
k)Graduates will
show the ability
to participate and
try to succeed in
competitive
examinations

4. To train the
students to
approach ethically
any
multidisciplinary
engineering
challenges with
economic,
environmental
and social
contexts

5. To create an
awareness among
the students about
the need for life
long learning to
succeed in their
professional
career.

SRM University
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

Course Code :

EC0013

Course Title

Radar and Navigational Aids

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVE

To become familiar with

fundamentals of RADAR

PROGRAM OUTCOME
b) Graduates will demonstrate the ability
to identify, formulate and solve
engineering problems

Cycle test-I

d) Graduates will demonstrate the ability

to design a system, component or process
as per needs and specifications
k) Graduates will show the ability to
participate and try to succeed in
competitive examinations.

Cycle test-I and model exam

b) Graduates will demonstrate the ability

to identify, formulate and solve
engineering problems
To gain indepth knowledge about
the different types of RADAR and
their operations

Need for signal detection in

RADAR and various detection
techniques

EVIDENCE

Capable of answering competitive

exams like JTO, BSNL, IES etc
Cycle test-I and cycle test-II

Cycle test II and model exam

d) Graduates will demonstrate the ability
to design a system, component or process
as per needs and specifications

b) Graduates will demonstrate the ability

to identify, formulate
and solve engineering problems
d) Graduates will demonstrate the ability
to design a system, component or process
as per needs and specifications

Model exam

Model exam

Model exam
To become familiar with RADAR
navigation techniques

b) Graduates will demonstrate the ability

to identify, formulate
and solve engineering problems

EC0013

RADAR & NAVIGATIONAL AIDS

Prerequisite :EC 0210

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PURPOSE
Main objective of this course is to make the students understand the basic concept in the field of Radar and
Navigational aids. Students are taught about different types of Radar Systems.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES
Students will gain knowledge in the topics such as

Fundamentals of Radar
Different types of Radar and their working
Radar signal Detection techniques
Radar Navigation Techniques

RADAR EQUATIONS
RADAR Block Diagram & operation- RADAR Frequencies- RADAR Equation- Detection of signals in
Noise- RADAR cross section of targets- RADAR cross section fluctuations- transmitter power- pulse
repetition frequency- system losses and propagation effects.
MTI AND PULSE DOPPLER RADAR
Introduction to Doppler & MTI RADAR- Delay Line canceller- Moving Target Detector- Pulse Doppler
RADAR- Non-Coherent MTE- CW RADAR- FMCW RADAR- Tracking RADAR- Monopulse Tracking Conical Scan and Sequential Lobing.
RADAR SIGNAL DETECTION AND PROPAGATION ON WAVES
Detection criteria- automatic detection- constant false alarm rate receiver- information available from a
RADAR- ambiguity diagram- pulse compression- introduction to clutter- surface clutter RADAR
equationanomalous propagation and diffraction.
RADIO NAVIGATION
Adcock directional finder- automatic directional finder- hyperbolic Systems of Navigation- Loren and
Decca Navigation System- Tactical Air Navigation.
RADAR TRANSMITTER AND RECEIVER
Linear beam power tubes- Solid state RF power sources- solid state devices used in RADARMagnetroncrossed field amplifiers- other aspects of radar transmitter- RADAR Receiver- Receiver noise
figure- super heterodyne receiver- dynamic range- RADAR Displays.
TEXT BOOKS

M.I. Skolnik, "Introduction to RADAR systems", 3rd edition, McGraw Hill

N.S. Nagaraja "Elements of Electronic Navigation", Tata McGraw Hill, 1993

REFERENCE BOOKS

Nadav Levanon, "RADAR Principles", John Wiley and Sons, 1989

Brookner, "RADAR Technology", Artech Hons, 1986

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SRM UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ECE
COURSE PLAN
Course Code
Course Title
Semester
Course Time
Location

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EC0013
RADAR AND NAVIGATIONAL AIDS
VII
JULY NOVEMBER 2012
S.R.M. UNIVERSITY

Faculty Details
Sec.
Name

Office
TP
1206A

Mr. M. Ramchandran

Mr. M. Mohana
Sundharam

TP1106A

Mrs. P. Ponnammal

TP
1006A

Mr. E. Elamaran

TP 10S4

Mrs. K.Suganthi

TP 903A

Mrs.S.Surya kala

TP1003A

Office hour
Day 2- 4th,Day4 -4th &5th, Day5
5th
Day1 - 5th , Day4 2nd &
3rd,day5-2nd
Day1- 5th, Day3-1st,day4-6th,day55th
Day2 - 1st Day 3-1st&5th Day45th
Day1 2nd & 5th , Day2 1st,day44th
Day2 3rd &4th , Day4 1st ,day
5-2nd

Required Text Books:

1. Merrill I.SKOLNIK Introduction to Radar Systems, 3rd Edition , McGraw Hill.
2. N.S.NAGARAJA Elements of Electronic Navigation , Tata McGraw Hill 1993.
Web Resources :
www.fas.org,
www.mit.edu,
www.ansoft.com,
www.flipkart.com
www.knovel.com
Prerequisite

: EC0210

Objectives :
1.
2.
3.
4.

To become familiar with fundamentals of Radar.

To gain in depth knowledge about the different types of Radar and their operation.
Need for signal detection in Radar and various Radar signal detection techniques.
To become familiar with Radio Navigation techniques.

Assessment Details
Cycle Test I
Surprise test
Cycle Test II
Model Exam
Attendance

Test Schedule

:
:
:
:
:

10 Marks
05 Marks
10 Marks
20 Marks
05 Marks

Mail id
Ramchandran.ma@ktr.srmuniv
.ac.in
Mohanasundaram.m@ktr.srmu
niv.ac.in
Ponnammal.p@ktr.srmuniv.ac.
in
Elamaran.e@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in
Suganthi.k@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in
suryakalasv@ktr.srmuniv.ac.in

S.No.
1
2
3

DATE
1st Week of August
1st Week of September
2nd Week of October

TEST
Cycle Test-1
Cycle Test-2
Model Exam

PORTIONS
Session 1 to 11
Session 12 to 27
Session 1 to 45

DURATION
2 Periods
2 Periods
3 Hrs

Outcomes
Students who have successfully completed this course
Instructional Objective
Program outcome
1.
2.
3.
4.

1. To become familiar with basics of Radar.

To get complete knowledge about the different types
of Radar and their operation.
To become familiar with signal detection techniques.
To understand the concepts of Radio Navigation
techniques.

b) Graduates will demonstrate the ability to identify,

formulate and solve engineering problems
d) Graduates will demonstrate the ability to design a
system, component or process as per needs and
specifications
k)Graduates will show the ability to participate and try to
succeed in competitive examinations.

Detailed Session Plan:

Session
Topics to be covered
Text book
Chapter no.
Instructional
Program Outcome
No.
& page no.
Objective
RADAR EQUATION:
Radar block diagram and operation - Radar frequencies -Radar range equation - Prediction of range performance - Minimum detectable signal Radar cross section of targets - cross section fluctuations - Transmitter power - Pulse repetition frequency and range ambiguities - system loss
and propagation effects

Radar Block diagram and

operation

Radar frequencies

b) Graduates will demonstrate the

ability to identify, formulate and
solve engineering problems

Chap 1
Page:7
Chap 1
Page : 11

Chap 1
Page : 5
3

Radar Range Equation

Detection of signal in
noise.

5.

Radar Cross-section of
targets

6.

Cross-section Fluctuations

Transmitter power, PRF

and Range ambiguities

System loss and

Propagation effects

Merrill
I.SKOLNIK
Introduction to
Radar Systems,
2nd Edition ,
McGraw Hill.

Chap 2
Page : 31
Chap 2
Page : 49
Chap 2
Page : 49

Chap 2
Page : 65

Chap 2
Page : 73,74

To
become
familiar
with
fundament
als of
RADAR

k)Graduates will show the ability to

participate and try to
succeed in competitive
examinations.
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formulate and
solve engineering problems
k)Graduates will show the ability to
participate and try to succeed in
competitive examinations.
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formulate and
solve engineering problems
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formulate and
solve engineering problems
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,
component or process as per needs
and specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a
system,component or process as per
needs and specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a

system,component or process as per

needs and specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a
system,component or process as per
needs and specifications

Chap 2
Page : 80

Problems

MTI AND PULSE DOPPLER RADAR:

Doppler Effect CW radar- Basic principle and operation of FMCW radar - MTI and pulse Doppler line cancellers - Range gated Doppler filter Non Coherent MTI - Pulse Doppler radar - Tracking radars - sequential lobing - Conical scan and simultaneous lobing monopulse.

10

Chap 3
Page :
104,171

Introduction to Doppler
and MTI Radar, Pulse
Doppler Radar

Chap 3
Page : 112
11

Delay line cancellers

Chap 4
Page : 141
12

13

MTI Radar

Chap 4
Page : 139 140

Non coherent MTI

14

CW

15

FMCW

Merrill
I.SKOLNIK
Introduction to
Radar Systems,
3rd Edition ,
McGraw Hill.

Chap 3
Page :
68,81,88,95,
96
Chap 4
Page : 138 139
Chap 4
Page : 210

16

Tracking RadarsSequential lobing

Chap 4
Page : 224
17

Conical scan Tracking

Radar

18

Simultaneous lobing
Monopulse Tracking
Radar

Chap 4
Page : 213

To gain
indepth
knowledge
about the
different
types of
RADAR
and their
operations

.
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formulate and
solve engineering problems
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formulate and
solve engineering problems
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formaulate and
solve engineering problems
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formulate and
solve engineering problems
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications.
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formulate and
solve engineering problems
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formulate and
solve engineering problems
d) Graduates will demonstrate the

ability to design a system,component

or process as per needs and
specifications.
RADAR SIGNAL DETECTION AND PROPAGATION ON WAVES :
Detection Criteria ; Automatic detection : constant false alarm rate receiver. Information available from a radar; Ambiguity diagram; Pulse
Compression. Propagation over plane earth; Anomalous propagation and diffraction. Introduction to clutter, surface clutter, Radar equation

19

Chap 5
Page : 284

Detection Criteria

Chap 5
Page : 290
20

Automatic detection

Chap 5
Page : 295
21

22

23

Constant False Alarm rate

Receiver

Information available
from a Radar

Ambiguity diagram

24

Pulse compression

25

Propagation over Plane

Earth

26

Anomalous Propagation
and Diffraction

27

Introduction to clutter,
surface clutter, Radar
equation

Merrill
I.SKOLNIK
Introduction to
Radar Systems,
2nd Edition ,
McGraw Hill.

Chap 6
Page : 313

Chap 6
Page : 331

Chap 6
Page : 339

Chap 8
Page : 490

Chap 8
Page : 502

Chap 7
Page : 403

d) Graduates will demonstrate the

ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
Need for
or process as per needs and
specifications
signal
detection in b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formulate and
RADAR
solve engineering problems
and various b) Graduates will demonstrate the
detection
ability to identify, formulate and
techniques solve engineering problems
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to design a system,component
or process as per needs and
specifications

RADIO NAVIGATION :
Adcock directional finder- automatic Directional finder- VHF omni directional range-Hyperbolic systems of navigation - Loren and Decca
Navigation system" Tactical air navigation ILS and GCA as aids to approach and landing

28

Adcock Directional finder

Chap 2
Page : 19,20

29

Automatic Directional
finder

Chap 2
Page : 21 25

b) Graduates will demonstrate the

ability to identify, formaulate and solve
engineering problems
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formaulate and solve
engineering problems

30

VHF omni Directional

range

31

Hyperbolic systems of
Navigation

32

LOREN Navigational
system

33

Decca Navigational
system

34

Tactical air navigation

system

35

Tactical air navigation

system

N.S.NAGARAJ
A Elements of
Electronic
Navigation ,
Tata McGraw
Hill 1993

Chap 3
Page : 35 39
Chap 4
Page : 46 47
Chap 4
Page : 48 54
Chap 4
Page :55 -62
Chap 4
Page : 73 74
Chap 4
Page : 73 74

To
become
familiar
with
RADAR
navigati
on
techniqu
es

b) Graduates will demonstrate the

ability to identify, formaulate and solve
engineering problems
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formaulate and solve
engineering problems
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formaulate and solve
engineering problems
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formaulate and solve
engineering problems
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formaulate and solve
engineering problems
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
ability to identify, formaulate and solve
engineering problems

RADIO TRANSMITTER AND RECIEVER;

Linear beam power tubes, solid state RF power sources, solid state devices in RADAR, magnetron crossed field amplifiers, other
aspects of RADAR transmitter, RADAR receiver, receiver noise figure, superheterodyne receiver, dynamic range, radar display.
Chap 10
36
Linear Beam powertubes
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
Page: 694
ability to design a system,component or
process as per needs and specifications
37
Solid state RF power
Chap 10
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
sources
Page: 702
ability to identify, formaulate and solve
engineering problems
Solid state devices in
Chap10
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
To
38
RADAR
Page: 706
become ability to design a system,component or
familiar process as per needs and specifications
39
Magnetron crossed field
Chap 10
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
with
amplifiers
Page: 712
ability to identify, formaulate and solve
fundame engineering problems
ntals of
40
Other aspects of RADAR
Chap 10
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
Transmitter
Page: 720
RADAR ability to design a system,component or
process as per needs and specifications
41
RADAR Receiver
Chap 11
b) Graduates will demonstrate the
Merrill
Page: 727
ability to identify, formaulate and solve
I.SKOLNIK
engineering problems
Introduction to
42
Receiver Noise Figure
Chap 11
k)Graduates will show the ability to
Radar Systems,
Page:
729
participate and try to
2nd Edition ,
succeed in competitive examinations.
43
Superheterodyne Receiver McGraw Hill.
Chap 11
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
Page: 732
ability to design a system,component or
process as per needs and specifications
44
Dynamic Range
Chap 11
k)Graduates will show the ability to
Page: 736
participate and try to
succeed in competitive examinations.
45
RADAR Display
Chap 11
d) Graduates will demonstrate the
Page: 751
ability to design a system,component or
process as per needs and specifications