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Analog Automatic Control Loops in Radar and EW

By: Richard Smith Hughes

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Hardcover | 31 August 1988

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This book shows you how to consider AGC, signal thresholding, and range tracking loops from a practical viewpoint.

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Non-Fiction Engineering & Technology Electronics & Communications Engineering Communications Engineering & Telecommunications Radar Technology Warfare & Defence Other Technologies & Applied Sciences Military Engineering Technology in General

Preface	p. ix
Automatic Gain Control	p. 1
Introduction	p. 1
Dynamic Regulation	p. 8
Loop Rise Time and Bandwidth (f[subscript 3dB])	p. 14
Automatic Gain Control Design Verification	p. 16
Square Law Detector Test Circuit	p. 16
Linear Detector Test Circuit	p. 28
Variable Gain Elements	p. 30
P-N Junction Diodes as Variable Gain Elements	p. 40
The Four Basic P-N Diode AGC Configurations	p. 45
PIN Diodes as Variable Gain elements	p. 49
GaAs FET as Variable Gain Elements	p. 55
Applications	p. 58
Conical Scanning AGC Loop	p. 64
Optimizing Loop Rise Times	p. 74
Variable Time Constant	p. 75
Linearized Time Constant	p. 75
Basic Loop Stability	p. 80
References	p. 82
Appendices
Power-Voltage Relationships for a 50-OHM System	p. 83
Basic Detector Characteristics	p. 84
Static Regulation Calculations	p. 93
AGC Gain Calculation	p. 96
Loop Rise Time Calculation	p. 99
Nomenclature	p. 104
Bibliography	p. 109
Automatic Noise Tracking Loops	p. 111
References	p. 134
Appendices
The Effect of Receiver Gain on Signal Sensitivity and Noise	p. 135
Derivations of [characters not producible] Equations	p. 163
Derivations of [characters not producible]	p. 169
Nomenclature	p. 171
Bibliography	p. 173
Range-Tracking Loops	p. 175
Second-Order, Type II, Range-Tracker Design Procedure	p. 185
Second-Order, Type I, Ranging Tracking Loop	p. 213
Type I Tracking Loop Design Equations	p. 215
References	p. 223
Appendices:
Range-Tracking Loop and Phase-Locked Loop Analogy	p. 224
Range Discriminator Analysis	p. 229
Nomenclature	p. 238
Index	p. 241
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