RADAR ENGINEERING

ASSIGNMENT No. 4 - UNDERSTANDING OF dBs & BASIC RADAR PARAMETERS

Assignment Due Date: 16 Oct 2011
Q. No 1 a. P1 = 100 W and P2 = 1 W. How many decibels is P1 relative to P2?
b. P1 = 30 W and P2 = 15 W. How many decibels is P1 relative to P2?
c. P1 = 3.2 mW and P2 = 3.2 mW. How many decibels is P1 relative to P2?
d. For an amplifier, Pout = 5000 W and Pin = 2.5 mW. What is the gain of the
amplifier?
e. P1 = 1 W and P2 = 100 W. How many decibels is P1 relative to P2?
f. For an attenuator, Pout = 15 mW and Pin = 1 W. What is the gain of the
attenuator?

Q. No 2 a. Radar A produces 5000 W peak power, while radar B produces 2000 W

peak power. How many dB better is radar A?
b. Radar A has radio frequency (RF) component losses of 5.5 dB (A loss is a
negative gain - power is reduced). Radar B has RF losses of 1.5 dB.
Which radar is better in this respect? What percentage of the power in is
lost by radar A? What percentage of the power is lost in radar B?

Q. No 3 Calculate the duty cycle of a radar which transmits a 1.5 s pulse at a PRF of 8 kHz.
If the peak power of this radar is 500 kilowatts, what is the average power? What is
the resting time?
Q. No 4 A pulse radar has following parameters:
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Operating Frequency 5.6 GHz
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Power Peak 200KW
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PRF 625 PPS
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Pulse width 1 micro sec
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Antenna Scan Rate 6 rpm
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Effective aerial Aperture 1.1 m2
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Effective Aerial Width 5.2 m
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Aerial Height 30 m
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SNR 16 dB
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Noise Figure 3 dB
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System Losses 3 dB
Calculate:
a. Duty cycle
b. Average Power
c. Max. Unambiguous Range
d. Aerial Gain
e. Radar Resolution with switching time of T/R cell 0.5 micro sec.
f. Effective Radiated Power
g. Range of target with RCS 10 m2