Abstract
CW radar signals and processors are discussed. The use of the periodic ambiguity function (PAF) to analyze the delay-Doppler performance of CW signals and their corresponding correlation receivers, is extended to include weight function effects. This work provides tools which can predict the delay-Doppler response of almost any phase-coded CW radar. Examples demonstrate that a combination of CW signals having perfect periodic autocorrelation, a matched reference signal with a large number of modulation periods and a smooth weight function, can create a delay-Doppler response with extremely low sidelob strongly resembling the response of a coherent pulse train.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 182-193 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1995 |