A fundamental step in the design of phased-array radars is to allocate system-level radar requirements to hardware and software subsystems. This chapter addresses this topic for the hardware and software subsystems and components thereof that constitute the majority of phased-array radar systems.

Chapter Contents:

• 11.1 Introduction
• 11.2 Radar Hardware Requirements
• 11.2.1 Radar Range Equation-Driven Requirements
• 11.2.1.1 Transmitter Peak Power
• 11.2.1.2 Transmit and Receive Antenna Gains
• 11.2.1.3 Noise Figure
• 11.2.2 Environment-Driven Requirements
• 11.2.3 Waveform-Driven Requirements
• 11.2.3.1 Analog-to-Digital Converter Sampling Rate
• 11.2.4 Clutter Cancellation-Driven Requirements
• 11.2.4.1 Phase Noise
• 11.2.5 Interference Cancellation-Driven Requirements
• 11.2.5.1 Amplitude and Phase Errors
• 11.2.5.2 Channel-to-Channel Alignment
• 11.2.6 Processing Throughput
• 11.3 Radar Processing Software Requirements
• 11.3.1 Overview
• 11.3.1.1 Mission Software
• 11.3.1.2 Signal Processing Software
• 11.3.1.3 Diagnostics and Test Software
• 11.3.1.4 Simulation Software
• 11.3.2 Track-Driven Requirements
• 11.3.2.1 Track File Capacity
• 11.3.2.2 Track Update Rate
• 11.3.2.3 Data Association Capability
• 11.3.3 Target Classification-Driven Requirements
• 11.3.3.1 Target Classification Capability
• 11.3.3.2 Target Feature Extraction Capability
• 11.3.4 Signal Processing-Driven Requirements
• 11.3.4.1 Signal Processing Throughput
• 11.3.4.2 Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) Sizes
• 11.3.4.3 Constant False Alarm Rate Types
• 11.3.4.4 Post-Detection Processing Capability
• 11.4 References

Inspec keywords: phased array radar

Other keywords: phased-array radars; performance-driven radar requirements; software subsystems; system-level radar requirements; hardware subsystems

Subjects: Radar equipment, systems and applications; Radar theory