NEA, Aven, sa 14 Problem 1 (4 parts, 40 points) A radar operates at a 10.5 GHz center frequency, and transmits 100 watts peak power. The system has an antenna gain of 8 dB, a pulsewidth of 1 usec, and a 10 kHz prf. The radar is capable only of post-detection integration. (a) Ifthe radar observes a target of (non-fluctuating) RCS 10 square meters at range 0.5 km, find the power received by the radar (10 points), BeB NWS oF 4, Vk b em Pus {oo we G=BIb= Cage Ceaser BEY me Fee lp kA 2 he Eee st ye em Hornsey » RESO em Fe Ghyor Qed (6 3066 (ode righ jo “ Sena Link 2 (ony 6Y ae ESA XH9988 Grpec 7 Alt wayGare (b) If the radar has a noise figure of 18 dB, find the single pulse signal to noise ratio achieved by the radar for the target of part (a). (10 points) Vou goun= F kT, g = AR = Jeers 2099) asd = 3.9261 05" vaty Svynr Q.bt xe? “I = Wour ASM He? = 1:d34F= d,(L08 —(c) Estimate the number of pulses that must be integrated by this radar to achieve a probability of detection of 90% at a false alarm number of 10°. (10 points) Ta Ahi Predoy ot Pee =| 4 See sb WIS ag, This trey we ABD Waki os te 4. m= fot ) Foon Fig 2. ve rao Pod Leu" Ve Pee RF tsaaige Vee NEEM tay (@) If a target is detected at time delay 100 usec, find the range to the target, Se R= Sn.Problem I swer wl str (1) A 10 GHz radar wave propagates through 1 km of rain having a rain rate of 40 mm/hr. Which of the following is a reasonable estimate of the amount of n that would occur? (a) <0.01 dB (b) 0.05-0.08 dB (c) 0.2-0.4 dB (©) none of the above (2) When using the FFT command of Matlab to transform from the time to the frequency domain: oe first element of the output array contains the value for zero frequency ) the last element of the output array contains the value for zero frequency (©) all elements of the output array will contain only real numbers (@) the output array must always be phase shifted in order to approximate a Fourier transform (e) none of the above (3) Which of the following is true (targets mentioned are Swerling case 5)? (a) the envelope of received fields when no target is present has a Rician distribution (b) the envelope of received fields when a target is present has a Rayleigh distribution (©) the envelope of received fields when a target is present has an exponential distribution the standard deviation of any Rayleigh random variable is infinite (@Sone of the above (4) Which of the following is true? (@) the RCS of a metal sphere increases as the fourth power of the radar frequency the RCS of a metal plate increases as the fourth power of the radar frequency 1¢ RCS of a complex target can vary rapidly as the observation angle is varied ) the RCS of a metal plate is smallest when the plate is observed in its specular orientation (e) none of the above (5) Actpceiver operating characteristic curve is (A pt ofthe probability of detection versus the probability of fase alam for a detector (6) a plot of the probability of detection versus the threshold voltage for a detector (©) a plot of the probability of false alarm versus the threshold voltage for a detector (@) aplot of the probability of detection versus the signal to noise ratio for a detector (©) none of the above (6) A radar system with prf 1 kHz has azimuth beamwidth 30 degrees. If the radar is required to ‘complete an azimuthal rotation in 1 second, the number of pulses than can be integrated for a sin- gle target is closest to (a1 (©) none of the above