Course Code: ENG330
Synopsis
Radar systems find applications in daily living from traffic speed monitoring to inspection processing in quality assurance of goods to the safe guidance of aircraft flying in local/international airspaces, as well as for take-offs and landings from airports/airbases. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of radar principles from both a theoretical and practical perspective. Laboratory training with a scaled working analogue and digital radar system will be used to reinforce analytical modeling in seminars. Exercises using MATLAB in radar modeling will also be given as a part of the continuous assessment.
Level: 5
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: EVERY JULY
Topics
- An introduction to radar
- MTI and Pulsed Doppler Radar
- Detection of Signals in noise
- Radar clutter
- The Radar Antenna
- Radar Receivers
Learning Outcome
- Discuss the radar equation, functions of radar antennas, transmitters and receivers and characteristics of various types of radar.
- Illustrate the operation principles of radar systems.
- Estimate the probabilities of detection and false alarm, pulse repetition frequency, transmit power, received power, observation time, range, range resolution and other radar system parameters.
- Examine the antenna parameters and system losses in radar.
- Solve radar signal detection problems.
- Plan a strategy for radar signal detection and tracking.
- Test the operations of radar using Labvolt system.