The main objective of this chapter is to provide the reader who is not a radar specialist, with a tutorial on the main aspects of radar design architectures and techniques, which support conventional radar modes. It is aimed to provide the reader with a general understanding of how current radars are designed and how they function by presenting some typical designs, without covering all the detailed techniques available. Radars which employ mechanically scanning antennas such as parabolic reflectors and phased array radars which utilise electronic scanning techniques are presented. The main functional components employed and the basic principles of radar signal processing are also discussed.

Inspec keywords: radar signal processing

Other keywords: radar signal processing; parabolic reflectors; radar principles; phased array radars

Subjects: Radar equipment, systems and applications