ET 313 - Advanced Radar

1. Validate learning of principles of phase detection in a coherent pulsed radar through critical analysis.
2. Explain the principles of vector-processing MTI and some of the factors that limit MTI performance.
3. Evaluate the effects of noise and clutter on Radar target detection.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of threshold detection of targets and the relationship between probability of false alarms, probability of detection, and the signal-to-noise ratio.
5. Examine the effects of pulse integration on target detection; the role of and operation of sensitivity time control and instantaneous gain control in pulsed Radars; and the adaptive threshold technique used to obtain a constant false alarm rate.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the techniques involved in the first-stage of moving-target detection (MTD) and cell mapping in coherent intervals.
7. Evaluate the difference between time-averaging and cell averaging CFARs.
8. Outline the use of digital filters and Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) processing of Radar information.