Radar Principles

part 2
Basic Radar System
Free Space Propagation
 The Radar Beam

Minor Lobes

Major Lobe

Free Space Radiation Pattern

 The Radar Beam

• The strength of the energy decreases rapidly in

directions away from the beam axis.

• The power in watts at points in the beam is inversely

proportional to the square of the distance.

• The field intensity in volts at points in the beam is

inversely proportional to the distance.
 Beam Width
• The angular width of a radar beam between points
within which the field strength or power is greater
than the arbitrarily selected lower limits of field
strength or power.

• The angular width between points at which the field

strength is 71 percent of it maximum value.

• In terms of power ratio, beam width is the angular

width between half-power points

The Radar Beam

Beam Width
Antenna Parameters
Antenna Parameters
Types of RADAR
Classification by waveform