Design and performance of wideband DRFM for radar test and evaluation
| dc.contributor.author | Olivier, K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cilliers, J.E. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Du Plessis, Monuko | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-12-06T07:35:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-12-06T07:35:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The test and evaluation of modern radars using hardware in the loop simulators requires the use of wideband high-fidelity, digital radio frequency memories (DRFM) in order to generate realistic target returns. Important aspects of wideband DRFM design on a printed circuit board are highlighted and the architecture of the DRFM that was implemented using commercial-off-the-shelf components is presented. The spurious free dynamic range of the DRFM was characterised as 247 dBc worst case over an instantaneous bandwidth of 800 MHz. An experimental pulse-Doppler radar was used to compare the fidelity of the returns from the DRFM and an optical delay line. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in South Africa | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.ietdl.org/EL | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Olivier, K, Cilliers, JE & Du Plessis, M 2011, 'Design and performance of wideband DRFM for radar test and evaluation', Electronic Letters, vol. 47, no.14, pp. 824-825. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0013-5194 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1350-911x (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.1049/el.2011.0362 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/17692 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Institution of Engineering and Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | © The Institution of Engineering and Technology 2011. This paper is a postprint of a paper submitted to and accepted for publication in Electronic Letters and is subject to Institution of Engineering and Technology Copyright. The copy of record is available at IET Digital Library. | en_US |
| dc.subject | DRFM | en_US |
| dc.subject | Radar Test | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Radar -- Evaluation | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Broadband communication systems | en |
| dc.title | Design and performance of wideband DRFM for radar test and evaluation | en_US |
| dc.type | Postprint Article | en_US |