Electronic Warfare Receiver Systems

Radar Library

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By: Dennis D. Vaccaro

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Published: 19th December 1993

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This is a reference work for EW engineers which is also intended for university use in advanced undergraduate or graduate-level courses in EW, radar, and aerospace systems. This text reviews the fundamental concepts and physical principles underlying EW receiving systems design analysis, and performance evaluation. The main discussion focuses on radar signals in military applications.

Preface	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Background	p. 1
The Role of Receivers in Modern EW Systems	p. 2
Major Applications of EW Receivers	p. 2
Organization of the Book	p. 4
Radar Signals in Military Applications	p. 5
Basic Theory of Operation	p. 6
Signal Waveforms	p. 12
Signal Intercept and Detection	p. 43
Problems of Signal Interception	p. 44
Noise Sources in Receivers	p. 48
External Noise	p. 48
Internal Noise	p. 53
Probability of Detection	p. 55
Receiver Characteristics	p. 67
Noise Figure	p. 67
Dynamic Range	p. 77
Sensitivity Measures	p. 84
Nonlinear Channels	p. 87
Crystal Video and Superheterodyne Receivers	p. 97
Crystal Video Receivers	p. 97
Basic Superheterodyne Receiver	p. 111
Homodyne Receivers	p. 123
The I-Q Receiver	p. 124
Instantaneous Frequency Measurement Receivers	p. 127
Basic Principle of Operation	p. 127
Practical IFM Receivers	p. 132
Simultaneous Signals	p. 135
Summary	p. 138
Channelized Receivers	p. 139
Basic Architectures and Design Considerations	p. 139
Signal Encoding	p. 147
Summary	p. 151
Microscan (Compressive) Receivers	p. 153
Basic Principle of Operation	p. 154
Compressive Receivers as Fourier Transform Devices	p. 164
Summary	p. 167
Acousto-Optical Receivers	p. 169
The Basic Acousto-Optical Receiver	p. 170
Interferometric Bragg Cell Receiver	p. 178
Digital Receiver	p. 183
Waveform Sampling and Quantization	p. 184
Digital Receiver Architectures	p. 195
Signal Sorting and Identification	p. 207
EW Receiving System	p. 207
Artificial Intelligence	p. 211
Neural Nets	p. 217
Summary	p. 220
Passive Direction Finding and Geolocation	p. 221
Basic Antenna and Array Theory	p. 222
Antenna Parameters	p. 222
Array Theory	p. 227
Amplitude Comparison DF Methods	p. 231
Phase Interferometry	p. 235
Digital Signal Processing DF Techniques	p. 242
Multisignal Phase Interferometry	p. 243
Direct Multisignal Estimators	p. 246
Geolocation	p. 248
Direction-of-Arrival Approach	p. 248
Time-Difference-of-Arrival Approach	p. 253
EW Receiving System Architectures	p. 261
ESM Receivers	p. 261
ECM Receivers	p. 283
Future Trends in Electronic Warfare	p. 289
Review of the Mathematical Analysis of Noise	p. 293
Random Process Theory	p. 293
Noise Processes	p. 298
Narrow-Band Gaussian Process	p. 305
Sine Wave Plus Noise	p. 307
Review of the Bandpass Limiter	p. 309
Index	p. 313
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ISBN: 9780890065433
ISBN-10: 0890065438
Series: Radar Library
Audience: General
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 336
Published: 19th December 1993
Publisher: Artech House Publishers
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.2
Weight (kg): 0.66