


Hardcover
Published: 19th December 1993
ISBN: 9780890065433
Number Of Pages: 336
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