RADAR PARAMETERS

PRESENTED BY:
MUHAMMAD ABRAR 15TC27
MUKHTIAR ALI 14TC40
 OUTLINE

There are two basic parameters of Radar are :

1. The Prediction of Range Performance

2. The Minimum Detectable Signal in Radar
THE PREDICTION OF RANGE PERFORMANCE

All of the parameters of the basic pulsed radar system will affect the
performance in some way.
Some basic factors are:
• Transmitter Power
• Pulse width
• Pulse repetition frequency (PRF) and range ambiguities
• Radar Operating Frequency
• Maximum Range Performance
TRANSMITTER POWER
 PULSE WIDTH ( PW )

• The duration of the pulse and the length of the target along the radial
directions determine of the returned pulse.
• The range of values from the leading edge to the trailing edge will create
some uncertainty in the range of the target.
PULSE REPETITION FREQUENCY (PRF) AND RANGE
AMBIGUITIES

•PRF is crucial for systems and devices that measure distance.

•1. RADAR
•2. LASER RANGE FINDER
•3. SONAR
Different PRF allow systems to perform very different functions.
A radar system uses a radio frequency electromagnetic signal
reflected from a target to determine information about that target
 RADAR OPERATING FREQUENCY
• The frequency of the radio carrier wave will also have some affect on how
the radar beam propagate.
• • For low frequency, at the high extreme, the radar beam will behave much
like visible light and travel in very straight line.
• • Very high frequency radar beams will suffer high losses and are not suitable
for long range systems.
MAXIMUM RANGE PERFORMANCE
• The radar equation states that if long ranges are desired, the transmitted
power must be large, the radiated energy must be concentrated into a
narrow beam (high transmitting antenna gain), the received echo energy
must be collected with a large antenna aperture (also synonymous with
high gain), and the receiver must be sensitive to weak signals.
 THE MINIMUM DETECTABLE SIGNAL IN
RADAR

• The ability of a radar receiver to detect a weak echo signal is limited by the
noise energy that occupies the same portion of the frequency spectrum as
does the signal energy. The weakest signal the receiver can detect is called
the minimum detectable signal
• If the signal were small, however, it would be more difficult to recognize its
presence. The threshold level must be low if weak signals are to be detected,
but it cannot be so low that noise peaks cross the threshold and give a false
indication of the presence of targets.
Thank You